Sometime in the 1980s somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea the merchant ship Lanka Keerti was anchored outside the Libyan harbour of Bengasi.

Merchant ship bob marley. Old pirates yes they rob ISold I to the merchant ships. Match the lyrics of the song with their explanation on the right column. The merchant ships at first where loaded with slaves which were bound to serve a a person of moneyAs time passes we see how humans have altered the innocence of another being making him able to see that slavery is something normal and we must.

From the bottomless pit. Minutes after they took I. Originally by Bob Marley Two three four.

Old pirates yes they rob I. Minutes after they took I. Marley was reflecting on how his accentors precisely Africans and how they were robbed from the continent by the Old pirates and sold into slavery merchant ships.

_____8___ Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit. In Redemption Song Marley begins with the poignant narration of how his ancestors were forcefully shipped from Africa in slave ships to foreign lands. Sold I to the merchant ships.

But my hand was made strong. In the first stanza of the poetic lyrics as in most of his songs Mr. Old pirates yes they rob I.

Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit. Marleys use of allegory a merchant ship a vessel designed to transport valuable cargo i n. Old pirates yes they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit.