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Fred McCormick	Politically incorrect songs (113* d)	RE: Politically incorrect songs	05 Jun 11
Here's another one. The calypso singer Lord Invader recorded a song called Old Time Cat o' Nine, in 1945 (I think) about an upsurge of violent gangs which had proliferated in Trinidad some years earlier. Another calypso singer, I can't remember who, recorded a cover version of the same song in 1950s' London, this time about the teddy boys and flick knife gangs of that period of British history. Both recordings had the same theme. Bring back the cat of nine tails and order will be restored (I don't think!). But both were sung in typical upbeat calypso style, so that the effect is not just bizarre. It's positively weird.

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