Chorus Calaloo, Strange Calaloo  Mysterious curious roux  Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo  Sooner or later we're all in the stew / From here in my kitchen  I watch the whole scene  Life on dis island's   A unique cuisine  It simmers and bubbles  And looks quite routine   Till somebody spill all da beans / Chorus Calaloo, Strange Calaloo  Mysterious curious roux  Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo  Sooner or later we're all in the stew / Night after night  On dat terrace out der  Plays a melodrama   Could equal Shakespeare  Dey may tell theirself  Dat somehow dey are not   Best take it from me,  We're all in the same pot / Chorus Calaloo, Strange Calaloo  Mysterious curious roux  Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo   Sooner or later we're all in the stew / Bridge Hey Hey Sheila, Hey Hey Sheila   Hey Hey Sheila, what's in dat calaloo  Hey Sheila tell us, Hey Sheila tell us   Hey Hey Sheila, what's in that Calaloo / We got Crab and pigtail  Squid ink and fish scale  Okra and dasheen leaves  Chitchat and chatter  Fill up the platter  With a garnish of pure make believe / Chorus Calaloo, Strange Calaloo   Mysterious, curious roux  Though some might think that somehow they are not   Make no mistake we're all in the same pot / Take it from me dis is no Camelot