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Jimmy Buffett
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Notes: Nothing in my novel suggests this song except the island ambience. Jimmy came up with it only after we had finshed the first draft of the musical, and it is quintessential Buffett, quirky imagery and a lot of truth, in a rousing song of the kitchen help. The hotel Norman Paperman takes over is called the Gull Reef Club and the cook, Sheila, who sings Calaloo, is the true soul of the place, and of the Caribbean.
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Calaloo, Strange Calaloo
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Mysterious curious roux
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Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
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Sooner or later we're all in the stew
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>From here in my kitchen
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I watch the whole seen
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Life on dis island 's
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A unique cuisine
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It simmers and bubbles
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And looks quite routine
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Till somebody spill all da beans
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Calaloo, Strange Calaloo
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Mysterious curious roux
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Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
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Sooner or later we're all in the stew
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Night after night
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On dat terrace out der
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Plays a melodrama
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Could equal Shakesphere
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Dey may tell theirself
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Dat somehow dey are not
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Best take it from me,
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We're all in the same pot
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Chorus:
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Calaloo, Strange Calaloo
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Mysterious curious roux
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Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo
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Sooner or later we're all in the stew
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Bridge:
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Hey Hey Sheila, Hey Hey Sheila
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Hey Hey Sheila, what's in dat calaloo
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Hey Sheila tell us, Hey Sheila tell us
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Hey Hey Sheila, What's in that calaloo
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We got Crab and pig tell
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Squid ink and fish scale
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Okra and dasheen leaves
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Chitchat and chatter
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Fill up the platter
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With a garnish of pure make believe
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Chorus:
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Calaloo, Strange Calaloo
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Mysterious and curious roux
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Though some might think somehow they are not
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Make no mistake we're all in the same pot
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Take it from me this is no Camelot.
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville (Lyrics)
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