Mama Look at Boa Boa - Harry Belafonte

I wonder why nobody don’t like me

Or 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 home

My children don’t want me no more

Bad talk inside the house they bring

And when I talk they start to sing

«Mama, look a boo boo,"they shout

Their mother tell them, «Shut up your mouth»

«That is your daddy, oh, no

My daddy can’t be ugly»

«So, shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they»

I couldn’t even digest my supper

Due to the children’s behavior

«John, yes pa, come here a moment

Bring the belt, you’re much too impudent»

John says, «It's James who started first»

James tells the story in reverse

I drag my belt from off me waist

You should hear them screaming round the place

«Mama, look at boo boo,"they shout

Their mother tell them, «Shut up your mouth

That is your daddy, oh, no

My daddy can’t be ugly»

«So, shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they»

I got carried away

So I began to question the mother

«These children ain’t got no behavior»

So I began to question the mother

«These children ain’t got no behavior»

«They're playing with you,"my wife declared

«You should be proud of them, my dear»

Then children were taught too blooming slack

That ain’t no kind of joke to crack

«Mama, look at boo boo,"they shout

Their mother tell them, «Shut up your mouth

That is your daddy, oh, no

My daddy can’t be ugly»

«So, shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they»

I wonder why nobody don’t like me

Or 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 mishpucha don’t want me no more

Bad talk inside the house they bring

And when I talk they start to sing

«Mama, look a boo boo,"they shout

Their mother tell them, «Shut up your mouth

That is your daddy, oh, no

My daddy can’t be ugly»

«So, shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they»

«Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth, go away

Mama, look at boo boo they

Shut your mouth»