Lyr. Add: UGLY WOMAN
Composed by Roaring Lion, 1934

Now if you want to be happy living a king's life,
Never make a pretty woman your wife,
You want to be happy living a king's life,
Never make a pretty woman yout wife,
All you gotta do is just what I say,
Then you will be jolly, happy and gay-
So from a logical point of view,
You better love a woman uglier than you.

Well, a pretty woman make her husband look small,
And very often cause his downfall,
As soon as she marry, there and then she start,
To do the things that would ache his heart,
And when you think that she's belonging to you,
Boys, she's calling somebody else *"doodoo."
So from a logical point of view,
You better love a woman uglier than you.

But if you make an ugly woman your wife,
You can be sure you'll be happy in all your life,
For she will never do things in a funny way,
To allow the neighbors to have anything to say,
And she wouldn't disregard her husband at all,
By exhibiting herself to Peter and Paul-
So from a logical point of view,
You better love a woman uglier than you.

Now an ugly woman give you your meals on time,
And she always try to make you happy in mind,
At nights when you lay down in your cozy bed,
She will coax, caress you and *scratch your head,
And she'll begin to love you like a little baby,
And call you sweet names like "Sugar Daddy."
So from a logical point of view,
You better love a woman uglier than you, heh !

Version sung by Duke of Iron.
*darling. *sexual intercourse (double meaning).
The leaflet notes say that this song is old, originally in Trinidad patois, but English, taught in the schools, has taken over.

From album Calypso at Midnight, the Midnight Special Concert, December, 1946, at Town Hall New York; organized by Alan Lomax.