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Thread #9916 Message #3250095
Posted By: Joe Offer
04-Nov-11 - 03:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Marianne / Mary Ann (calypso)
Subject: ADD: Marianne (from Harry Belafonte)
Gee, we have lots of songs titled "Marianne," but not the Belafonte song that was requested. I found it on a CD called Island in the Sun (Pair Records) that has a number of less-usual Belafonte recordings.
MARIANNE (songwriter: ???)
Oh fare you well my own true love Oh fare you well for awhile For the ship is a-waiting and the wind blows free And I'm bound for the sea Marianne
I will bring you diamonds for your hair And of gold a cloak so fine And wake you from your slumber with a silver bell And rings for your ev'ry finger Marianne
Oh there's some that say of a sailing man That his life is free and wild But this love that leaves you with the setting sun Will come back on the morning tide Marianne.