Mama Caraïbo [English translation]

Mama Caraïbo, fire up your ovens,

the dance tour from Fort-de-Frace

comes to Paris, Paris-Bercy.

Mama Caraïbo, they are coming

to your little bistro tonight,

bringing you the music of the land.

Get a good feast cooked,

and prepare some Bingo1

and the Antillean spice mixture

they will arrive soon, soon.

There are steady winds all over the skies of Paris,

some flying fish around the île Saint-Louis,

some lyre birds in the Trocadero gardens

and lots of dugout canoes in the metro.

Mama Caraïbo, put on your old sarong,,

something tells me that tonight

you will feel 20 years old again.

Mama Caraïbo, it will be very, very hot,

there'll be sunlight in the alleys,

as in the îles du Levant2.

One short step, there it is,

and then two, then three, like that

and it's the diva of the Beguine,

long live Mama, hurrah!

Yes, go for it, you're dancing, you're danxing,

you've got the rythm, go ahead,

move your hips well, hurrah

long live Mama, hurrah!

They've arrived with their colourful shirts,

their drums and their flower necklaces3

at the heart of Paris when the begin to play

you'll hear the wind in the palm trees.

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Mama Caraïbo, fire up your ovens,

the dance tour from Fort-de-Frace

comes to Paris, Paris-Bercy.

Mama Caraïbo, they are coming

to your little bistro tonight,

bringing you the music of the land.

Get a good feast cooked,

and prepare some Bingo

and the Antillean spice mixture

they will arrive soon, soon.

One short step, there it is,

and then two, then three, like that

and it's the diva of the Beguine,

long live Mama, hurrah!

There are steady winds all over the skies of Paris,

some flying fish around the île Saint-Louis,

some lyre birds in the Trocadero gardens

and lots of dugout canoes in the metro.

Mama Caraïbo, fire up your ovens,

the dance tour from Fort-de-Frace

comes to Paris, Paris-Bercy.

Mama Caraïbo, they are coming

to your little bistro tonight,

bringing you the music of the land.

Mama Caraïbo … Mama Caraïbo

1. what does tha mean in this context?2. a group of 4 islands in the mediterranean, close to Cap Bénat in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France3. or leis, perhaps