: (Harry Belafonte and Lord Burges) This is my island in the sun Where my people have toiled since time begun I may sail on many a sea Her shores will
: Coconut! x4 Coconut woman is calling out, and everyday you can hear her shout, x2 "Get you coconut water (Four for five!) man, it's good for your
: Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines gaily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made
: Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
: Day-oh Day-oh Daylight come an' I wanna go home Day-oh Day-oh Daylight come an' I wanna go home Six han' seven han' eight han' bunc Daylight come
: Down the way, where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain top, I took a trip on a sailing ship, and when I reach Jamaica I made
: I say let us put man and a woman together To find out which one is smarter Some say man but I say no The woman got the man de day should know And
: One Monday morning I got up late And there was Mr. Monkey outside me gate One Monday morning I got up late There was Mr. Monkey outside me gate Don
: When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree. Don't put your faith in love my boy, my
: Yellow bird, Up high in banana tree Yellow bird You sit all alone like me Did your lady friend Leave the nest again That is very sad Make me feel
: Long time ago in Bethlehem So the Holy Bible say Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ Was born on Christmas day Hark, now hear the angels singing A newborn
: Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. Once again now! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
: 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? I leave my whole
: She does not lazy dance her hands on me She does not talk, no pretty talk She pleasures silently But with her, I am summer I warm easy to her heart
Many times I've been told by the wise and the old Something good I'm supposed to remember If my first love I'll found in, in the warm of July It'll cool
What burns and glows without flame? What lives and grows without rain? What brings a smile that lasts for a little while That makes me cry without shame
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? I leave my whole
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line Work