The Goths (Gothic: *Gut-þiuda, *Gutans; Old Norse: Gutar/Gotar; German: Goten; Latin: Gothi; Greek: Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe.
The most important source is Jordanes' 6th-century, semi-fictional Getica which describes a migration from southern Scandza (Scandinavia), to Gothiscandza, believed to be the lower Vistula region in modern Pomerania, and from there to the coast of the Black Sea. The Pomeranian Wielbark culture and the Chernyakhov culture northeast of the lower Danube are archaeological traces of this migration. In the 3rd century, either through crossing the lower Danube, or travelling by sea, the Goths ravaged the Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia as far as Cyprus, sacking Athens, Byzantium, Sparta. By the fourth century, the Goths conquered Dacia, and were divided into at least two distinct groups separated by the Dniester River, the Thervingi, led by the Balti dynasty, and the Greuthungi, led by the Amali dynasty. Centered around their capital at the Dnieper, the Goths ruled a vast area which at its peak under the Kings Ermanaric and Athanaric stretched from the Danube to the Volga river, and from the Black to the Baltic Sea.
Shabba Ranks (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon; January 17, 1966, Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica) is a Jamaican dancehall musician.
He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation. He was also one of the first Jamaican deejays to gain worldwide acceptance, and recognition for his 'slack' lyrical expressions and content, when "ridin' di riddim". His gravel toned, rough-sounding voice made him instantly recognized worldwide.
Ranks gained his fame mainly by toasting (or rapping) rather than singing, similarly to his dancehall contemporaries in Jamaica. A protégé of deejay Josey Wales, he arrived on the international stage in the late 1980s, along with a number of fellow Jamaicans including reggae singers Cocoa Tea and Crystal. Ranks also worked with Chuck Berry and America rappers KRS-One and Chubb Rock.
He secured a major record deal with Epic Records in 1991. Having released five albums for a major label, Ranks remains one of the most prolific dancehall artists to break into the mainstream.
Ca' the ewes to the Knowes,
Ca' the whare the heather grows,
Ca' them whare the burnie rows,
My bonie dearie
As I gaed down the water-side
There I met my shepherd-lad,
He rowd me sweetly in his plaid,
And he ca'd me his dearie
Ca' the ewes ...
Will ye gang down the water-side
And see the waves sae sweetly glide
Beneath the hazels spreading wide,
The moon it shines fu' clearly
Ca' the ewes
While waters wimple to the sea,
While day blinks in the lift sae hie,
Till clay-cauld death sall blin' my e'e,
Let's go across the tracks
Where pussy ain't no feline
Rev up my Chevy
I'm gonna pay to play
Baby lickity-split I like that taste
I push ahead and I fall behind
I'm just a good good Tom
I just wanna stay
Just got back from the best cathouse in town
And had the best piece of Mona Lisa I ever found
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
To get some more of that cheap little tramp right about now
Let's go to the house
Where business is a pleasure
Well there's a need to diversion
And I don't go away
Now I'm a hard, hard act to swallow
And she's my buried treasure
It'll be a long, long time
Before I'm on my way
Just got back from the best cathouse in town
And had the best piece of Mona Lisa I ever found
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
To get some more of that cheap little tramp right about now
Ooh I'm gonna get her to move in
Gas in my Chevy
Headin' down the way
Said just God get me back
Get me back I say
Just got back from the best cathouse in town
And had the best piece of Mona Lisa I ever found
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
To get some more of that cheap little tramp right about now
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
And had the best piece of Mona Lisa I ever found
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
To get some more of that cheap little tramp right about now
I'm going back from the best cathouse in town
To get some more of that Mona Lisa right about now
And I'm going back to the best cathouse in town
And had the best piece of little tramp I ever found