Wednesday, February 18, 2004

U.S.: Who she go cry for?

Yeah, I'm updating the blog, but I've got this calypso running through my head from an old Sparrow album. Remember when there were record albums? I always used to get a laugh out of this one. Here goes:
Well you take away me woman,
And you put a ring on she hand,
And you feeling down in your heart
You so smart.
Hey, but you realize only now,
How she butting you like a cow.
You thought was a angel cake,
But you thief a bake.
You know she ain't love you,
You damn stupid cunumunu,
Dennis, pay for your damn farseness. That's right.
(Chorus) You working all day
You tired and you weary
Me ain't working no where
And I ready like Freddy.
In the middle of the night, (Lemme hear you)
Who she go cry for?
When she want to hug up tight,
Who she go cry for?
When she want to feel alright,
Who she go cry for now?

She was living happy with me,
And you find she looking pretty;
You tell your friend them she can't escape,
You like she shape.
You run and you buy she a tv set,
Something that I never give she yet.
Diamond ring was your next approach,
You end up in church.
During the wedding reception,
She gone, with Roy the best man
I know is obeah what have all you so.
(Chorus) You give she the ring,
In June or in September.
I give she the thing,
She will always remember,
In the middle of the night, (Lemme hear you)...
When she want to scratch and bite,...
When the woman feeling to feel alright,
Who she go cry for now?

Well, you wanted to settle down,
With a pretty woman in town,
And your two eye catch a fire for my Sarah.
But now I hear she telling everybody,
That you put testerstick (?) to she
She tired of this Frenchman thing
That you like, everynight.
You used to play sweet man
But now, you have a reputation,
In heat, she say you more hot than sweet. Ha-hai!
(Chorus) You working all day...
In the middle of the night, (Lemme hear you)...
When she want to hug up tight,...
When the woman feeling to feel alright,
Who she go cry for now?

Classic Sparrow. The feckless sweet-man, the round-heeled woman, and the horned husband. Shades of Restoration literature!

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