I've wondered for most of my life about the song. Why on earth was Mary Anne sifting sand all day, all night? Am I showing my ignorance of some critical feature of Jamaican idiom?
Had a look at Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_(Terry_Gilkyson_song) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_(Terry_Gilkyson_song))
Think it's a euphemism.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 13 May 2025, 11:44:35 AMThink it's a euphemism.
I think its written after smoking too much weed.
Drugs were my first thought.
The wiki page is just as opaque as the lyrics to me