The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9916   Message #3161949
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-May-11 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Marianne / Mary Ann (calypso)
Subject: ADD Version: Maryanne
MARYANNE
From traditionalmusic.co.uk

All day, all night, Maryanne
Down by the 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 my 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 my 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 my dress, I tell you."

All day, all night, Maryanne,
Down by the seaside, catchin' fish
Water from her pom-pom would float a boat
Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat...

Found also on http://en.allexperts.com/q/Bob-Marley-3273/Calypso-Lyrics.htm

I haven't looked at Marley lyrics. Not sure if this is his version or not. The entry in traditionalmusic.co.uk is unattributed.

(Not quite the Belafonte song)