Caribbean Olympics Coverage 2008 Blog

The events over the pass few days have been phenomenal. It has moved many in many different ways. Jamaica’s own ‘Bumpy Head Gal’ - Joan Andrea Hutchinson was so moved she wrote this poem.

Usain mi dawlin, mi just want yuh fi know dat sake a yuh, mi marriage almost mash up di odder day, because a piece of jealousy teck my husband.

Well wah never happen in a year happen in a day Mi kyaan believe mi eyes Ever since Usain Bolt win di Olympics 100 metres Fi mi husband start exercise

Yuh tink a lickle talk mi a talk to him Bout how him belly a get big Mi tired fi tell him how him a get waggaty An start to fayva pig

Mi spend mi money sign him up a gym Steam vegetable gi him every day Him suck him teet an say “Man must have guts” And galang him merry way

But when Usain Bolt win di Olympic 100 metre gold An mi start fi scream “Usain Bolt mi love yuh, mi love yuh, mi love yuh Yuh fulfill mi wildest dream”

Mi run up an dung inna di living room like mi mad All liddung pon di floor Mi say “Usain, a long time no man no excite mi so Mi ago love yuh more and more”

Right now mi have picture of Usain Bolt pon every wall And one beside mi bed One pon mi t-shirt, two inna mi purse And a Usain Bolt inna mi head

Usain Bolt full mi up wid so much pride Mi doan even waan fi eat And when mi talk bout how him body look good Mi husband say mi sound like mi a cheat

Him mout long up and say mi have young bway nature An a long time mi love mawga man When mi tell him say Usain Bolt just meck mi feel good Him say mi a behave like more dan fan

Him bex like bullfrog di odda morning How mi gi him di breakfast cold Sake a mi a watch di rerun a Usain a gi dem donkey length Fi win di 100 metre gold

Dem show di race again when mi a cook di Satiday soup Mi gi out “What a mawga man can run” Mi dis hear “it come een like say sake a dis mawga man Mi an mi Satiday soup a get bun”

Well Usain mi dawlin, dem say who bex lose So mi say later fi him But one ting mi know all of a sudden him start eat healty And find himself a gym

And between mi an yuh Usain, him proud a yuh big time But mi dear, nuh watch no face Yuh name write pon mi heart dat Satiday when yuh get di gold Inna di Olympics 100 metre race

Do you have a tribute for our atheletes across the region who are truly making the Caribbean proud? I hope you enjoyed “Bumpy Head Gal’s” contribution.