Calypso

Sittin' by de ocean Me heart, she feel so sad... Sittin' by de ocean Me heart, she feel so sad... You don't got de money To take me back to Trinidad Fine calypso woman She cook me shrimp and rice... Fine calypso woman She cook me shrimp and rice... Those Yankee hot dogs Don't treat me stomach very nice In Trinidad, one dollar buy Papaya juice, banana pie Six coconut, one female goat An' plenty fish to fill de boat One bushel bread, one barrel wine And all de town, she come to dine But here is bad, one dollar buy Cup of coffee, ham on rye Me throat she sick from necktie Me feet hurt from shoes Me pocket full of empty I got Calypso blues These yankee girl give me big scare Is black de root, is blonde de hair Her eyelash false, her face is paint And perhaps not de girl she ain't! She jitterbug when she should waltz I even think her name is false But Calypso girl is good a lot Is what you see, is what she got Sittin' by de ocean You heart, she feel so sad... You don't got de money To take me back to Trinidad... Sittin' by de ocean You heart, she feel so sad... Because you don't got de money To take me back to Trinidad...

From the crow's nest high, I can spy the little islands Strewn like stones in the salty sea Pour the rum-pum-pum, hearts are beating like the drum The madness taking me (ho!) One day should port be made I'll miss her how her waves throw This day we shan't delay On our way, our dear Calypso From the starboard bow, I can spy a city ruined Taken siege by a pirate's lance Plundered gold that was taken long ago Afore we had our chance (ta!) One day should port be made I'll miss her how her waves throw This day we shan't delay On our way, our dear Calypso From the decks below, I can spy out through the porthole Kingly ships of a naval fleet While we schemed our raid, our plan had been belayed For they'd made their retreat (dang it!) One day should port be made I'll miss her how her waves throw This day we shan't delay On our way, our dear Calypso From the port side shroud, I can spy under the moonlight Dreams of fortune awaiting me Gold and rum, all there is under the sun But fate would disagree (hey!) Someday if port be made I'll miss her how her waves throw This day we shan't delay On our way, our dear Calypso At the Captain's wheel, he can spy out the horizon Hands-on deck! "Tally-Ho!", he cries Silver, Gold Plenty coffers to behold Before your very eyes! One day should port be made I'll miss her how her waves throw This day we shan't delay On our way, our dear Calypso

My name is calypso And i have lived alone I live on an island And i waken to the dawn A long time ago I watched him struggle with the sea I knew that he was drowning And i brought him into me Now today Come morning light He sails away After one last night I let him go. My name is calypso My garden overflows Thick and wild and hidden Is the sweetness there that grows My hair it blows long As i sing into the wind My name is calypso And i have lived alone I live on an island I tell of nights Where i could taste the salt on his skin Salt of the waves And of tears And though he, pulled away I kept him here for years I let him go My name is calypso I have let him go In the dawn he sails away To be gone forever more And the waves will take him in again But he'll know their ways now I will stand upon the shore With a clean heart And my song in the wind The sand will sting my feet And the sky will burn It's a lonely time ahead I do not ask him to return I let him go I let him go

Tina was no deceiver Few were inclined to believe her Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? She was lucky to marry a rich, rich man, handsome like Harry Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Harry was a charmer, no one believed he could harm her Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Aba Tina, Aba Tina Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? The wedding was the talk of the town The girl look good in her long, long white gown Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? They said she wanted to marry above her All she want was someone to love her Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? News came first, they called her a liar She had no sound, she mouth full of wire Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? In the end, Tina was buried By the church where she got married Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Tina should've outlived us Now we pray that she will forgive us Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Tina was no deceiver Few were inclined to believe her Aba Tina, oh, who you have there breakin' down the door? Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina Aba Tina, oh Aba Tina, oh