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The Handiest Frenchmen In The Caribbean

by Jimmy Buffett

from the album Don’t Stop the Carnival

Lyrics

Ensemble –
Hippolyte, Hippolyte Lamartine
Handiest Frenchman in da Caribbean
Got the Gull Reef Club sparkling and clean
Bravo bon travou Mr. Martine

Who patch the hole in the cistern wall Hippolyte
Who solved my problems one and all Hippolyte
A genie in a bottle twenty feet tall Hippolyte, Hippolyte Lamartine

How come mine host is sitting pretty
A cistern full of water and shekels in the kitty
A million miles away from nasty New York City

Hippolyte, Hippolyte Lamartine
Hippolyte, Hippolyte Lamartine
Hippolyte, Hippolyte Lamartine

Get back to work Or he’ll chop you like sardines
Merci Hippolyte Lamartine