Lyr. Add: DA COCOA TEA

1
I was once engaged to a lady,
Her love was all for me,
No matter the distance she did live
It was no trouble to me.
But another girl she did love me
An' tek me away from she
An' the only t'ing dat bring me back
Was a cup o' da cocoa *tea.

Chorus:-
Da cocoa tea is a poison to me,
Ev'ry time I drink it,
I don't know where I be.
If you want to find me
You gotta look for me,
For she got muh head up-sided down
Wid a cup o' cocoa tea.

2
Well den I went to the doctor
To see what de matter wid me
He had me well examined
An' then he said to me,
"Have you ever lived with a woman?
My man, never hide it from me
For the woman has had a *mixture made up
An' gib yuh in cocoa tea.
3
"Well then, my dear good doctor,
No good can be done for me."
"Why did you keep so far
An' didn't come to me?
In the end you'll reach the graveyard
Prepare what hour it be
So give all men the caution
Beware of cocoa tea !"

*All brewed beverages, including coffee and cocoa, are called tea in Barbados.
*The young man was given a 'dose' (a love potion with serious after-effects) in a cup of cocoa, and will come to an early and untimely death.

No. 54, with musical score and chords.
T. Marshall, P McGeary and G. Thompson, 1981 and reprints, Folk Songs of Barbados, Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica.