Mighty Sparrow Calypso Boogaloo Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I went to a dance in New York City
Last week Saturday night
With a big fat mama from Mississippi
I rarely was uptight

The band start swinging with the boogaloo
She said, "Sparrow, please
I'm going to teach this dance to you
Take me back to the West Indies"

And she tell me...

[Chorus]
"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo"
Take it back to the West Indes
Underneath the coconut trees

(Sock it to me baby. Ahh
Come on, come on, mama
Do the thing now)

[Verse 2]
The Mississippi Mama start to working up more
She sweat is the more she yell
Three policemen try but couldn't make she stop
So they say she crazy like hell

Then she shoe heel break and she quick fall down
Everybody started to laugh Because she started draggin' on the ground
And she brassiere bust up in half

'Til she bawlin'

[Chorus]
"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo"
Take it back to the West Indes
Underneath the coconut trees

(C'mon mama. Uh-huh. Whoa! Whoa!)

[Verse 3]
As long as I live I will never, never
Never, never, never forget
The big fat Mississippi Mama
At the Rockland Palace Fete

Man, I felt so good I am telling you
When the steel band started to fight
Old Harris put me in a taxi
And then I missed that mama that night

'Til she bawlin'...

[Chorus]
"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo"
Take it back to the West Indes
Underneath the coconut trees