MAN PIABA

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Song Title
MAN PIABA
Writers
Belafonte, Rollins
Publisher
FOLKWAYS MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. (BMI)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%-US/100%-WORLD EX. US
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Child, Confusion, Father, Love, Questions, Sex, Story
Lyrics
When I was a lad of three foot three
Certain questions occurred to me
So I asked me father quite seriously
To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee,
He stammered and he stuttered pathetic’ly
And this is what he said to me:

He said the woman piaba and the man piaba
And 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 ground
And the confusion made my 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 creativity
There existed the force of relativity
Pi r square and a minus ten means a routine only when
The solar system in one light year
Make the Hayden Planetarium disappear
So if Mt. Everest doesn't move
I am positive that it will prove:

That the woman piaba and the man piaba
And 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 ground
And the confusion made my brain go 'round.
I grabbed a boat and went abroad
In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud.
He said "Son” from your sad face remove the grouch
Put the body up on the couch
I can see from your frustration a neurotic sublimation.
Love and hate is psychosomatic
Your Rorsach shows that you're a peripatetic
It all started with a broken sibling
In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling

That the woman piaba and the man piaba
And 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 wide
And I don't even have meself a bride
All the great men upon this earth
Have confused me since my birth.
I've been over land and been over sea
Trying to find answer 'bout the bird and bee
But now that I am ninety-three
I don't give a darn you see

That the woman piaba and the man piaba
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch.

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
HARRY BELAFONTE Pop Cheerful, Exotic, Silly, Youthful Drums, Flute, Guitar, Strings, Vocal 1950's Buy >

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