Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry

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For my mom, I miss you...you were my strength and you always had my back, even when I didn't deserve it...

The title and main refrain, "No Woman, No Cry", means "Woman, don't cry". The lyric is sometimes misunderstood outside Jamaica to mean "if there is no woman, there is no reason to cry". The lyric is rendered "No, woman, nuh cry" in Jamaican patois. The "nuh" is pronounced with a short schwa vowel (a "mumbled" vowel, often represented as "uh" in spelling) and represents a clitic ( "weakened" ) form of "no".

Marley mentions the Government Yards of Trench Town, a public housing project in Kingston where he grew up. The lyrics also mention cornmeal porridge, a popular breakfast in Jamaica.

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1. {{{{cayuga falls}}}}} A great song, and a lovely tribute to your mom.

I like this live performance of the song, too.

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2. Bob Marley was music, love and peace. Great version, thank you for posting.