The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7273 Message #1858802
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Oct-06 - 01:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Bamboo (Dave Van Ronk)
Subject: RE: Origins: Bamboo (Dave Van Ronk?)
The notes for the "Dip and Fall Back" set suggest that "Big Bamboo" is an urbanized version of 'an often recorded song,' whose origin is Trinidadian but which entered the mento tradition.