[00:02.40]Mama Look Boo-Boo
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[00:03.76]Harry Balefonte
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[00:06.78]I wonder why nobody don't like me
[00:09.70]Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
[00:12.44]I wonder why nobody don't like me
[00:15.26]Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
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[00:18.37]I leave my whole house and home
[00:20.84]My children don't want me no more
[00:23.81]Bad talk inside de house dey bring
[00:26.44]And when I talk they start to sing:
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[00:29.72]Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
[00:32.26]Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[00:35.23]That is your daddy, oh, no
[00:37.76]My daddy can't be ugly so
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[00:41.53]Shut your mout', Go away
[00:43.30]Mama, look at boo-boo dey
[00:46.01]Shut your mout', Go away
[00:48.85]Mama, look at boo-boo dey
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[01:03.78]I couldn't even digest me supper
[01:06.03]Due to the children's behavior
[01:08.92]John (Yes, pa)-come here a moment
[01:11.89]Bring de belt, you're much too impudent
[01:14.56]John says it's James who started first
[01:17.33]James tells the story in reverse
[01:20.56]I drag my belt from off me waist
[01:23.12]You should hear them screamin' round de place
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[01:26.52]Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
[01:28.38]Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[01:31.72]That is your daddy, oh, no
[01:34.12]My daddy can't be ugly so
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[01:37.62]Shut your mout', Go away
[01:39.27]Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[01:42.37]Shut your mout', Go away
[01:45.48]Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
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[01:59.31]So I began to question the mother
[02:01.92]These children ain't got no behavior
[02:04.67]So I began to question the mother
[02:07.26]These children ain't got no behavior
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[02:10.63]They're playing with you my wife declared
[02:13.29]You should be proud of them, my dear
[02:15.88]These children were taught too bloomin' slack
[02:18.71]That ain't no kind of joke to crack
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[02:21.57]Mama, look at boo-boo they shout
[02:24.30]Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
[02:27.56]That is your daddy, oh, no
[02:29.40]My daddy can't be ugly so
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[02:33.24]Shut your mout', Go away
[02:35.07]Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[02:38.37]Shut your mout', Go away
[02:40.56]Mama, look at boo-boo dey (uh)
[02:43.34]Shut your mout', Go away
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