The Party - Mighty Sparrow

A woman write a letter to the doc inquiring

«Tell me why you ban B.G.

plantain»

«Doctor,» she said, «I am inquiring

Why de hell you ban B.G.

plantain?

Doctor, I can’t take it no longer

Like if you want me to suffer with hunger

Trinidad plantain ain’t good at all

And so the men making style wid dem, so they small»

But one B.G.

plantain does full up de pot

It’s so satisfying, 'specially when hot

Lord knows ah suffering

Since you ban B.G.

plantain

It is to much to bear

Doctor, you too unfair

I will do anything

To taste a B.G.

plantain

Dear Doctor, I hope you will agree

To change the law and show some sympathy

Even tho' you are angry with B. G

Why should you make we pay de penalty?

You say you want us to use local plantain

But dis is one time you ain’t know wha' you doing

De plantain here in this place

Too small, too soft, and got no blasted taste

But one B.G.

plantain does full up de pot

It’s so satisfying, 'specially when hot

Lord knows ah suffering

Since they ban B.G.

plantain

It is to much to bear

Doctor, you too unfair

I will do anything

To taste a B.G.

plantain

Woy oy oy

Aye aye aye, mama

She tell me even when she sleeping it’s confusion

Dreaming how she have a big plantain in she hand

«Mister,» she said, «ah going staring mad

You can’t imagine how ah want dis thing so bad»

Freighter from B.G.

so I send de girl by him

When she come back she fuming and cussing

Asking if I ain’t hear wha' she say

She want plantain and I send she for sikiye

But one B.G.

plantain does full up de pot

Lord knows ah suffering

Since they ban B.G.

plantain

It is to much to bear

Doctor, you too unfair

I will do anything

To taste a B.G.

plantain

Since de B.G.

boat don’t bring plantain again

Only up in Toco you could find some good size grain

De vendors in de city only fas and bobol face

Except for Massy Fay and big-nose Amal Bess

Still dem is joke to real B.G.

plantain

When it hanging on de tree it still dragging

Long like a man hand, tough like iron

Dat is why ah want de Doctor to raise de ban

One B.G.

plantain does full up de pot

It’s so satisfying, 'specially when hot

Lord knows ah suffering

Since they ban B.G.

plantain

It is to much to bear

Doctor, you too unfair

I will do anything

To taste a B.G.

plantain