What does pass the dutchie mean

You could feel it 'cause it was the month of June How does it feel when you've got no food? So I left my gate and went out for a walk How does it feel when you've got no food?

As I pass the dreadlocks' camp I heard them say How does it feel when you've got no food? Pass the dutchie on the left hand side I said pass the dutchie on the left hand side It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance.

So I stopped to find out what was going on. How does it feel when you've got no food? There was a ring of dreads and a session was there in swing How does it feel when you've got no food? You could feel the chill as I seen and heard them say How does it feel when you've got no food? Pass the dutchie on the left hand side I say Pass the dutchie on the left hand side It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance.

You play it on the radio, a so me say, we a go hear it on the stereo A so me know you a go play it on the disco A so me say we a go hear it on the stereo. On the left hand side I said On the left hand side I said On the left hand side We meet on the left hand side I'm fellin' on the left hand side I say east, say west, say north and south on the left hand side This is gonna make us jump and shout on the left hand side I say east, say west, say north and south on the left hand side This is gonna make me be able to jump and shout, I say on the left hand side.

Related Left Handed Blogs we think you'd like. Sir Elton John A Father. It never was a song about poverty or anything other than smoking. Weird, as I had always assumed it was a lesson in poverty. But I used the lyrics - pass the Dutchie 'pon the left hand side - to mean that the Dutchie people poor wouldn't get out of your way and you'd have to pass them on the left, or you'd be walking in the mud to attempt a right-hand pass.

Whether it was about pot or pots, the song brings back strong memories of freshman year college I received this album from a school friend at my ninth birthday party and my mom promptly threw it out. I always wondered why I had to hear the songs played to jog my memory.

I never understood the draw of the Raggae genre. To my ear it sounds very monotonous. You could feel the chill as I seen and heard them say How does it feel when you got no food? You play it on the radio And so me say, we a go hear it on the stereo And so me know you a go play it on the disco And so me say we a go hear it on the stereo bow! On the left hand side I say On the left hand side I say On the left hand side We meet On the left hand side say man On the left hand side Me say east, say west, say north and south on the left hand side This is gonna really make us jump and shout on the left hand side Me say east, say west, say north and south on the left hand side Edit Lyrics.

Lyrics powered by LyricFind. Pass the Dutchie song meanings. Add Your Thoughts 17 Comments. General Comment This song is actually not about smoking the ganja.

As for the references to it, this song was originally done by bob marley, called "Pass the Koutchie", which was about smoking dope. But when musical youth did it, they changed it to Dutchie instead of Koutchie. So the original version is about drugs, this one is about a feeding pan. No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment okay dutchie is a pan, a pan is a pot General Comment Sounds like they're puffing the magic dragon, because they didn't receive their food ration for the month, or something to that nature.

General Comment they are singing about smoking the ganja!