Calypso Boogaloo - Mighty Sparrow

I went to a dance in New York City

Last week Saturday night

With a big fat mama from Mississippi

I rarely was uptight

The band start swinging with the boogaloo

She said, «Sparrow, please

I’m going to teach this dance to you

Take me back to the West Indies»

And she tell me…

«You got to learn me Calypso Boogaloo

You got to learn me Calypso Boogaloo.»

Take it back to the West Indes

Underneath the coconut trees

(Sock it to me baby. Ahh

Come on.

Come on, mama

Do the thing now)

The Mississippi Mama start to work it up more

Three policemen try but couldn’t make she stop

So they say she crazy like hell

Then she shoe heel break and she quick fall down

Everybody started to laugh

Because she started draggin' on the ground

And she bus' up in half

'Til she bawlin'

«You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo

You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo.»

Take it back to the West Indes

Underneath the coconut trees

(C'mon mama. Uh-huh. Whoa! Whoa!)

As long as I live I will never, never, never, never, never forget

The big fat Mississippi Mama at the Rockland Palace Fete

Man, I felt so good I am telling you

When the steel band started to fight

Old Harris put me in a taxi and then I missed that mama that night

'Til she bawlin'…

«You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo

You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo.»

Take it back to the West Indes

Underneath the coconut trees