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Thread #9916 Message #3164224
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Jun-11 - 11:53 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Marianne / Mary Ann (calypso)
Subject: Lyr Add: MARY ANN (Roaring Lion)
Here's my transcription from the recording at YouTube. Note that several words are uncertain or missing.
MARY ANN As sung by Roaring Lion
CHORUS 1: All day, all night, Miss Mary Ann, Down by the seaside, she's siftin' sand. Strings on her banjo could tie a goat. Water from the ocean could sail a boat.
1. DJ(?) there was bacchanal. The whole island big carnival. People were jumping to and fro To the rhythm of the Lion's calypso. They were singing— CHORUS 1
2. Oh, this thing was really a scene. Pandemonium reigned supreme. Red(?) like a day you can't forget. Young and old, black and white was in de fête. They were singing— CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2: All day, all night, and all around, Big cities, countries, and back in town, Wise as a serpent, that cunning fox, Strings on her banjo could darn her socks.
3. The whole island was on parade. 'Twas a royal masquerade. De ...(?), de ...(?), and de cong, The Indian ...(?) They were singing— CHORUS 1 TWICE
REPEAT VERSE 1 AND CHORUS 1.
[In verse 3, I assume "cong" means "congo drum" and I suspect the other missing words represent other instruments.]