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