The gift of Jah is eternal life!
Still Tom, the Piper's son take the barbers life!
Everyone going around, sayin' they know who shot the barber
I know who shot the barber!
It was Tom, Tom, the Piper's son, I tell you, say

(..my dream last night was about Ali Baba..)

Tom, Tom, the Piper's son
He shot the barber and away he run
He run away as I would said

And not a place to hide, for everyone know that
Everywhere you go, you hear people say
Tom shot the Barber, over there you hear they say
Tom shot the Barber
The young know that, the old know that
Everyone know that, they say

Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber

He pulled a .38 from his waist last night
He rode through the valley with his pistol by his side, yeah

Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber
Tom shot the barber, him shot the barber

He rode through the valley with a .38 in his waist, yeah
He pulled the .38 from his waist and shot the barber, yeah

I said Tom shot the barber
Him shot the barber. Tom shot the barber
Him shot the barber - mercy, ya!

So he leave another dread to go, as I would say
So Natty Dread could flourish ina earth this day
As I would tell you say
Yea, yea, hear I now!

(..my dream last night was about Ali Baba..)

Tom, Tom, the Piper's son
He shot the barber and away he run
Look at that and Tom was a baldhead
And he should love the barber
'Cause he is also a baldhead!
Now look at that, let me tell you, say

Tom shot the barber and he is a baldhead
And the barber is a baldhead
I said him leave the Natty Dread
Feel flourish now
Leave Natty Dread, ya, feel flourish now
Leave Natty Dread, seen, feel flourish now
Leave Natty Dread, seen, feel flourish now

Pulled a .38 out from his waist last night, I tell you
And he shot the barber in his head, I tell you, last night, yeah

Tom shot the barber!
Ah! And listen to this
Dreadlocks.. a Natty Dreadlocks!
Have you any wool? Have you any wool?
Yes-I, Natty yes-I..