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A recorded reading of “River Market”. If the player does not load, use the original audio source.
Baskets ride the air; colours rush like sugar. Paper notes flutter; music hides in every pocket. Come taste, come try; the sky is a ladder of voices. Buy here, sing near; good cheer, no fear. Copper coins, mango skin, feet tapping the band awake. Spice spins circles in warm hands; the whole street stands to clap. Horns reply, then feet fly; left side, ay-yo! right side, let’s go! Buy here, sing near; good cheer, no fear; the whistle ties a bow on the afternoon and lets it drift.
Lyrics
(Cha-cha-cha) baskets sway. Baskets high, colours fly, sugar on the air. Paper notes flutter; music everywhere. Come taste! Come try! Voices climb the sky. Buy here, sing near Good cheer, no fear Buy here, sing near Good cheer, no fear Copper coins, mango skins, shoes tap to the band. Spices spin circles in every hand. Clap back, talk back—rhythm in our hands. (Clap—clap) the whole street stands. (Dee-dee-doo) horns reply. (Dee-dee-doo) feet fly. [Leader:] Left side! [Crowd:] (Ay-yo!) [Leader:] Right side! [Crowd:] (Let’s go!) Buy here, sing near Good cheer, no fear Buy here, sing near Good cheer, no fear (Doo—doo—doo)
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