Mama Look A Boo Boo

Song Mama Look A Boo Boo
Artist Harry Belafonte
Album The Art Of A Legend

Lyrics

[00:02.40] Mama Look Boo-Boo
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[00:03.76] Harry Balefonte
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[00:06.78] I wonder why nobody don't like me
[00:09.70] Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
[00:12.44] I wonder why nobody don't like me
[00:15.26] Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
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[00:18.37] I leave my whole house and home
[00:20.84] My children don't want me no more
[00:23.81] Bad talk inside de house dey bring
[00:26.44] And when I talk they start to sing:
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[00:29.72] Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
[00:32.26] Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[00:35.23] That is your daddy, oh, no
[00:37.76] My daddy can't be ugly so
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[00:41.53] Shut your mout', Go away
[00:43.30] Mama, look at boo-boo dey
[00:46.01] Shut your mout', Go away
[00:48.85] Mama, look at boo-boo dey
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[01:03.78] I couldn't even digest me supper
[01:06.03] Due to the children's behavior
[01:08.92] John (Yes, pa)-come here a moment
[01:11.89] Bring de belt, you're much too impudent
[01:14.56] John says it's James who started first
[01:17.33] James tells the story in reverse
[01:20.56] I drag my belt from off me waist
[01:23.12] You should hear them screamin' round de place
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[01:26.52] Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
[01:28.38] Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[01:31.72] That is your daddy, oh, no
[01:34.12] My daddy can't be ugly so
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[01:37.62] Shut your mout', Go away
[01:39.27] Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[01:42.37] Shut your mout', Go away
[01:45.48] Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
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[01:59.31] So I began to question the mother
[02:01.92] These children ain't got no behavior
[02:04.67] So I began to question the mother
[02:07.26] These children ain't got no behavior
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[02:10.63] They're playing with you my wife declared
[02:13.29] You should be proud of them, my dear
[02:15.88] These children were taught too bloomin' slack
[02:18.71] That ain't no kind of joke to crack
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[02:21.57] Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
[02:24.30] Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[02:27.56] That is your daddy, oh, no
[02:29.40] My daddy can't be ugly so
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[02:33.24] Shut your mout', Go away
[02:35.07] Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[02:38.37] Shut your mout', Go away
[02:40.56] Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[02:43.34] Shut your mout', Go away
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