(don georgenathaniel cole)
Wa-oo-oowa-oo-oo
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay…
Wa-oo-oowa-oo-oo
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay…
Sittin’ by de ocean
Me heartshe feel so sad
Sittin’ by de ocean
Me heartshe feel so sad…
Don’t got de money
To take me back to trinidad.
Fine calypso woman
She cook me shrimp and rice
Fine calypso woman
She cook me shrimp and rice…
Dese yankee hot dogs
Don’t treat me stomach very nice.
In trinidadone dollar buy
Papaya juicebanana pie
Six coconutone female goat
An’ plenty fish to fill de boat.
One bushel breadone barrel wine
An’ all de townshe come to dine.
But here is badone dollar buy
Cup of coffeeham on rye.
Me throat she sick from necktie
Me feet hurt from shoes.
Me pocket full of empty
I got calypso blues.
Dese yankee girl give me big scare
Is black de rootis blonde de hair.
Her eyelash falseher face is paint
And pads are where de girl she ain’t!
She jitterbug when she should waltz
I even think her name is false.
But calypso girl is good a lot
Is what you seeis what she got.
Sittin’ by de ocean
Me heartshe feel so sad
Sittin’ by de ocean
Me heartshe feel so sad…
Don’t got de money
To take me back to trinidad.
Wa-oo-oowa-oo-oo
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay…
Wa-oo-oowa-oo-oo
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay…
(repeat chant to fade)