Aha Barbados, Barbados, the land of flyin' fish an' potatoes Yes Barbados, Barbados, the land of flyin' fish an' potatoes What a beautiful island Tourists go there to spend their vacation Yes, I just go there annually Because I love the people's hospitality Well let me tell her Lillian, Lillian, darling Please divorce your husband If I got to swim or sell my clothes I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados In Trinidad the girls may get fretful And say e Lord Invader's ungrateful But, when I had plenty money I spent it with them extravagantly Homes for them I furnished Now I am suffering financial paralysis What they did to me is a mortal sin But is Barbadian Lillian who took me in Well let me tell her Lillian, Lillian, darling Please divorce your husband If I got to swim or sell my clothes I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados The B'adian girls are so accommodating Fascinating and don't talk 'bout romancing When I wake in the morning They trolley to my bed, is breakfast they serving Flyin' fish for dinner Turkey and lamb and sometimes is lobster What made Lillian go staring mad When I told her that I going back to Trinidad Well let me tell her Lillian, Lillian, darling Please divorce your husband If I got to swim or sell my clothes I'm coming back to the Island of Barbados