“I went to a dance in New York City

“I went to a dance in New York City
Last week saturday night
With a big fat mamma from Mississippi
I really was uptight.
The band started swinging with the Boogaloo
She says "Sparrow, please
I’m gonna teach this dance to you,
take it back to the West Indies” - and she tell me:

You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
You got to learn to do the Calypso Boogaloo
Take it back to the West Indies
Underneath the Coconut trees.“

From the upcoming 2CD retrospective on Strut Records!

"Truly a towering figure of calypso and Caribbean culture in general, Trinidad’s Mighty Sparrow is well in need of an in-depth anthology. In January, we’ll be releasing a two-disc collection spanning one of his most creative periods, the early 60’s through the mid-70’s.”