Standard (EADGBE)

 Dee-yup, Dee-yah, Dee-yor-dee-yup-yup-yor

 Dee-yup, Dee-yah, Dee-yor-dee-yup-yup-yor

Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, ... ... that's a-right.

Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, ummmmm.

Send us a prophet, to warn the nation.

 All the children in dis creation,

 All the people that you see

 Will be the children of the Most High, ooo Jah-Jah right jah?

 All the people that you see

 Will be the children of the Most High.

 Jah Rastafari! And I.

 Jah Rastafari!

 Jah-Jah-Jah,

hummmmmm.

Send us another Moses, to lead the nation.

 The hungry must be fed, so there'll be no more sufferation.

 All the people that you see

 Will be the children of the Most High, hummm, Jah-Jah right jah?

 All the people that you see

 Will be the children of the Most High.

[instrumental break / vocal gap]

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Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, ... ... that's a-right.

Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, humm, jah-ja-jaaaaah

Send us another Moses, to lead the nation.

 The hungry must be fed, so there'll be no more sufferation.

 All the people that you see

 Will be the children of the Most High

Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, ... ... that's a-right.

Jah-Jah!

 The children crying in the wilderness, humm, Jah-Jah right jah right