Everybody running to the carnaval, I say Everybody running to the spree on carnaval day Old and the young, the great and the small Everybody running to the carnaval Everybody running to the carnaval I say One shirt Willie and he mother in law May May See them pushing throu the crowd on carnaval day Nothin' to eat and nothin' to wear But the carnaval... they are bound to be there. Everybody running to the carnaval I say Twist eyed Mary Ann she was in love with a policeman She made to understand she wanted to take a calypsonian Everybody running to the carnaval I say.