Mama, Look A BooBoo

Mama Look Boo-Boo

Harry Balefonte



I wonder why nobody dont like me
Or is it the fact that Im ugly?
I wonder why nobody dont like me
Or is it the fact that Im ugly?

I leave my whole house and home
My children dont want me no more
Bad talk inside de house dey bring
And when I talk they start to sing:

Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy cant be ugly so

Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey
Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey

I couldnt even digest me supper
Due to the childrens behavior
John (Yes, pa)-come here a moment
Bring de belt, youre much too impudent
John says its James who started first
James tells the story in reverse
I drag my belt from off me waist
You should hear them screamin round de place

Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy cant be ugly so

Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)

So I began to question the mother
These children aint got no behavior
So I began to question the mother
These children aint got no behavior

Theyre playing with you my wife declared
You should be proud of them, my dear
These children were taught too bloomin' slack
That aint no kind of joke to crack

Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy cant be ugly so

Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout, Go away
Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout, Go away