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Ooey Gooey The Silly Worm
Cedella Marley Booker
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Oowee Goowee was a silly worm. A silly worm was he
Oowee Goowee was a silly worm. A silly worm was he
When he was just a youthful worm, he left his family
He wandered here, he wandered there, silly as can be
Always in the way, he managed to survive somehow, luckily
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Oowee Goowee was a worm, heading for his destiny. None could warn
Him, none could show him, the truth he could not see. So silly
Oowee Goowee, crawl about, ever happily. Then one day he crawled
Upon the highway road. The traffic coming, he did not see
And that was that, he got mashed flat. Oowee Goowee, Oowee Goowee
So end the story of Oowee Goowee, a silly worm. A silly
Worm was he. He crawled upon the highway road. The
Traffic coming, he did not see. Oowee Goowee, Oowee Goowee
Oowee Goowee. Oowee Goowee, Oowee Goowee, Oowee Goowee
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This is the end of Oowee Goowee, the silly worm
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Now Oowee Goowee, he got a little mashed there, he's not totally gone
Life can be sad, but in everything we learn a lesson. What happened
To Oowee Goowee here could happen to any little boy or any little
Girl. That is the reason why we have to watch when we're crossing
The street to look both sides before we go. Because Oowee Goowee
Never know that the vehicle was coming, and see what happened to him
Mother B, let's take Oowee Goowee with us to
Nine Mile. Someone will take care of him there
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Oh, we are getting into Nine Mile now, and you're gonna see all kind
Of different people. Some tall, some short, some fat, some skinny
What a neat place! Look at those people dancing
Over there, and those people waving at us. They
Must be your friends. This must be the party
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Mother B, who's that wild-looking man over there?
That man you see over there is a funny man. We
Call him Colon Man, the one you see dress up
And stand up off over there. Colon Man, his name-
He's in a weird, fancy suit and a, and a strange hat. I wonder
Why they call him Colon Man. Isn't Colon a city in Panama?
You know, there was a time when there was not much work in Jamaica
Colon Man, he went away to Panama, and he worked his money there
You know. And then he came back, he buy all these clothes and
Um, all the chains. He have, um, three-piece suit, they call it
Zoot suit. And, you know, just dress up funny and want to be
Different. Jenny, when you go over
There, you ask him what the time is
I Colon Man. You want to know the time? The
Sun say it almost five o'clock, exactly. Ha!
He look up on the sun, Lord, because him can't read the
Watch, and sometimes the watch not work neither. Him
Read the sun and tell you the exact time to an army, see?
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