This 1953 recording was made in West Kingston by George Eaton Simpson. The Ras Tafari Youth Group heard here comprised seven Rastafarian men and women, all under twenty-five, singing "King So High" in reference to Haile Selassie I (1892-1975), who ruled Ethiopia as the "King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Elect of God." The chorus is accompanied by a "rhumba box" (an upright marimba) and rattle.