I wonder why nobody don't like me   Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?   I wonder why nobody don't like me   Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?      I leave my whole house and home   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   Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth?   ?That is your daddy, oh, no   My daddy can't be ugly?      ?So, shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they?      I couldn't even digest my supper   Due to the children's behavior   ?John, yes pa, come here a moment   Bring the belt, you're much too impudent?      John says, ?It's James who started first?   James tells the story in reverse   I drag my belt from off me waist   You should hear them screaming round the place      ?Mama, look at boo boo,? they shout   Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth   That is your daddy, oh, no   My daddy can't be ugly?      ?So, shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they?      I got carried away   So I began to question the mother   "These children ain't got no behavior"   So I began to question the mother   "These children ain't got no behavior"      "They're playing with you," my wife declared   "You should be proud of them, my dear"   Then children were taught too blooming slack   That ain't no kind of joke to crack      ?Mama, look at boo boo,? they shout   Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth   That is your daddy, oh, no   My daddy can't be ugly?      ?So, shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they"      I wonder why nobody don't like me   Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?   I wonder why nobody don't like me   Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?      I leave my whole house and go   My [Incomprehensible] 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   Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth   That is your daddy, oh, no   My daddy can't be ugly?      ?So, shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they?      ?Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth, go away   Mama, look at boo boo they   Shut your mouth?