Sit Right Down
Toots and The Maytals Lyrics


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Yeah
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
And if you ever say goodbye
And if you ever even try
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

I'm gonna love you more and more every day
I'm gonna love you more and more every day
And if you ever say goodbye
And if you ever even try
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

Gonna tell your mama
Tell your papa, too
So they'll know exactly
Just what I'm gonna do

If you ever say goodbye
If you ever even try
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

Oh, yeah

Gonna tell your mama
Tell your papa, too
So they'll know exactly
Just what I'm gonna do

If you ever say goodbye
And if you ever even try
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you

I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Toots and the Maytals' song "Sit Right Down" are about a person who is deeply in love with someone who they fear will leave them. The singer declares that they will cry over this person if they ever say goodbye or even try to leave. The repetition of the phrase "I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you" underscores the depth of their emotional attachment and the pain they anticipate feeling if the relationship ends.


The singer also pledges to love this person more and more every day, suggesting that they are willing to invest time and energy into the relationship in order to make it work. However, the fear of loss looms large, which is why they feel the need to tell the other person's parents what they are going to do if they leave.


Overall, the lyrics to "Sit Right Down" are a poignant expression of love and vulnerability. The singer's willingness to cry over the loss of a lover speaks to the intensity of their emotions and the importance of the relationship to them.


Line by Line Meaning

Yeah
Expressing enthusiasm for what is to come


I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I will completely break down if you ever leave me


And if you ever say goodbye
In the event that you were to leave me


And if you ever even try
Or even consider leaving me


I'm gonna love you more and more every day
My love for you will only grow stronger each passing day


Gonna tell your mama
I'm going to inform your mother


Tell your papa, too
And your father as well


So they'll know exactly
So they are aware


Just what I'm gonna do
What actions I will take in response to your leaving


Oh yeah
An exclamation to affirm enthusiasm


I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I will completely break down if you ever leave me


I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I will completely break down if you ever leave me


I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
I will completely break down if you ever leave me




Lyrics Β© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@steffaceltbhoy

i never get together, get together,
Get together when I want.
You know, you know, you hear me?
I never get together, get to,
Get together when I want.
I will never get no way, no way.. no way!
Let me tell you!
I say something you passed up, baby,
Say I will never get no way, yeah, yeah, hey!

I never get together, get together,
Get together when I want.
You know, you know.
I never get together, get to,
Get together when I want.
One more time!
Ooh yeah! Come on now!
Let me tell you!

Grandfather say,
Something is over there for me.
Grandmother say,
Let me tell you what to do now.
My father say,
Son let me share it up for you
My mama say,
Let me tell you what to do.
I'm gonna sit right down and wait,
Wait a little while.
I'm gonna sit right down and wait,
Wait a little while.

I never get no way, no way,
Ooh no way, no way,
And I start to pass that way,
They say I will never get no way.
My father say,
Something is over there for me now.
And I tell him dad now,
Daddy I don't want to be that way now.
My grandmother say son,
Let me tell you just what to do now
I'm gonna sit right down and wait,
Wait a little while.
I'm gonna sit right down and wait,
Wait a little while..



All comments from YouTube:

@ericcoudrill8776

One of the purest,most passionate, soulful and liberated voices is silenced. Toots was a joyful force of nature. I can't stop smiling through the tears of this ska/ rocksteady and reggae titan , gone but never forgotten. This lesser known tune deserves its place alongside funky Kingston with the fantastic loose rhythmic plucking of rocksteady guitar and sheer joyous expression of Toots giving no less than his heart and soul. What a man. Rest now. Bless you Sir Hibbert

@pacamaca9839

I still remember hearing this tune . . Bought it and never have stopped moving to it as soon as I hear it . . Wonderful tune . . Super group ❀

@lawrencenjawe9875

Can't get more raw and passionate than this....Fred Hibbert was a phenomenon even surpassing some of his heroes and influences like Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson in my opinion

@mrbillhicks

I love Toot's Hibberts voice... always did, always will... and the music just drives along at such a pace, especially on tracks like this...

@jspope2008

Do you know when this was released. Over 40 years ago! Still fantastic.

@jamesmel2978

the energy in the vocals is beyond human

@raphaelrousso7124

beyond human as you said !!! direct from above !!!

@jspope2008

Amazing! Brings back memories of when I was a young guy desperate to get with a young girl. Managed it too! Happy days long gone.

@msuliz7719

Are you old now

@lawrencenjawe1935

Oooooooouuuuueeeeeh!!! Toots' got me ROCKING on my seat with this one.

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