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Thread #2070   Message #465741
Posted By: Chicken Charlie
18-May-01 - 02:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Man Piabba (Harry Belafonte)
Subject: RE: Harry Belafonte - Man Piabba Lyrics
Hold on, there's more. Maybe Harry cut this more than once. I'm not sure of the exact order but the ending includes these two ideas--

Well I travelled far an' I travelled wide,
An' I don't even have meself a bride.
All de great men upon dis eart'
Confuse me since my birt'.
I been over land and over sea
Try'n' to find de answer bout de bird and bee.
Now dat I am ninety-tree,
I don't give a damn to see ....

A woman piaba and de man piab', etc.

There might be a chorus after "Confuse me...." I remember it got fairly redundant at the end.

Belafonte did a few blues songs in his early days too. I remember one called "Weepin' Willow," with the great tag, "Blues just come and tear me down."

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