King Flash & Calypso Carnival - Mama Look A Boo Boo (Boo Boo Man( lyrics

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Mama Look A Boo Boo (Boo Boo Man)

(Lord Melody) Fitzroy Alexander

King Flash w/Calypso Carnival

Columbia Records (1955) single #4-40866

(ZSP39905) Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com

I wonder why nobody don't like me

Is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I wonder why nobody don't like me

Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and go

My children don't want me no mo'

They cussin', fussin' all the time

An when I talk they start to chime

Mama, look a boo-boo, they shout

The mother told them, 'Shut up your mouth

That is you daddy'

'Oh, no, my daddy can't be ugly so'

Chorus:

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo-boo, dey

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo-boo, dey

Bom-ba-dey, bom-ba-dey (hey!)

Bom-ba, bom-ba, dey-dey-dey

Bom-ba-dey, bom-ba-dey

Bom-ba, bom-ba, dey-dey-dey

Then I take a turn at de mother (behave!)

These children ain't got no behavior

I can't rest in peace in me own place

Tell me what is wrong with me damn face?

They playing wit' you, my wife declared

You should be proud of them, my dear

Them children were taught to bloomin' slack

And that ain't no kind of joke to crack

Mama, look a boo-boo, they shout

The mother told them, 'Shut up your mouth

That is you daddy'

(Oh, no!) my daddy can't be ugly so'

Chorus:

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo-boo, dey

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo-boo, dey

My wife and I had a big disturbance (annoyance!)

Owing to the constant annoyance (uh-huh!)

In order to live peaceful and happy

She put the children in the nursery

Comin' home a day after working very hard

A woman see me and she faint right in the yard

The neighbor run and pick she up

She recover but the woman wouldn't stop

Neighbor, I see a boo boo, oh Lord!

Walking in the back yard, oh Lord!

I went to assist her, she bawled

'Oh Lord, the boo boo is in at the yard'

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama look a boo boo, dey

Shut yuh mouth, go away

Mama look a boo boo, dey

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama look a boo boo, dey

Shut yuh mouth, go away

Mama look a boo boo, dey!

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Note: transcribed single 45rpm.<br />

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Thanks to awcantor@aol.com