Mama Look -Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte. #11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956. Intro: #1. I wonder why nobody don’t like me..or is it   the fact that I’m ugly? I wonder why nobody don’t like me..or is it   the fact that I’m ugly? #2. I leave my whole house and home..my children   don’t want me no more. Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I   talk they start to sing.. Chorus: Mama look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother   tell them shut up your mouth. That is your daddy..oh no..my daddy can’t be ugly so!! Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. #2. I couldn’t even digest me supper..due to the children’s   behavior. John..(yes pa)..come here a moment..bring de belt you’re   much too impudent. John says it’s James who started first..James tells the   story in reverse. I drag my belt from off me waist..you should hear them   screamin’ round de place. Chorus: Mama look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother   tell them shut up your mouth. That is your daddy..oh no..my daddy can’t be ugly so!! Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. #3. So I began to question the mother..these children ain’t   got no behavior. So I began to question the mother..these children ain’t   got no behavior. #4. They’re making fun my wife declared..you should be   proud of them my dear!! These children were taught too bloomin’ slack..that ain’t   no kind of joke to crack!! Chorus: Mama look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother   tell them shut up your mouth. That is your daddy..oh no..my daddy can’t be ugly so!! Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. OUTRO: Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey. Shut your mouth go away..Mama look a-boo-boo dey..(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.