Mango Pickle Down River

By M.I.A.

On Kala (Deluxe Edition)

Released on August 8, 2007

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[Intro: The Wilcannia Mob]

Hoy, hoy, hoy

Testing one

Go, one, two, three, four

Wilcannia Mob

M.I.A

Morganics


[Chorus: The Wilcannia Mob]

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'


[Verse 1: Wally Ebsworth]

They call me Wally, this is where I'm at

I wear my NRL baseball cap

Parramatta's my team if you know what I mean

To be the captain, that's my dream


[Verse 2: Keith Dutton]

My name is Keith from Wilcannia Street

I walk on stilts to read the beat

When it crawls out, I shake a leg

This is my rhyme and that's what I said


[Verse 3: M.I.A.]

First of all I wanna say

I don't really know why you act that way

My name is Maya and people always say

I act kinda strange like a dooba weh

I like fish and mango pickle

When I climb trees, them feet, them tickle

I'm broke this month, didn't pay rent

I had to jump town and my money's all spent (all spent)

I had to jump town and my money's all spent


[Chorus: The Wilcannia Mob]

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'


[Interlude: The Wilcannia Mob]

We-we-we play some didge'

We-we-we play some didge'

We-we-we play some didge'


[Verse 4: Colin "Colroy" Johnson]

Well Colroy's here, have no fear

All you old pigs better watch out for this bit

And I'm here at the game and I'm almost ten

I wanna be an actor like Jackie Chan


[Verse 5: Lendal King]

Lendal is my name; I like to do back flips

Listen to the words that come from my lips

Jump off the bridge and I'll play the didge

And when I catch a fish, I put it in the fridge


[Verse 6: Buddy Blair]

My name is Buddy, I can't stand still

Wilcannia to Dubbo to Broken Hill

I've been movin' around from town-to-town

And this is how I get down!


[Bridge: M.I.A.]

Rode the BMX when we walked through the bush

The boys fight to ride it, but I just let 'em push

Keith stole an egg from a lil' cuckoo

Kept it safe in his mouth, while he danced jookoo jookoo


[Verse 7: M.I.A.]

There's only one ocean that got fish left

One day we'll have to be a really good chef

And I don't mean us in the bush making meth

Boys if you catch meth you catch your death

When I said that Keith sneezed and had a chick

Broke the little egg in his mouth in little bits


[Chorus: The Wilcannia Mob]

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'

When it's really hot, we go to the river and swim

When we're goin' fishin', we catchin' the bream

When the river's high, we jump off the bridge

And when we get home, we play some didge'