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Version 1Mama Look A-Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte. #11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956. INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb #1. F# B C# F# I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it B C# the fact that I'm ugly? F# B C# F# I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it B C# the fact that I'm ugly? #2. F# C# F# I leave my whole house and home..my children C# F# don't want me no more. C# F# Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I C# F# talk they start to sing.. CHORUS: F# Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother G#m tell them shut up your mouth. F# G#m C# F# That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!! F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m F# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. #2. F# B C# F# B I couldn't even digest me supper..due to the children's F# behavior. F# B C# F# John..(yes, pa).-e here a moment..bring de belt, you're B C# much too impudent. F# C# F# John says, it's James who started first..James tells the C# F# story in reverse. C# F# I drag my belt from off me waist..you should hear them C# F# screamin' round de place. CHORUS: F# Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother G#m tell them shut up your mouth. F# G#m C# F# That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!! F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. #3. F# B C# F# So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't B C# got no behavior. F# B C# F# So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't B C# got no behavior. #4. F# C# F# They're making fun, my wife declared..you should be C# F# proud of them, my dear!! F# C# F# These children were taught too bloomin' slack..that ain't C# F# no kind of joke to crack!! CHORUS: F# Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother G#m tell them shut up your mouth. F# G#m C# F# That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!! F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. OUTRO: F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey. F# G#m C# Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey..(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.