Some people likes de chocklet,
Some people likes de tea,
Some drinks de suga’ watah,
And some de lemonade,
But I ca’e fo’ none o’ dose,
The only t’ing fo’ me
Is me bowl o’ bilin’ cawfee in de marnin’

Chorus

Me cawfee, me cawfee, me cawfee, me cawfee,
Me bowl o’ bilin’ cawfee in de marnin’
I ca’e fo’ none o’ dose,
The only t’ing fo' me
Is me bowl o’ bilin’ cawfee in de marnin’.

Wid de sunrise I gets up,
Ev’ry marnin’ dry or wet,
So as never to be lated
For de work I has to do,
I gen’ally says me prayers
Unless I does fo'get
But I always drinks me cawfee in de marnin’.

Sometimes I has it grand
Wid me saltfish an’ me fat,
An’ me yalla plantain boil
Wid green pepper an’ some rice.
But wha’me min’ does gi’e me fo’
Mo’e betta dan all dat
Is me cawfee wid a gill bread in de marnin’.

I is an ole man now,
An’ does often punish bad,
But I's had me good days,
An’ I mus’ satisfy.
I can still hol’ togedda
An’ still praise de Lawd
If I only gets me cawfee in de marnin.