{title: Mama look a booboo} {artist: Harry Belafonte} {x_UGNG_category: Calypso} INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb #1 [D]I wonder why n[G]obody don't like[A] me[D]..or is it G A the fact that I'm ugly? [D]I wonder why [G]nobody don't lik[A]e m[D]e..or is it G A the fact that I'm ugly? #2. [D]I leave m[A]y whole house a[D]nd home.. mychildren [A]don't want me no[D] more. [A]Bad talk inside d[D]e house dey bring..and when I [A]talk they start to[D] sing.. CHORUS: [D]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother [Em]tellthem shut up your mouth. [D]That is your dadd[Em]y..oh, no..[A]my daddy[D] can't be ugly, so!! [D]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look [Em]a-boo-b[A]oo dey. [D]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look [Em]a-boo-b[D]oo dey. #2. [D]I couldn't even [G]digest m[A]e suppe[D]r..due to [G]the children's [D]behavior. [D]John..(yes, pa)[G]..come here [A]a momen[D]t..bring de belt, you're [G]much too im[A]pudent. [D]John says, it'[A]s James who start[D]ed first..James tells the [A]story in r[D]everse. [A]I drag my belt [D]from off me waist..you should hear them [A]screamin' round de[D] place. #3. [D]So, I began t[G]o question th[A]e mothe[D]r..these children ain't [G]got no be[A]havior. [D]So, I began t[G]o question th[A]e mothe[D]r..these children ain't [G]got no be[A]havior. #4. [D]They're making fun, m[A]y wife declare[D]d..you should be [A]proud of them, my[D] dear!! [D]These children wer[A]e taught too bloomi[D]n' slack..that ain't [A]no kind of jok[D]e to crack!!