This was the first song he wrote when he came to St. Barts in 1979. One morning, two little kids came up to his boat with croissants and a big mug of coffee. He wrote this song for those kids. One has grown up to be a reggae star. They were the Thrift kids from Nevus. Two of them became singers and one became a news personality in Bermuda. Jimmy says their parents have him to blame for the entire dysfunction in that family.
This was the first song he wrote when he came to St. Barts in 1979. One morning, two little kids came up to his boat with croissants and a big mug of coffee. He wrote this song for those kids. One has grown up to be a reggae star. They were the Thrift kids from Nevus. Two of them became singers and one became a news personality in Bermuda. Jimmy says their parents have him to blame for the entire dysfunction in that family.