David Dabydeen - The Old Map lyrics

Empty treasure chests dumped from departed ships And jettisoned slaves washed Into an arc from Jamaica to Guiana. Islands aborted from the belly of the sea Forever unborn in rock and swamp. Other fragments rot in the sun Like cane chewed and spat From coolie mouth. Haiti is a crab with broken claw. Cuba droops in fear at the foot of America. Blue is deep and everywhere of European eye, Green of seamen's hope and gangrene, Yellow of the palm of dead Amerindian Unyielding gold.