Mama, Look At Boo Boo de Harry Belafonte

I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and home
My children don't want me no more
Bad talk inside de house dey bring
And when I talk they start to sing

"Mama, look at booboo" they shout
Their mother tell them
"sSut up your mout' "
"That is your daddy", "oh, no"
"My daddy can't be ugly so"
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"

"Mama, look at booboo" dey (ooh)
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"
"Mama, look at booboo" dey

I couldn't even
Digest me supper
Due to thee
Children's behavior
John ("Yes, pa")
"Come here a moment"
"Bring de belt,
You're much too impudent"
John says it's James
Who started first
James tells thee story
In reverse
I drag my belt
From off me waist
You should hear dem
Screamin' round de place

"Mama, look at booboo"
They shout
Their mother tell them
"Shut up your mout' "
"That is your daddy", "oh, no"
"My daddy can't be ugly so"
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"

"Mama, look at booboo" dey (ooh)
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"
"Mama, look at booboo" dey (oh)

So I began to question de mudda
These children ain't got no behavior
So I began to question de mudda
These children ain't got no behavior

"They're playing with you"
my wife declared
"You should be proud of them, my dear"
"These children were taught
too bloomin' slack"
That ain't no kind of joke to crack

"Mama, look at booboo" they shout
Their mother tell them
"shut up your mout' "
"That is your daddy", "oh, no"
"My daddy can't be ugly so"
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"

"Mama, look at booboo" dey (ooh)
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"

"Mama, look at booboo" dey (ooh)
"Shut your mout' " "Go away"