Breadfruit picture.
Go to songs
Linstead Market &
Jamaica Farewell
for more about the
Jamaican National dish
Blue Mountain Coffee in a packet
Soprano
Yvonne Foster
Olive Lewin
Janice Braham
Monica da Silva
Johanna Lewin
Sonia Watson
Alto
Marilyn MacDonald
Joyce Meeks
Monica Whyte
Winsome Miller
Hazel Ramsay
Joy Tulloch
Tenor
Denzil Southwood-
Lloyd Boyce
Roy Anderson
Dave Spence
Dennis Morgan
Bass
Kenneth Redwood
Ransford Wright
Henry (Jimmy) Anglin
Bobby Dawes
Dean Murphy
Bramwell Shepherd
Colin Smith
Errol Brown
Produced by Oswald G. Harvey
Performers
Mi Cahfi lyrics adapted with thanks to website of Wellesley Gayle: My-
Mi cahfi, mi cahfi, mi cahfi, mi cahfi
Mi bowl a bwiling cahfi in de mornin’
I cares for none o’ these, de only ting for me
Is mi bowl a bwiling cahfi in de mornin’
Some people likes de choclet
Some people like de tea
Some drink sugar an’ water
An’ some de lemonade
But I cares for none o’ these, de only ting for me
Is mi bowl a bwiling cahfi in de mornin’
At de sunrise I gets up
Every mornin’ dry or wet
So as nevah to be lated
For de work I has to do
I generally says mi prayers but sometimes I forgets
But mi always drinks me cahfi in de mornin’
Sometimes I has it gran
Wid mi ackee an’ saltfish
And me yellah heart breadfruit
Ripe pear an coconut ile
But wah me mine does gi mi fah
More betta dan de res
Is cahfi wid a gil bread in de mornin’
I is an ole woman now
An does often punish hard
But I has seen mi good days
An’ I mus’ satisfy
I can still hole togeda
An’ still praise de law
If I only a gets mi cahfi in de mornin’
The Jamaican Folk Song Singers
CD Volume 3, Track B3
Released -
Director -
Embedded Recording -
This song tells of a lady who always drinks coffee in the morning!
She tries it with lots of foods but her favourite is a little piece of bread.
Things to do:
- Find out about Jamaican food specialities that include the national dish ackee and saltfish; yellow heart breadfruit; avocado pear.
- A famous Jamaican export is ‘Blue M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Coffee’.
- Listen to songs recorded in 2020 by Reggae singer Koffee.
- Listen to reggae songs by Bob Marley (scroll down for links)
- Find ‘Jamaican Culture’ by boytroy and update with your own.
- Listen to Ernie Smith a) Mi Caafee b) Duppy Gun Man (youtube).
- Add questions and answers to a Tanbur Quiz or upload a complete set.
Credits for slideshare presentations:
- Boytroy for ‘Jamaican Culture’ with geography, map, history, arawaks, Columbus, slavery, British, flag (green, black, gold), politics, ethnic groups, emigration, crime, life expectancy, economy, religion, patois, weather, education, music, sports, cuisine, drinks, famous places, tourist attractions, dollars and coins, national symbols, holidays, traditions.
- Arunabh Mishra for ‘Coffee 101’ with history, photos, geography, manufacture, roasting, types, chemistry, and economics of coffee.
MI CAHFI
