Mama Look A-Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte.
#11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956.
INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb
#1.
F# B C# F#
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
B C#
the fact that I'm ugly?
F# B C# F#
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
B C#
the fact that I'm ugly?
#2.
F# C# F#
I leave my whole house and home..my children
C# F#
don't want me no more.
C# F#
Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I
C# F#
talk they start to sing..
CHORUS:
F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
F# G#m C# F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m F#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
#2.
F# B C# F# B
I couldn't even digest me supper..due to the children's
F#
behavior.
F# B C# F#
John..(yes, pa)..come here a moment..bring de belt, you're
B C#
much too impudent.
F# C# F#
John says, it's James who started first..James tells the
C# F#
story in reverse.
C# F#
I drag my belt from off me waist..you should hear them
C# F#
screamin' round de place.
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CHORUS:
F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
F# G#m C# F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
#3.
F# B C# F#
So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
B C#
got no behavior.
F# B C# F#
So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
B C#
got no behavior.
#4.
F# C# F#
They're making fun, my wife declared..you should be
C# F#
proud of them, my dear!!
F# C# F#
These children were taught too bloomin' slack..that ain't
C# F#
no kind of joke to crack!!
CHORUS:
F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
F# G#m C# F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
OUTRO:
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F# G#m C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
