{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!!