Mango, Coconut, Sugar Cane Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

If you ever take a vacation
There′s a place that's quite a sensation
Yes, we call it Trinidad
Lord, it almost drove me mad
From the time I wake in the morning
I could tell a great day was dawning
Hear a vendor in the street
Selling juicy things to eat

It was mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

Everybody
Mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a Mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane


In the marketplace I went walking
Everybody laughing and talking
Where you bargain for a prize
And you wind up paying the price
When I shopped around for some fudge
Smelling all the food made me hungry
Had a taste for something sweet
So I stop awhile to eat

A mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

Everybody
Mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane
Woo

Walking down the beach really lazy
Women start to driving me crazy
So I jump into the sea
Thought that was the place to be
While I′m swimming round in the ocean
Saw a woman's body in motion
Then and there I make me plan
Took the woman by she hand


For some mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

Everybody
Mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

In the evening we went out dancing
Held her close and started romancing
Listen to the steel band play
Bing bong 'til the break of day
Drinking rum that night I got naughty
She said, "Harry not ′til we marry"
Now I pass me life′s complete
Every night I get the treat

For some mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

Everybody
Mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane

I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain (driving me insane)
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain

I said mango, coconut, sugar cane
Driving me insane
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain (what a nightmare)

Mango, coconut, sugar cane (I said a)
Driving me insane
I said a mango, coconut, sugar cane
Lord, me belly in pain
I said a mango, coconut, sugarcane