| Lyrics: | MARYANNE
All day, all night, Maryanne
Down by seaside, catchin' fish
Water from
her pom-pom would float a boat
Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat...
Well we
got it already, and it cost no money.
It is softer than jelly, and it's sweeter than
honey...
Said the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me.
Donkey, Ho! Don' you
trouble my tail, I tell you."
Well I went down to the city, to circumcise me
donkey,
And on the way me donkey met a mule.
Said the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don'
you molest me.
Donkey, Ho! don' you trouble me tail. I tell you."
For you're nothing but a
donkey. And the same old donkey.
I don' love no donkey if he ain' got no money..."
Said
the mule to me donkey "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me,
Donkey, Ho! Don' you trouble my tail, I
tell you."
Well I went down to the city, wid me uncle Willie,
And on the way me
uncle met a girl.
Said the girl to me uncle "Sidler-boy, don' you molest me.
Uncle Ho!
Don' you trouble me dress, I tell you."
"For you're nothing but an uncle, and the same
old uncle.
I don' love no uncle, if he ain' got no money."
Said the girl to me uncle
"Sidler-boy, don' you molest me.
Uncle Ho! Don' you trouble me dress, I tell you."
All
day, all night, Maryanne
Down by seaside, catchin' fish
Water from her pom-pom would float
a boat
Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat...
There is a more frequently sung,
cleaner version in Folksongs of the Carribean
I learned this one 43 years ago in Washington
Square. I found it unforgetta
ble; The lovely, lyric quality of the air combined with the
explicit, although
sometimes abstruse sexuality of the verses was a
grabber.
@calypso
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