Ah Tourist dame, I met her the night she came Well she curiously asking about my country She said I heard about bacchanal and Trinidad Carnival So I come to jump in the fun And I want you tell me how it begun
I say doo doo... Come in town J'Ouvert morning Find yourself in a band Watch the way how the natives moving Hug up tight with a man Sing along with the tunes they playing And now and again shouting Play mas' Bacchanal Miss Tourist That is Carnival
The following day, we went to Maracas Bay Every step we walk, she start with this J'Ouvert talk She said, Kitch from what I've been told Carnival is out of this world Just the tought is worrying meh brain Well let me hear this lesson again
I say doo doo... Come in town J'Ouvert morning Find yourself in a band Watch the way how the natives moving Hug up tight with a man Sing along with the tunes they playing And now and again shouting Play mas' Bacchanal Miss Tourist That is Carnival
J'Ouvert morn, you swear that is where she born She holding hand, jumping in a J'Ouvert band When the rhythm hot up the place She say 'play mas' and shaking she waist Kitch if you phone Hotel Normandie Tell them don't leave no breakfast for me
I say doo doo... Come in town J'Ouvert morning Find yourself in a band Watch the way how the natives moving Hug up tight with a man Sing along with the tunes they playing And now and again shouting Play mas' Bacchanal Miss Tourist That is Carnival
She turn and say Kitch, I now feel to breakaway She say 'come on man' And grab me in front this band Mama when we reach Independence Square She kick and raise she skirt in the air Bawling bacchanal, bacchanal I am the queen of Carnival
I say doo doo... Come in town J'Ouvert morning Find yourself in a band Watch the way how the natives moving Hug up tight with a man Sing along with the tunes they playing And now and again shouting Play mas' Bacchanal Miss Tourist That is Carnival