Classic Sparrow- both him and Lord Kitchener are/ were absolute masters of the "rude" song that is pure innuendo. This one was particularly good for a chuckle. Amazing orchestration, too.

@lennoxmulcare7409

even in his old days all compositions are still the best.

@lennoxpierre5368

6y↑5

I miss the true art of calypso. The Mighty Sparrow. The GOAT.

@Gazacommandment

4y↑2

That Orchestra sounds fantastic

@noelsturrup3817

She shout oh gosh you gone dig it out!

@normanosborne7367

4y↑2

YES*****GUNSLINGER SPARROW*****DON'T JOOK SO HARD.....STAY IN THE CORNER NOT IN THE CENTER. THE RON BERRIDGE ORCHESTRA WAS A CLASS ACT WHEY BACK WHEN.

@loislezama9950

11y↑1

classic!

@Gazacommandment

Can I jook you?

@timszeliga1158

11y↑1

Ah-hu, du-du, don't jook so hard I beggin' you -- Woye! Pepper! Ay-yi-yi, I beggin' you Stay in de' corner Not in de' center, Oh God, she shout, you gonna dig it out. Oh, dey start back again in a different style, De' two of dem close dey eyes and dey jookin' wild Dey jook and dey jook til de couch break down She lock de neck and she jookin' 'im on de ground.

@timszeliga1158

11y↑1

Oh well, I never see nothing so since I born For hours and hours, dey carryin' on De man felt a jook 'n' say she dead for sure But 'e miss and de needle stick in de floor. She push him 'way and she call on me jookie-jookie-jook buddy who are we [?] I don't know if I jookin if I touch a vein. Man, she [react] like if she in pain, bawlin', *********************************************

@timszeliga1158

11y

I say, I better go and part Before any bloodshed start. She says, Sparrow boy, does it concern you? If you come too close, we jook you too. CHORUS [Sax solo] Well, I tired see people play lash-for-lash, foot-for-foot and mash-for-mash. But dis jook for jook is a brand new one See dem how dey havin' fun on de groun'g. My belly start to boil I'm tellin' you I feel I could go and jook she too. She perspirin'--buckets of drops-- She complainin'--but she wouldn't stop.

@timszeliga1158

11y↑1

Sparrow's pronounciation of "down" and "ground" have a definite "ng" sound at the end, with a hard "g". Oh well, I never see nothing so since I born For hours and hours, dey carryin' on De man felt a jook 'n' say she dead for sure But 'e miss and de needle stick in de floor. She push him 'way and she call on me jookie-jookie-jook buddy who are we [?] I don't know if I jookin if I touch a vein. She [-----] like if she in pain, bawlin',

@timszeliga1158

11y↑1

De' reason she man playin' jook for jook Right in me eye, I say I 'shamed to look De' reason she man playin' jook for jook He got a long needle in she arm which she hook I know, jookin' is a painful t'ing But de' reason like she vexed when he stop jookin' He jook she in she belly like he jook she bad Teresa start to bawl like if she goin' mad.

@timszeliga1158

11y↑3

Apart from the obvious drug injection/sex metaphor, it seems like Sparrow is an observer dragged into the fray by a wild woman in the thrall of another man. Bad roommates. I'm guessing the drug being jooked here is cocaine rather than heroin, given the frenzied response. The last verse is my best guess at Sparrow's lyric. There might be some kind of demented mumblety-peg going on, played with loaded syringes.