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Thread #12791   Message #3698250
Posted By: Joe Offer
30-Mar-15 - 01:10 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Round the Bay of Mexico
Subject: ADD Version: Round the Bay of Mexico
Here's one more, recorded by Harry Belafonte and attributed to Irving Burgie. Can't say I like this one.

'ROUND THE BAY OF MEXICO
(Irving Burgie)

'Round the Bay of Mexico
Way, O, Susianna,
Mexico's the place that I belong in,
'Round the Bay of Mexico.

Been to sea for a month or more...
Lookin' forward to my time on shore...

The wind is high, the sky is blue...
Bound to anchor in a day or two...

I can see it all before my eye...
A big cafe and a bottle full of rye...

Some beans and rice to soothe my taste...
I ain't gonna let nothin' go to waste

Put some kerchiefs in my bag...
Tell a tale or two, so I can really brag...

There's Rosita and Chiquita and pretty maid Belle...
If I meet 'em all at once, I'll never get well...


I'm glad Harry Belafonte provided steady employment for Irving Burgie for so long, but this is really bad....