Cane standin' in the fields gettin' old and red 

Lot of misery in Georgetown dreamin' layin' dead 

Joshua head of the government he said strike for better pay 

Cane cutters are strikin' but Joshua gone away 

Joshua gone Barbados staying in a big hotel 

People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell 

The sugar mill owner told the strikers I don't need you to cut my cane 

Bring me another bunch of fellas your strike be all in vain 

Get a bunch of tough fellas bring 'em from Zion Hill 

Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown know somebody could kill 

Sunny Child the overseer I swear he's an ignorant man 

Walkin' the the canefields pistol in his hand 

Joshua gone Barbados just like he don't know people on the island got no place to go 

Police givin' protection new fellas cuttin' the cane 

Strikers can't do nothin' strike be all in vain 

Sunny Child cussed the strikers wave his pistol round 

They're beatin' Sunny with the cutlers beat him to the ground 

There's a lot of misery in Georgetown you can hear all the women bawl 

Joshua gone Barbados he don't care at all 

Cane standin' in the fields gettin' old and red 

Sunny Child in the hospital pistol on his bed 

I wish I could go to England Trinidad or Curacao 

People on the island got no place to go 

Joshua gone Barbados stayin' in a big hotel 

People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell