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Thread #138311   Message #3165357
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
05-Jun-11 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Three Friends' Advice (Lord Executor)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Three Friends' Advice (Lord Executor)
Thanks for the lyrics, katlaughing. Apparently, according to Gerald Clark, Executor was a "bum", who begged for a living. "I was glad to get rid of him." He died in the 1950s, broke and blind. Very sad, especially for a calypsonian whose major achievement was pioneering English-language songs.

Another interesting thing,in one of the "Rum and Coca-Cola" court case posts, a man named Philip Garcia claimed in a testimony in Baron vs. Feist to have heard "L'Annee Passee" in the 1890s, when he was a boy. Executor's name is Philip Garcia. He started singing in the 1890s, when he was young. Is it possible he and the witness are the same person? It's an interesting coincidence.