Calypso Boogaloo Songtext
von Mighty Sparrow

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 it back to the West Indies"

And she tell me...

"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
Take it back to the West Indies
Underneath the coconut trees"

Sock it to me baby! Ahh!
Come on! Come on, mama!
Whoo! Do the thing now!


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 stocking draggin′ on the ground
And she brassiere bust up in half

'Til she bawlin'...

"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
Take it back to the West Indies
Underneath the coconut trees"

C′mon mama!
Uh-huh!
Whoa! Whoa!

As long as I live I will never, never
Never, never, never forget
The big fat Mississippi mama
At the Rockland Palace fête
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'...


"You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
Come on baby!
Take it back to the West Indies
Underneath the coconut trees"

Yeah! Whoa!

Sock it to me! Come on!
Whoa! Whoa, baby!