No woman no cry by Bob Marley

Before listening, discuss these questions in groups

How often do you cry? Which things make you cry? What do you do/say when you see a friend or a relative crying?

Listen and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets

No woman no cry (x4)

Said, said I _____________ when we __________ to sit (remember, sit)
In a government yard in Trenchtown
________________ the hypocrites (observe)
Mingle with the good people we ___________ (meet)
Good friends we __________, oh, good friends we’__________ (have, lose)
Along the way
In this great future,
You can't ___________ your past (forget)
So ______ your tears, I _______ (dry, say)

[chorus]
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Little darling, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry

Number the lines as you hear them

____In the government yard in Trenchtown

_1__Said I remember when we used to sit
____ I seh, log would burnin' through the nights
____Of which I'll share with you ____
____Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
____And then Georgie would make the fire lights

My feet is my only carriage

And so I've got to push on thru,
Oh, while I'm gone
Everything 's gonna be alright
Everything 's gonna be alright

[chorus]
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
I seh little darlin'
Don't shed no tears
No woman no cry.

Find the words in bold for the words given

Follow up:

Look for information and say if the following statements are true or false

a. Trenchtown is a wealthy city in Kingston, Jamaica.

b. It is considered the Capital City of Reggae Music.
c. Bob Marley is the Icon of Reggae music.
d. Bob Marley wrote a song called Trenchtown.
e. He had 12 children, all of them with his wife, Rita Marley.
f. He died at the age of 36 of an overdose.

Can you find more information about Bob Marley?