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Chorus calaloo, strange calaloo mysterious curious roux try as you might to avoid the hoodoo sooner or later we're all in the stew / from here in my kitchen i watch the whole scene life on dis island's a unique cuisine it simmers and bubbles and looks quite routine till somebody spill all da beans / chorus calaloo, strange calaloo mysterious curious roux try as you might to avoid the hoodoo sooner or later we're all in the stew / night after night on dat terrace out der plays a melodrama could equal shakespeare dey may tell theirself dat somehow dey are not best take it from me, we're all in the same pot / chorus calaloo, strange calaloo mysterious curious roux try as you might to avoid the hoodoo sooner or later we're all in the stew / bridge hey hey sheila, hey hey sheila hey hey sheila, what's in dat calaloo hey sheila tell us, hey sheila tell us hey hey sheila, what's in that calaloo / we got crab and pigtail squid ink and fish scale okra and dasheen leaves chitchat and chatter fill up the platter with a garnish of pure make believe / chorus calaloo, strange calaloo mysterious, curious roux though some might think that somehow they are not make no mistake we're all in the same pot / take it from me dis is no camelot