Boney M - Bahama Mama

Video of Boney M singing "Bahama Mama"

"I'm Born Again" / "Bahama Mama" is a double A-side single by German band Boney M. It was the second single off their fourth album Oceans of Fantasy (1979), not withcounting a promotional-only single release of "Let It All Be Music" and the album title track. Not as successful as previous singles, the ballad "I'm Born Again" peaked at #7 in Germany. In the UK, it stalled at No. 35 after 9 consecutive Top 20 singles. Boney M. would use the double A-side format over the next years, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos. The sides would usually be switched on the accompanying 12" single.
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I'm Born Again

"I'm Born Again" was based on an Irish folksong 'Buachaill Ón Éirne', the lyrics reflecting lead singer Liz Mitchell's growing religious belief. The single featured a different and slightly longer mix than the album version.

Bahama Mama

This disco track was also featured in a slightly longer mix than the album pressings. The snarling, spoken passage in the middle (the voice of "Bahama Mama") was done by Linda Blake who had also done the voice of Ma Baker.

Source: Bahama Mama (Wikipedia)

Boney M - Belfast

"Belfast" is the second single off disco band Boney M.'s 1977 album Love for Sale. "Belfast" was the first Boney M. single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett and became their 4th consecutive German chart-topper although it wasn't as successful in the UK as previous singles (it peaked at #8). It remained a popular track in the group's live shows over the years and was re-recorded by Marcia Barrett as a solo track on her album Come Into My Life (2005).

The Song

Penned by Drafi Deutscher and originally entitled "Londonderry", "Belfast" had been written for Marcia Barrett from her time as a solo artist in the early 1970s. Due to shortage of own material when Boney M. did their first live gigs, Marcia Barrett performed the song which had been a popular live track for her and thereby gave Farian the idea to record it. Due to its rockier feel and political lyrics ("when the hate you have for one another's past"), Farian however wasn't intending to use it for Boney M. in the first place, and instead had his other artist Gilla record a version of it in German which was released on her album Zieh mich aus, December 1976. A German test pressing of Love for Sale excludes the track and indicates that it was only added to the album in the last hour due to Marcia Barrett's insistence. In the US and Canada, the song was never released and was replaced by "Daddy Cool" on the album.

Boney M - Brown Girl in the Ring

Video of Boney M singing "Brown girl in the ring"

Lyrics for the song "Brown girl in the ring" by Boney M

Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
There's a brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la la
Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

Show me your motion
Tra la la la la
Come on show me your motion
Tra la la la la la
Show me your motion
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths
All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths

I remember one Saturday night
We had fried fish and Johnny-cakes
I remember one Saturday night
We had fried fish and Johnny-cakes

Beng-a-deng
Beng-a-deng

Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
There's a brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la la
Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

Show me your motion
Tra la la la la
Come on show me your motion
Tra la la la la la
Show me your motion
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths
All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths

I remember one Saturday night
We had fried fish and Johnny-cakes
I remember one Saturday night
We had fried fish and Johnny-cakes

Beng-a-deng
Beng-a-deng

Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
See, brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la la
Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths
All had water run dry
Got nowhere to wash my cloths

Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
Look that brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la la
Brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum

Boney M - Rasputin

Video of Boney M singing "Rasputin"

Karaoke video for the song "Rasputin" by Boney M with lyrics and clips from the movie

Lyrics for the song "Rasputin" by Boney M

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear

He could preach the Bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Ra Ra Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia greatest love machine
It was a shame how he

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar
But the Kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze

For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
He believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

Ra Ra Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia greatest love machine
It was a shame how he

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people
The demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder

"This man's just got to go" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms

Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"

Ra Ra Rasputin, Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
Ra Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

Boney M - Ma Baker

Video of Boney M singing "Ma Baker

Lyrics for the song "Ma Baker" by Boney M

This is the story of Ma Baker
the the meanest cat
In old chicago town.

She was the meanest cat
In old chicago town
She was the meanest cat
She really moved them down
She had no heart at all
No no no heart at all

She was the meanest cat
Oh she was really tough
She left her husband flat
He wasn't tough enough
She took her boys along
cos they were mean and strong

Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - she taught her four sons
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - to handle their guns
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - she never could cry
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - but she knew how to die

They left a trail of crime
Across the u.s.a.
And when one boy was killed
She really made them pay
She had no heart at all
No no no heart at all

Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - she taught her four sons
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - to handle their guns
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - she never could cry
Ma ma ma ma - ma baker - but she knew how to die

Boney M - Sunny

Video of Boney M singing "Sunny"

Lyrics for the song "Sunny" by Boney M

Sunny
Yesterday my life was filled with rain
Sunny
You smiled at me and really eased the pain

The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here
My sunny one shines so sincere

Sunny one so true
I love you

Sunny
(Yeah )
Thank you for the sunshine bouquet
(That sweet bouquet)
Sunny
Thank you for the love you brought my way

You gave to me your all and all
Now I feel ten feet tall

Sunny one so true
I love you

Sunny
Thank you for the truth you let me see
Sunny
Thank you for the facts from A to Z

My life was torn like a windblown sand
And the rock was formed when you held my hand

Sunny one so true
I love you
Sunny

Ooh ooh
(Yeah)

Sunny
Thank you for the smile upon your face
Sunny
And thank you for the gleam that shows this grace

You're my part of nature's fire
You're my sweet complete desire

Sunny one so true
I love you
(Yeah eh eh)

I love you
(Yeah, baby)
I love you
(Sunny)
(Eh hey hey)
(Sunny)
I love you
(Eh eh eh ah eh)
I love you

BONEY M. - Mary´s Boychild - Merry christmas to all

Video of Boney M singing "Mary's Boychild"

Lyrics for the song "Mary's Boychild" by Boney M

Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.

Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible said,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

While shepherds watch their flocks by night,
they see a bright new shining star,
they hear a choir sing a song, the music seemed to come from afar.

Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.

For a moment the world was aglow, all the bells rang out
there were tears of joy and laughter, people shouted
"let everyone know, there is hope for all to find peace".

Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, came to Bethlehem that night,
they found no place to bear her child, not a single room was in sight.

And then they found a little nook in a stable all forlorn,
and in a manger cold and dark, Mary's little boy was born.

Hark, now hear the angels sing, a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

Oh a moment still worth was a glow, all the bells rang out
there were tears of joy and laughter, people shouted
"let everyone know, there is hope for all to find peace".

Boney M - Daddy cool

Karaoke Video of Boney M singing "Daddy cool" with lyrics

Lyrics for the song "Daddy cool" by Boney M

She's crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool
She's crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool

I'm crazy like a fool
What about it daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool

She's crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool
I'm crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool

Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool

She's crazy about her daddy
Oh she believes in him
She loves her daddy
.......

She's crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool
I'm crazy like a fool
What about daddy cool

Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool
Daddy daddy cool

Boney M - Rivers of Babylon

Video of Boney M singing the song "By the Rivers of Babylon"

Lyrics for the song "By the rivers of Babylon" by Boney M

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.
By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing the lords song in a strange land

When the wicked
Carried us away in captivity
Requiering of us a song
Now how shall we sing the lords song in a strange land

Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight
Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.
By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion.

By the rivers of babylon (dark tears of babylon)
There we sat down (you got to sing a song)
Ye-eah we wept, (sing a song of love)
When we remember zion. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

By the rivers of babylon (rough bits of babylon)
There we sat down (you hear the people cry)
Ye-eah we wept, (they need their God)
When we remember zion. (ooh, have the power)

Boney M - One way ticket

Video of Boney M singing "One way ticket"

Lyrics for the song "One way ticket" by Boney M

One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues.

Choo choo train
Tuckin' down the track
Gotta travel on it
Never comin' back
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues.

Bye my love, my babe is leavin' me
Now, only tear drops are all that I could see.

Ooh, ooh
Got a one way ticket to the blues

Gotta take a trip to lonesome town
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel.
A fool such as I such as I
Will never, I cry my tears away.

One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues.

Choo choo train
Tuckin' down the track
Gotta travel on it
Never comin' back
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues.

Gotta go on, gotta truck on
Got a one way ticket to the blues.

I gotta take a trip to lonesome town
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel
Ooh, a fool such as I, such as I
Will never I cry my tears away.

One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues.

Choo choo train
Tuckin' down the track
Gotta travel on it
Never comin' back
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues.
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues.

Got my ticket...
One way, one way, one way ticke

Boney M - Hooray Hooray (It's A Holi-holiday)

Video of Boney M singing Hooray Hooray

Lyrics for the song "Hooray Hooray (It's A Holi-holiday)

Diggy di di doo diggy diggy di doo (hi dee hi dee ho)
Diggy di di doo diggy diggy di di (hi dee hi dee ho)
Diggy di di doo diggy diggy di di (hi dee hi dee ho)
Diggy di di doo diggy diggy di doo (hi dee hi dee ho)

Theres place I know where we should go (hi dee hi dee ho)
Wont you take me there, your lady fair (hi dee hi dee ho)
Theres a brook nearby, the grass grows high (hi dee hi dee ho)
Where we both can hide side by side (hi dee hi dee ho)

Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
What a world of fun for everyone, holi-holiday
Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
Sing a summer song, skip along, holi-holiday
Its a holi-holiday

Theres a country fair not far from there (hi dee hi dee ho)
On a carousels the ding-dong bell (hi dee hi dee ho)
On the loop-di-loop well swing and swoop (hi dee hi dee ho)
And what else well do is up to you (hi dee hi dee ho)

Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
What a world of fun for everyone, holi-holiday
Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
Sing a summer song, skip along, holi-holiday

Its a holi-holiday
Well, Im game, fun is the thing Im after
Now lets all live it up today, get set for love and laughter
Well, lets go, time isnt here for wasting
Life is so full of sweet sweet things, Id like to do some tasting

Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
What a world of fun for everyone, holi-holiday
Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
Sing a summer song, skip along, holi-holiday
Its a holi-holiday

On the country side well take a ride (hi dee hi dee ho)
Where the stars all shine and lots of time (hi dee hi dee ho)
Back of your old car we might get far (hi dee hi dee ho)
In the summer breeze we feel at ease (hi dee hi dee ho)
Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday

What a world of fun for everyone, holi-holiday
Hooray, hooray, its a holi-holiday
Sing a summer song, skip along, holi-holiday
Its a holi-holiday, its a holi-holiday

Boney M - Gotta Go Home

Video of Boney M singing "Gotta go home"

Lyrics for the song "Gotta go home" by Boney M

Headin' for the islands
We're ready man and packed to go
When we hit those islands
There's gonna be a big hello
Diggin' all the sunshine
It's easy not to say goodbye
Bye Bye Bye

Headin' for the islands
Heyeah, We're really flyin' high
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home

Walkin' down the beaches
Tomorrow mornin' we'll be there
Golden sandy beaches
Say, I can smell the breezy air
One more celebration
And then we're ready for goodbye
Bye, Bye,Bye

Walkin' down the beaches
Heyeah, We're really flyin' high
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home
...
Going back home
Going back home
Going back home
Going back home
...
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home

Boney M - Malaika

Video of Boney M singing the Swahili song "Malaika"

Lyrics of the Swahili song "Malaika" by Boney M

Malaika nakupenda malaika
malaika nakupenda malaika
na mimi nifanyeje ee
kijana mwenzio oo
nashindwa na mali sina ee
ningekuoa malaika
nashindwa na mali sina ee
ningekuo malaika
malaika nakupenda malaika
malaika nakupenda malaika
na mimi nifanye je
kijana mwenzio oo
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika

Kidege nakuwaza kidege
kidege nakuwaza kidege
ningekuoa aa mama
ningekuoa dada
nashindwa mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika

Malaika nakupenda malaika
malaika nakupenda malaika
nami nifanyeje ee
kijana mwenzio oo
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika

Pesa zasumbua roho yangu
pesa zasumbua roho yangu
ningekuoa aa dada
ningekuoa aa mama
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika
nashindwa na mali sina wee
ningekuoa malaika

Malaika nakupenda malaika
malaika nakupenda malaika