Ah was conceived on Carnival day
You wouldn't believe that it was foul play
Well me mami say, she was in ah band
She was lead astray, by a sailor man
She was moving, she was grooving
When de sailor influence her
Now they start to call me
Drunken sailor baby
All dem tings dey saying
Can't stop me from jumping
The whole of the country is calling me
Carnival Baby
Because ah conceive in February
Carnival Baby
Don't pressurize me is me Mami say
Carnival Baby
She picks up with me on Carnival day
Carnival Baby
Ah must admit, I like a wild cat
But let's face it, I cannot help that
When I'm in ah band, ah does carry on
You wouldn't understand, is de way ah born
Ah does jump up, going nonstop
When de music get me frantic
Now they start to call me
Drunken sailor baby
All dem tings dey saying
Can't stop me from jumping
When ah start to wine ah have no control,
Carnival Baby
De Carnival fever is in me soul
Carnival Baby
When ah hear dem pan like ah gone insane
Carnival Baby
De Carnival blood running in meh vein
Carnival Baby
Ah gon tell you, this ah bound to mention
In '82 is no exception
Ah gon play me mas, in the very way
Ah don't care a blast, what the people say
Ah go spin round, ah go wine down
If ah vulgar, it's me nature
Now they start to call me
Drunken sailor baby
All dem tings dey saying
Can't stop me from jumping
The whole of the country is calling me
Carnival Baby
Because ah conceive in February
Carnival Baby
Don't pressurize me is me mami say
Carnival Baby
She pick up with me on Carnival day
Carnival Baby
Yuh waiting, very patiently
Yuh planning to scandalize me
I am not de first, and wouldn't be de last
So de more they curse, more ah play meh mas
I'll be jamming, I'll be waving
From ah Jouvert til Ash Wednesday
Now they start to call me
Drunken sailor baby
All dem tings dey saying
Can't stop me from jumping
When ah start to wine ah have no control,
Carnival Baby
De Carnival fever is in me soul
Carnival Baby
When ah hear dem pan like ah gone insane
Carnival Baby
De Carnival blood running in meh vein
Carnival Baby
Carnival Baby