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Thread #76631   Message #3262504
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
24-Nov-11 - 01:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cudelia Brown / Cordelia Brown
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cudelia Brown / Cordelia Brown
Just want to tell everyone that yes, a few knowledgeable posters on Jamaicans.com have told me that the second verse may be a rework of another song referring to an incident in West Indian cricket in the 1930s. Neita is not a woman, but a man! Now the question becomes "How did the verse from the other song get into this one?". BTW, the name is not always "Cudelia Brown" and the verse does not always refer to red hair; one poster quoted several versions referring to "why yuh head so hard?"