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Thread #138380 Message #3170150
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Jun-11 - 07:48 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Songs from Trinidad
Subject: RE: ADD: Songs from Trinidad
Lyr. Add: ONE, TWO, THREE
Solo
One, two, three,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
One, two, three,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
Den, look-oo wha' yo' do to me, Ti Venus,
Look-oo wha' yo' do to me, Ti Venus, oi.
Chorus:- (ad lib.)
One, two, three,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
One, two, three,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
Den look-oo wha' yo' do to me, Ti Venus,
Look-oo wha' yo' do to me, Ti Venus, oi.
Two, three, four,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
Two, three, four, etc.
Chorus:-
Two, three, four, etc.
Three, four, five,
Oh, de young girls so deceivin',
Three, four, five,
Oh, the young girls so deceivin',
Den, look-oo wha' yo' do to me, Ti Venus,
Look-oo wha' yo do to me, Ti Venus, oi.
Bam-bam-bam ba-ba-bam bam-bam - bam
ba-ba-bam bam-bam-bam ba-ba-bam bam-bam - bam ba-ba-bam
Four, five, six, etc.
Five, six, seven, etc.
Six, seven, eight, etc.
Counting song, sometimes used as a work song when shelling large quantities of dried peas.
[Mind-numbing!]
Musical score,
Arr. for voices, guitar, drum and bass by Gareth Walter.
Edric Connor, 1958, Coll., Songs from Trinidad, Oxford University Press.