Smart Bajan - Mighty Sparrow

A Barbadian engineer by the name of Cephas

Got to know that Trinidadians were superstitious

This Bajan smart man by the name of Cephas

Got to know that Trinidadians were superstitious

So he buy a piece a land up Hololo Mountain

Put some concrete 'round a spring and open a fountain

Well in less than no time, when you hear the shout

Stupid people coming from all about

Throwing coins in the fountain

Each one seeking happiness

Thrown by hopeful lovers

Tell me, which one will the fountain bless?

And by the time they pull out, the Bajan div in

Taking all the money from the fountain

And har him singing:

«All is mine, all is mine, all is mine!»

I am sure that you would be surprised to know

How much big shots does go to Mount Hololo

All kind of people believe in this thing

If you see so many old maids in search of a ring

Throwin' coins in the fountain like they feeding fish

Kneeling down on their knees making a wish

Thousands of people were going up there daily

Trinidad was coming just like Italy

So many coins in the fountain

Each one longing for a home

There they lie in the fountain

Just like in the heart of Rome

And is to see the Barbadian with he swimming trunk on

Waiting patiently 'til all the fools gone

To sing:

«All is mine, all is mine, all is mine!»

Four o’clock one morning meh girlfriend waking me

Telling me come go up to the fountain with she

Ah say «Well me ain’t walking twelve miles up no mountain!»

She say «Well if it’s twelve thousand we still going»

«Darlin'», she say, «we living too long in sin

We have a right to go and fix it by the fountain»

Ah had some money in meh house to pay meh rent

In the fountain the girl throw every cent

And hear she singing:

Which one will the fountain bless?

Which one will the fountain bless?

But all the time the stupid woman making she wish

Is the smart Barbadian that is getting rich

The vagabond singing:

«All is mine, all is mine, all is mine!»

Ah don’t know how the news reach the F.B.I

But the police decide to arrest the guy

An inspector by the name of Duntin

Disguise himself, so he went up to the fountain

Take out three gold coins and throw it inside

Pretend he’s making a wish, but he went and hide

When the Barbadian see the gold like if he went crazy

So in the fountain he jumping immediately

And hear him singing:

Three coins in the fountain

Through the ripples how they shine

«All is mine, all is mine, all is mine!»

But as the vagabond come out from the fountain

The Inspector arrest him and start to sing:

«Not this time, not this time, not this time!»