Biography:
Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927 in New York, New York, United States) is an African-American musician, actor and social activist of Jamaican ancestry. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes.
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Other songs:
- Banana Boat Song
- Island In The Sun
- Jamaica Farewell
- Jump In The Line
- Mr Bojangles
- The Lion Sleeps Tongiht
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Turn Around
- Jump In The Line (Shake, Senora)
- Angelina
- Coconut Woman
- Come Back Liza
- I Do Adore Her
- In That Great Gettin Up Mornin
- Jump In The Line Shake Senora
- Kingston Market
- Land Of The Sea And Sun
- Mama Look
- Man Piaba
- Man Smart Woman Smarter
- Marys Boychild Christmas Song
- Matilda
- Mo Mary
- Monkey
- Oh Freedom
- Round The Bay Of Mexico
- Scarlet Ribbons
- The Fox
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[Intro]
G C D G
G C D G
[Verse 1]
G C
When I was a lad of three-foot-three
D G
Certain questions occurred to me
G C
So I asked me father quite seriously
D G D
To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee
G C
He stammered and he stuttered pathetically
D G
And this is what he said to me
[Chorus]
G G
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 2]
Gm Cm
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G C
I went and ask a good friend of mine
D G
Known to the world as Albert Einstein
B
He said "Son,
G C
from the beginning of time and creativity
D G
There existed the force of relativity
G C
Pi r square and a minus ten
D G D
is a routine only when
G C
The solar system in one light year
D7 G
Make the Hayden planetarium disappear
G C
So if Mt Everest doesn't move
D7 G
I am positive that it will prove
[Chorus]
G G
That the woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 3]
Gm C
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G C
I grabbed a boat and went abroad
D7 G
In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud
G C
He said "Son, from your sad face remove the grouch
D G
Put the body down up on the couch
G C
I can see from your frustration
D G D
a neurotic sublimation, Hey!
G C
Love and hate is psychosomatic
D G
Your Rorsach shows that you're a peri pathetic
G C
It all started with a broken sibling
D7 G
In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling
[Chorus]
G7 G7
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 4]
G C
Well I traveled far and I traveled wide
D G
And I don't even have me self a bride
G C
All the great men upon this earth
D G D
Have confused me since my birth
G C
I've been over land and been over sea
D G
Trying to find answer 'bout the bird and bee
G C
But now that I am ninety three
D G
I don't give a damn you see
[Chorus]
G G
If the woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D G
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
G C D G
G C D G
[Verse 1]
G C
When I was a lad of three-foot-three
D G
Certain questions occurred to me
G C
So I asked me father quite seriously
D G D
To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee
G C
He stammered and he stuttered pathetically
D G
And this is what he said to me
[Chorus]
G G
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 2]
Gm Cm
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G C
I went and ask a good friend of mine
D G
Known to the world as Albert Einstein
B
He said "Son,
G C
from the beginning of time and creativity
D G
There existed the force of relativity
G C
Pi r square and a minus ten
D G D
is a routine only when
G C
The solar system in one light year
D7 G
Make the Hayden planetarium disappear
G C
So if Mt Everest doesn't move
D7 G
I am positive that it will prove
[Chorus]
G G
That the woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 3]
Gm C
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G C
I grabbed a boat and went abroad
D7 G
In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud
G C
He said "Son, from your sad face remove the grouch
D G
Put the body down up on the couch
G C
I can see from your frustration
D G D
a neurotic sublimation, Hey!
G C
Love and hate is psychosomatic
D G
Your Rorsach shows that you're a peri pathetic
G C
It all started with a broken sibling
D7 G
In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling
[Chorus]
G7 G7
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D Gm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
[Verse 4]
G C
Well I traveled far and I traveled wide
D G
And I don't even have me self a bride
G C
All the great men upon this earth
D G D
Have confused me since my birth
G C
I've been over land and been over sea
D G
Trying to find answer 'bout the bird and bee
G C
But now that I am ninety three
D G
I don't give a damn you see
[Chorus]
G G
If the woman piaba and the man piaba
G D
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G G G C
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D G
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
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