Bahama Mama

Once when I was on shore liberty,

On the tropic little island of Bimini

I go to bar where lights are bright;

Calypso music everything all right.

Beautiful woman do a dance,

Do the Limbo, put me in a trance.

I say, "Man, what her name be?"

He say, "Bahama mama, and she wild and free."

Lonely was I from many days at sea;

I wanted this woman who was wild and free.

Say, Bahama mama, Limbo with me?

She work me over like Hurricane Shirley.

Drink much rum, get me in a fight,

Sailor hit me on head, out go lights.

When I came to, guess what I see?

Bahama mama, and she kissing me.

Bahama mama now tell me she love me;

Her beauty and the rum make me feel dizzy.

From look on her face, I can see

Bahama Mama not belong to me.

Bahama mama do a dance when

She do the Limbo, put me in a trance.

I lucky man, everyone would say;

Bahama mama claim lover today.

Never ever more will I go to sea;

Bahama mama and me will soon marry.

We gonna do everything up right;

Bahama mama gonna love me day and night

Pretty soon, then, there'll be three:

Bahama mama, little baby and me;

I so happy, hard to b'lieve

Bahama mama now belong to me.