A “Manhattan Calypso” as performed by The Clark Kids. Sister Michele “Shelly” Clark-White was one of the “Ikettes” for a spell.: Actual title = Down by the River (Lillian D. Krugman & Alice Jeanne Ludwig, 1955) LP on Discogs: Elia & Michele Clark – Calypso Songs For Children Columbia, CL 995, 1957, trk.B4 w/Jackie Fields & His Calypso Band(?). RE: Songbook Indexing: Calypso/Caribbean Songbooks “KRUGMAN, LILLIAN DIANE. Little calypsos; songs and stories about the West Indies, arr. for rhythm instruments by Lillian D. Krugman and Alice Jeanne Ludwig, illustrated by Rubi Roth. 24 p. $1.50 Carl Van Roy Co., Brooklyn; 15Nov55; A211592.” [Published Music, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, vol.9, pt.5A, no.1, Jan-Jun, Library of Congress, 1956] I still have the darn thing somewhere in the catacombs... somewhere...
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