Tondelayo - Big Jay McNeely

Wa-o wa-o

Wa-o wa-o wa-o wa-e

Wa-o wa-o

Wa-o wa-o wa-o wa-e

Sittin' by de ocean

Me heart, she feel so sad

Sittin' by de ocean

Me heart, she feel so sad

Don’t got de money

To take me back to Trinidad

Fine calypso woman

She cook me shrimp and rice

Fine calypso woman

She cook me shrimp and rice

Dis yankee hot dog

Don’t treat me stomach very nice

Ah

In Trinidad, one dollar buy

Papaya juice, banana pie

Six coconuts, one female goat

And plenty fish to fill de boat

One bushel bread, one barrel wine

And all de town, she come to dine

But here is bad, one dollar buy

Cup of coffee, ham on rye

Ah

Me throat she sick from necktie

Me feet she hurt from shoes

Me pocket full of empty

I got Calypso blues

Dese yankee girls give me big scare

Is black de root, is blonde de hair?

Her eyelash false, her face is paint

And pads are where de girl she ain’t

She jitterbugs when she should waltz

I even think her name is false

But calypso girl is good a lot

Is what you see, is what she got

Sittin' by de ocean

Me heart, she feel so sad

Sittin' by de ocean

Me heart, she feel so sad…

I don’t got de money

To take me back to Trinidad

I don’t got de money

To take me back to Trinidad

Wa-o wa-o

Wa-o wa-o wa-o wa-e

Wa-o wa-o

Wa-o wa-o wa-o wa-e

Wa-o wa-o

Wa-o wa-o wa-o wa-e

Ah