“Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
I Shot The Sheriff, from the album Burnin (1973)
Song lyrics
“There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”
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