Lyrics for No Womanm No Cry as interpreted by kevin

No Womanm No Cry Lyrics
No woman no cry
no woman no cry
no woman no cry
no woman no cry
Say I remember when we used to sit
in the government yard in Trenchtown
Ob- observing all the hypocrites
as they'd mingle with the good people we met
Good friends we had and good friends we lost
along the way
in this bright future
you can forget your past
so dry your tears I say.
no woman no cry
no woman no cry

Hey little darling don't shed no tears
no woman no cry
I remember when we used to sit
in the government yard in Trenchtown
and then georgie would make a fire light
as it was love wood burning through the night
and we would cook wholemeal porridge
of which I'd share with you
my feet is my only carriage
so I've got to push on through
but while I'm gone (I mean it)
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
ev'rything's gonna be alright
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Oh my little sister don't shed no tears
no woman no cry

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t.wolf
04-24-2003

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my music teacher told me that it was originally entitled "no white man no cry" but i guess bob and them changed it after a while

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THE_CORRECT_ONE
06-05-2003

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"no woman no cry" should be translated "no woman, don't cry" as though he is telling a woman not to cry, and that even though they live in povert things are ok.

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CrimsonanClover
04-10-2004

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i love how everyone can refer to bob by his first name alone...i think THAT it wut really captures the connection we all feel to him.

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I AM CHUCK
04-19-2004

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you are all morons lol. after going down to jamaica i met a cover band and they explained to me that "no woman, no cry" means "no woman, don't cry." actually listen to the song before you act like you know everything.

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I AM CHUCK
04-19-2004

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god i hate all these people that come on here and know nothing about bob. he didn't usually write love songs, he wrote songs that had actual meaning. you people make me angry

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matty_keating
04-21-2004

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i personally, don't think "no woman no cry" is a love song, however, I know enough about bob to know that "is this love" is.

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matty_keating
04-21-2004

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"Oh my little sister don't shed no tears"
I can't believe the fact that "no woman no cry" means "no woman, don't cry" (as it's been translated to previously on this page) wasn't completely obvious to everyone.

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inaudible melodies
06-23-2004

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I love this song.
When I listen to it, repeat goes on for who knows how long.

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bongo
10-03-2004

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when I heard the studio version of this song i couldn't believe how fast and upbeat it is compared to the live version most people are familiar with.. Have to say the live version is much better, it works better as a sad song.

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Woolf
10-07-2004

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Yeah, love it........ Bob rules!

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johndoe1204
11-29-2004

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1st of all he say's log wood, not love wood. He's talking about how Georgie would keep a fire lit as Bob and his friends played music till the early hours of the morining. 2nd of all it's corn meal porridge not wholemeal porridge. And finally Bob didn't even write the song, his childhood brethren Vincet Ford AKA Tarter wrote the song for Bob.

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spontonio
12-02-2004

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thats what i love about where im from...hawaii has so much bob love its unbelievable...i grew up listening to bob and he still touches me with his songs even though ive heard his songs a million times..

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spontonio
12-02-2004

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just my opinion but i dont think anyone knows the extent of the song meanings except for the artists....

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cwgannon
12-22-2004

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This is my first time viewing this lyric, and I'm glad to see that many others before me have noted that "no woman no cry" is a sort of Jamaican contraction, equivalent to "no, woman, don't cry."

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goomba555213
01-09-2005

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i think this song is about no woman, and i think it the deep meaning is no woman no cry. i could be mistaken

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Painkiller
01-22-2005

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possibly my favirote marley song

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Oikeroi
01-31-2005

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As many have pointed out, the lyrics 'no woman, no cry' of course mean 'no woman, don't cry'. The rest of the lyrics make that painfully obvious.

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Hringlar
02-03-2005

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Bob Marley...jah Man...another great song by The Rasta Man which I love ...

Good mood, good song =D...
One question> did he die of aids, drugs or cancer? I hear all this confusing stories :S

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kmk_natasha
02-19-2005

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He had foot cancer, due to his religious beliefs, he would not have it amputated and it spread to his brain and lungs. I believe the "official" cause is the lung cancer. But either way it was cancer.

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heyla11
03-21-2005

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i just have to say the line
"in this bright future you can't forget your past" is a beauty!

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mlopes
03-30-2005

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This song is about the life in Trenchtown, once I saw an entreview with Bob's mother and she said that Bob told her this song was dedicated to her and all the things she had gone through.

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badazevil
03-31-2005

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i think the song simply put means "no woman should ever cry"

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willard
04-01-2005

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this song was played acoustic by a guy in the church at the funeral of a friend of mine who commit suicide because it was his favourite song. beautiful. there were a few dry eyes up til that point but there were none after.

takes me to a very special place

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laputa
04-04-2005

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Im not sure but i heard from somewhere that he wrote this after his wife found out he cheated.

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laputa
04-04-2005

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Im not sure but i heard from somewhere that he wrote this after his wife found out he cheated.

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