Harry Belafonte Jamaican song....... What's it mean?

[CorCentral]

It starts out like............

I wonder why nobody don't like me
or is it a fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
or is it a fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and go
my children don't want me no more
bad talk inside the house they bring
and when I talk they start to sing

***Mama look a boo boo, they shout , thier mother tell them shut up your mouth!, that is your daddy........ Oh no, my daddy can be ugly so Shut your mouth go away, mama look a boo boo day, Shut your mouth go away, mama look a boo boo day***


Mama look a boo boo day......... what does this mean?

 

[mercanucaribe]

A boo boo is probably a ghost, a ghoul, or a goblin. "Day" means "there". So they are saying that Harry Belafonte is a ghastly goblin and he's over there.

 

[CorCentral]

Thanks for the info. Of course I have to know for sure by asking more people, you understand ;()