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Thread #164 Message #3159423
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-May-11 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Banana Boat Song / Day-O (Lord Burgess)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Banana Boat Song (Harry Belefonte)
Earliest version available by Edric Connor. Origin, Trinidad or Jamaica, uncertain.
Any earlier records?