Now ah days the only time
You hear mention kerosene
Is if they talking about
An aeroplane
Back on we days
We lamp in the living room
Was kerosene
We hurricane lantern
Hang up in the outdoor
Kitchen
Was kerosene
We two burner stove
Big improvement
From the outdoor coalpot
In the yard
Was cooking on kerosene
kerosene was big business
Miss Mêlée
Aunty “MelMel” for respect
Set up ah kerosene retail
Store just for the village
Selling kerosene
And matches by the box
Cauz everybody needed
Kerosene
Kerosene for lamp
With those Home Sweet Home
Lamp shade
Kerosene fo yo lanthern
Even for the torches
Used out door for lighting the
Walk way
We Needed kerosene
for cooking on yeh
Kerosene stove
And when Mr. Frigidaire
Came on the same
Replacing the ice box
He too needed kerosene
So you see kerosene
Was King
Long before Mr. Gas King
Was born if tez me
Yeh asking
Raymond Helligar aka “Big Ray”
