MARYANNE



All day, all night, Maryanne

Down by 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 me 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 me 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 me dress, I tell you."

All day, all night, Maryanne

Down by seaside, catchin' fish

Water from her pom-pom would float a boat

Hair around her pom-pom would tie a goat...



There is a more frequently sung, cleaner version in Folksongs of the Carribean

I learned this one 43 years ago in Washington Square. I found it unforgetta

ble; The lovely, lyric quality of the air combined with the explicit, although

sometimes abstruse sexuality of the verses was a grabber.

@calypso

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