Mama Look A-Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte.
#11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956.
INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb
#1.
[F#]I wonder why no[B]body don't like [C#]me..[F#]or is it
the [B]fact that I'm [C#]ugly?
[F#]I wonder why no[B]body don't like [C#]me..[F#]or is it
the [B]fact that I'm [C#]ugly?
#2.
[F#]I leave my [C#]whole house and [F#]home..my children
[C#]don't want me no [F#]more.
Bad talk in[C#]side de house dey [F#]bring..and when I
[C#]talk they start to [F#]sing..
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [F#]dey.
#2.
[F#]I couldn't even di[B]gest me [C#]supper..[F#]due to the [B]children's
be[F#]havior.
[F#]John..(yes, pa)..[B]come here a [C#]moment..[F#]bring de belt, you're
[B]much too im[C#]pudent.
[F#]John says, it's [C#]James who started [F#]first..James tells the
[C#]story in re[F#]verse.
I drag my [C#]belt from off me [F#]waist..you should hear them
[C#]screamin' round de [F#]place.
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
#3.
[F#]So, I began to [B]question the [C#]mother..[F#]these children ain't
[B]got no be[C#]havior.
[F#]So, I began to [B]question the [C#]mother..[F#]these children ain't
[B]got no be[C#]havior.
#4.
[F#]They're making fun, my [C#]wife declared..[F#]you should be
[C#]proud of them, my [F#]dear!!
[F#]These children were [C#]taught too bloomin' [F#]slack..that ain't
no [C#]kind of joke to [F#]crack!!
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
OUTRO:
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
#11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956.
INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb
#1.
[F#]I wonder why no[B]body don't like [C#]me..[F#]or is it
the [B]fact that I'm [C#]ugly?
[F#]I wonder why no[B]body don't like [C#]me..[F#]or is it
the [B]fact that I'm [C#]ugly?
#2.
[F#]I leave my [C#]whole house and [F#]home..my children
[C#]don't want me no [F#]more.
Bad talk in[C#]side de house dey [F#]bring..and when I
[C#]talk they start to [F#]sing..
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [F#]dey.
#2.
[F#]I couldn't even di[B]gest me [C#]supper..[F#]due to the [B]children's
be[F#]havior.
[F#]John..(yes, pa)..[B]come here a [C#]moment..[F#]bring de belt, you're
[B]much too im[C#]pudent.
[F#]John says, it's [C#]James who started [F#]first..James tells the
[C#]story in re[F#]verse.
I drag my [C#]belt from off me [F#]waist..you should hear them
[C#]screamin' round de [F#]place.
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
#3.
[F#]So, I began to [B]question the [C#]mother..[F#]these children ain't
[B]got no be[C#]havior.
[F#]So, I began to [B]question the [C#]mother..[F#]these children ain't
[B]got no be[C#]havior.
#4.
[F#]They're making fun, my [C#]wife declared..[F#]you should be
[C#]proud of them, my [F#]dear!!
[F#]These children were [C#]taught too bloomin' [F#]slack..that ain't
no [C#]kind of joke to [F#]crack!!
CHORUS:
[F#]Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
[G#m]tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F#]daddy..oh, no..my [G#m]daddy can't [C#]be ugly, [F#]so!!
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
OUTRO:
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey.
[F#]Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-[G#m]boo-boo [C#]dey..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
