Lick an’ Lock-up is one of the older Barbadian folk songs and speaks to emancipation in 1838. A song of jubilation usually sung with a lively tempo. Jin-Jin is the name the enslaved gave to Queen Victoria.
Chorus
Lick an’ lock-up done wid,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin;
Lick an’ lock-up done wid,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin
Vs 1
De Queen come from England
To set we free;
Now lick an’ lock-up done wid,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin.
Vs 2
Dey sell me mudda fuh six-bit piece,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin;
Now lick an’ lock-up done wid,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin.
Vs 3
God bless de Qyeen fuh set we free,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin;
Now lick an’ lock-up done wid,
Hurrah fuh Jin-Jin.