Traditional version
De mother-in-law said to de son-in-law,
‘Wha’ de hell it could be
Dat ev’ry fo-day mornin’
A man in Della belly’.
Chorus
Oh Conrad! Oh Conrad!
Conrad come out de woman belly an’ he gone to Trinidad.
Tra la-la-la-la, Tra la-la-la,
Conrad come out de woman belly an’ he gone to Trinidad.
Source: Trevor G. Marshall, Peggy L. McGeary and Grace J. I. Thompson, compilers. Folk Songs of Barbados. Macmarson Associates, Bridgetown, 1981, pp. 7–10.
