Nora

Yes, I beg you to leave me, Nora
I'm going back to me country
I beg you to leave me
I'm going back to me country

I'm tired with London
I can't hear these beats
I'm beating in junction
I'm getting homesick, I'm feeling sad
I want me passage and I'm going back to Trinidad

So, darling
Nora, Nora, Nora
Why don't you leave Lord Kitchener?
Nora, Nora, Nora
I want to go home to see me grandmother
Nora, Nora, Nora
Darling, what is your intention?
Nora, Nora, Nora
You can't fool the Lord, I'm a born Trinidadian

She started a-crying
When she heard that did she was leaving
These are the things the lady promised me
A Rolls Royce car, her father's property
But I told her, "Well, darling
Money no love doesn't mean anything
I have to go home with no receipt
I have to take up my duties in King Street"

So, darling
Nora, Nora, Nora
I beg you to leave Lord Kitchener
Nora, Nora, Nora
See, in Gulfport I got to see me grandfather
Nora, Nora, Nora
Darling, what is your intention?
Nora, Nora, Nora
You can't fool the Lord, I'm a born Trinidadian

Miss Nora was angry
Pick up a knife and threaten to kill me
Then she jumped to my collar
Stomping her feet and bawling for mother
But I told her quietly
"Darling, my mind is made up already
I'm very sorry I can't remain
I have to go to the city of Port of Spain"

So, darling
Nora, Nora, Nora
I beg you to leave Lord Kitchener
Nora, Nora, Nora
I want to go home to see me grandmother
Nora, Nora, Nora
Darling, what is your intention?
Nora, Nora, Nora
You can't fool the Lord, I'm a born Trinidadian

Well, Nora was clever
She played a trick on the Lord Kitchener
Me clothes in the laundry
She has the ticket pins secretly
But I use my discretion
I rent a suit in leaving position
I waved my hand and told her "Hiyo"
On the flying Dutchman to Piarco

So, darling
Nora, Nora, Nora
I beg you to leave Lord Kitchener
Nora, Nora, Nora
See, in Gulfport I want to see me grandfather
Nora, Nora, Nora
Darling, what is your intention?
Nora, Nora, Nora
You can't fool the Lord, I'm a born Californian