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Thread #112175 Message #2371243
Posted By: Azizi
21-Jun-08 - 01:54 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Can't Cross Over (River Come Down)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Can't Cross Over (River Come Down)
Btw, Q, Thanks for sharing information about Irving Burgie!
I was "familiar" with Irving Burgie as the composer of "Day-O" and "Jamaica Farewell" and many other Caribbean songs. But I didn't know he and Lord Burgess were one in the same person.
I thought that Irving Burgie was from somewhere in the West Indies, but didn't know that he was born in the States and his mother was from Barbados.
Hey, as a person with Bajan ancestry, I shoulda known that. I guess I have to read up on Irving Burgie.
Here's a link to information about Irving Burgie for me and other folks interested in knowing more about this great composer of Caribbean songs: