Calaloo Lyrics

The song Calaloo is performed by Jimmy Buffett in the album named Don't Stop The Carnival [ENHANCED CD] in the year 1998 .



Notes: nothing in my novel suggests this song except the island ambience. jimmy came up with it only after we had finshed the first draft of the musical, and it is quintessential buffett, quirky
Ery and a lot of truth, in a rousing song of the kitchen help. the hotel norman paperman takes over is called the gull reef club and the cook, sheila, who sings calaloo, is the true soul of the
, and of the caribbean.
Chorus:
Calaloo, strange calaloo
Mysterious curious roux
Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
Sooner or later we're all in the stew

>from here in my kitchen
I watch the whole seen
Life on dis island 's
A unique cuisine
It simmers and bubbles
And looks quite routine
Till somebody spill all da beans

Chorus:
Calaloo, strange calaloo
Mysterious curious roux
Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
Sooner or later we're all in the stew

Night after night
On dat terrace out der
Plays a melodrama
Could equal shakesphere
Dey may tell theirself
Dat somehow dey are not
Best take it from me,
We're all in the same pot

Chorus:
Calaloo, strange calaloo
Mysterious curious roux
Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
Sooner or later we're all in the stew

Bridge:
Hey hey sheila, hey hey sheila
Hey hey sheila, what's in dat calaloo
Hey sheila tell us, hey sheila tell us
Hey hey sheila, what's in that calaloo

We got crab and pig tell
Squid ink and fish scale
Okra and dasheen leaves
Chitchat and chatter
Fill up the platter
With a garnish of pure make believe

Chorus:
Calaloo, strange calaloo
Mysterious and curious roux
Though some might think somehow they are not
Make no mistake we're all in the same pot
Take it from me this is no camelot.



Jimmy Buffett - Don't Stop The Carnival [ENHANCED CD]

Apr 1998

  1. Intro - The Legend Of Norman Paperman/Kinja
  2. Public Relations
  3. Calaloo
  4. Island Fever
  5. Sheila Says
  6. Just An Old Truth Teller
  7. Henny's Song: The Key To My Man
  8. Kinja Rules
  9. A Thousand Steps To Nowhere
  10. It's All About The Water
  11. Champagne Si, Agua No
  12. The Handiest Frenchman In The Caribbean
  13. Hippolyte's Habitat (Qui Moun' Qui)
  14. Who Are We Trying To Fool?
  15. Fat Person Man
  16. Up On The Hill
  17. Domicile
  18. Funeral Dance
  19. Time To Go Home
  20. Public Relations (Reprise)

Calaloo