| In Trinidad there was a family with much confusion, as you will see
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| There was a mama and a papa and a son who was young, T who wanted to marry, have
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| A wife of his own
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| «You cannot marry that girl. |
| I got to say 'No.' |
| That girl is your sister but
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| Your mama don’t know!»
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| So he found a young girl who suited him nice. |
| He went to his papa to ask his
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| Advice
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| His papa said, «Son, I got to say 'No.' |
| That girl is your sister but your mama
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| Don’t know!»
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| As the weeks went by, the boy looked around. |
| Soon the best cook on the island
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| He found
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| He went to his papa to name the day. |
| His papa looked at him and at him he did
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| Say
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| «You cannot marry that girl. |
| I gotta say, 'No.' |
| That girl is your sister, but
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| Your mama don’t know!»
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| So the years went by and he wished he was dead. |
| He had seventeen girls and
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| Still wasn’t wed
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| When he’d ask his papa, papa would always say, «No! |
| That girl is your sister
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| But your mama don’t know!»
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| So he went to his mama and he bowed his head. |
| Told his mama what his papa had
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| Said
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| His mama said, «Son, go, man, go! |
| Your papa ain’t your papa but your papa don’t
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| Know!»
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family
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| Ah, woe, ah, me. |
| Shame and scandal in the family |