Mama look a boo boo

 
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1. I wonder why nobody don't like me,

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 or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

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 I wonder why nobody don't like me,

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 or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

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 I leave my whole house and home,

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 my children don't want me no more,

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 bad talk inside de house dey bring,

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 and when I talk they start to sing.

 
 
"Mama, look a boo boo !" they shout,
  Em
their mother tell them, "Shut up your mout' ! "
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"That is your daddy", "Oh, no, my daddy can't be ugly so !"
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"Shut your mout', go away !" "Mama, look a boo boo!" dey,
D Em D
 "Shut your mout', go away!" "Mama, look a boo boo, " dey. 

 
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2. I couldn't even digest me supper ,

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 due to thee children's behavior,

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 John ("Yes, pa") - "Come here a moment,

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 bring de belt, you're much too impudent !"

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 John says, it's James who started first,

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 James tells the story in reverse,

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 I drag my belt from off me waist,

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 you should hear dem screamin' round de place. + CHORUS

 
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3. So I began to question de mudda, 

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 these children ain't got no behavior.

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 So I began to question de mudda,

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 These children ain't got no behavior.

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

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 "You should be proud of them, my dear !"

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 "Them children were taught too bloomin' slack,

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  that ain't no kind of joke to crack. “

 
+ CHORUS + repeat verse 1 + CHORUS….
 

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Harry Belafonte)