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In Trinidad, there was a family,
Much confusion as you will see.
There was a mama and a papa, and a son who was grown,
Who wanted to marry and have wife of his own.
Chorus:
Ah woe! Ah me! Shame and scandal in me family.
Ah woe! Ah me! Shame and scandal in me family.
He found him a girl who was suiting him nice.
He went to his papa to ask his advice.
The papa said, "Son, I've got to say no.
That girl is your sister, but your mama don't know."
Cho:
So the boy went out and looked all around,
Soon, the best cook in the island he found.
He went to his papa to name a day,
His papa looked at him and to him he did say,
"You cannot marry this girl; I've got to say no.
That girl is your sister, but your mama don't know."
Cho:
So the years went by the boy wished he was dead
He he'd had seventeen girls and still wasn't wed;
When he went to his papa, papa'd always say "no"
Those girls were his sisters but his mama didn't know.
Cho:
He went to his mama, he hung his head,
He told her the words that his papa had said.
The mama she said, "Son, go, man, go!
Your papa ain't your papa, but your papa don't know!"
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