Lyrics to
No Woman No Cry

This version of No Woman No Cry was released by Boney M in 1976.

Our Decade Lyrics Boney M profile has all of the No Woman No Cry lyrics from 1976 and many more songs from the Boney M discography that we have on file.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Boney M or about the 1970s in general.

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Cause I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in trenchtown
Observing the hypocrites
Mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, now
Good friends we have lost
Along the way
In this great future,
You can’t forget your past
So dry your tears, I say

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Oh little darling, don’t shed no tears
No woman no cry
Cause I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
When Georgie would make the fire lights
I say, log would burnin’ through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I’ll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I’ve got to push on thru,
And while I’m gone
Everything ‘s gonna be alright
Everything ‘s gonna be alright
Everything ‘s gonna be alright now
Everything ‘s gonna be alright
Everything ‘s gonna be alright now
Everything ‘s gonna be alright
No woman no cry

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Oh little darlin’ don’t shed no tears
No woman no cry
Oh little darlin’ don’t shed no tears
No woman no cry

Said I re, said I re, Said I remember
No woman no cry

You and I and you and I and you and I
No woman no cry

Cause I remember when we used to sit there
No woman no cry
In a government yard

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry, yeah
No woman no cry

No woman no cry (you sweet darling)
No woman no cry

No woman no cry, yeah
No woman no cry
No woman no cry, yeah
No woman no cry

No woman no cry

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Boney M?

Boney M has released many songs over the years besides No Woman No Cry. Boney M released songs from 1976 to 1985 spanning across albums like Take The Heat Off Me, Love For Sale, Nightflight To Venus, Oceans Of Fantasy, Boonoonoonoos, Christmas Album, Ten Thousand Lightyears, Kalimba De Luna, and Eye Dance. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Boney M.

If you're a fan of 1970s music looking for more songs from 1976 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and No Woman No Cry by Boney M

The lyrics to No Woman No Cry are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Boney M in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to No Woman No Cry are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Boney M and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for No Woman No Cry back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to No Woman No Cry by Boney M in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to No Woman No Cry" means the words set to the music of No Woman No Cry, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boney M. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to No Woman No Cry and the lyrics to No Woman No Cry are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boney M who came here looking just for the lyrics to No Woman No Cry, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Boney M

Visit our Boney M profile for more Boney M songs, lyrics & info!

)