When I was a lad of three-foot-threeCertain questions occurred to me,So I asked me father quite seriouslyTo tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee.He stammered and he stuttered patheticallyAnd this is what he said to me.He said, The woman piaba and the man piabaand the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,And the famous grandy scratch scratch.It was clear as mud but it covered the groundAnd the confusion made the brain go 'round.I went and ask a good friend of mine,Known to the world as Albert Einstein.He said Son, from the beginning of time and creativityThere existed the force of relativityPi r square and a minus ten means a routine only whenThe solar system in one light yearMake the Hayden planetarium disappearSo if Mt Everest doesn't moveI am positive that it will proveThat the woman piaba and the man piabaAnd the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,And the famous grandy scratch scratch.It was clear as mud but it covered the groundAnd the confusion made the brain go 'round.I grabbed a boat and went abroadIn Baden Baden asked Sigmund FreudHe said Son, from your sad face remove the grouchPut the body down up on the couchI can see from your frustration a neurotic sublimationHey love and hate is psychosomaticYour Rorsach shows that you're a peri patheticIt all started with a broken siblingIn the words of the famous Rudyard KiplingThat the woman piaba and the man piabaAnd the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,And the famous grandy scratch scratch.Well I traveled far and I traveled wideAnd I don't even have me self a brideAll the great men upon this earthHave confused me since my birthI've been over land and been over seaTrying to find answer 'bout the bird and beeBut now that I am ninety threeI don't give a darn you seeIf the woman piaba and the man piabaAnd the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,And the famous grandy scratch scratch
Lyrics by Harry Belafonte
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