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Barbados

by Lord Invader

on Calypso (1955)

Aha Barbados, Barbados, the land of flyin' fish an' potatoes
Yes Barbados, Barbados, the land of flyin' fish an' potatoes

What a beautiful island
Tourists go there to spend their vacation
Yes, I just go there annually
Because I love the people's hospitality

Well let me tell her
Lillian, Lillian, darling
Please divorce your husband
If I got to swim or sell my clothes
I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados

In Trinidad the girls may get fretful
And say e Lord Invader's ungrateful
But, when I had plenty money
I spent it with them extravagantly

Homes for them I furnished
Now I am suffering financial paralysis
What they did to me is a mortal sin
But is Barbadian Lillian who took me in

Well let me tell her
Lillian, Lillian, darling
Please divorce your husband
If I got to swim or sell my clothes
I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados

The B'adian girls are so accommodating
Fascinating and don't talk 'bout romancing
When I wake in the morning
They trolley to my bed, is breakfast they serving

Flyin' fish for dinner
Turkey and lamb and sometimes is lobster
What made Lillian go staring mad
When I told her that I going back to Trinidad

Well let me tell her
Lillian, Lillian, darling
Please divorce your husband
If I got to swim or sell my clothes
I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados