Oh, dad, what a bad luck
Terrible bad luck for me
Oh, dad, what a scandal
If my mum knew that
In Trinidad, over there, in the Antilles
In Trinidad, lived a family
With a mum and dad
And the elder son,
Who is at the age of forty
Was not still married
One day, he found the girl he wanted “to marry”
So, he tells his dad:
“I’d like to marry her”
Alas my boy, alas, you can’t
Because this girl is your sister
And your mum doesn’t know that
Oh dad, what a bad luck
Oh dad, what a scandal
If mum knew that
In Trinidad, over there in the Antilles
In Trinidad, oh oh what a family
Two years passed by and the boy, one evening
Came to his dad and said hopefully,
“the school teacher wants to marry me”
But the poor dad looked overwhelmed
My boy, you can’t
You can’t do that
Because that girl is your sister
And your mum doesn’t know that!
Oh dad, what a bad luck
What a terrible bad luck for me
Oh dad, what a scandal
If mum knew that
Out of patience, he went sickened
He told his mum all the whole truth
His mum laughed
telling him: “don’t worry
Your dad is not your dad
And your dad doesn’t know it”
Oh mum, what a bad luck
Terrible bad luck for me
Oh mum, what a scandal
If dad knew that
Oh mum, what a scandal
If dad knew that