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Thread #161556   Message #3841348
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
24-Feb-17 - 09:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Kalenda Rock (Mourning Song)
A pretty amazing song book. Odd that it hasn't seen a reprint in 70+ years:

Subject: RE: Songbook Indexing: Calypso Songbooks
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 01 Jun 11 - 09:47 PM

CALYPSO SONGS OF THE WEST INDIES

Massie Patterson and Lionel Belasco
Free transcription by Maurice Baron
English versions by Olga Paul

1943
M. Baron Co., New York, quarto, 26pp., pbk.

Invocation = O Ken Karanga (Kingston Trio)
Tinga Layo (Donkey Song)
Pack She Back to She Ma
Louis Camille = Louis Camille (calypso); Colby (Martinique); Choucoune; Yellow Bird
See Me Little Brown Boy?
Mourning Song = Kalenda Rock (Belafonte & Destiné)
Petite Brun Doux-Doux (I'm Dark-eyed and Petite)
Borde, C'est Vrai (Trinidad Race Track Song)
Martinique Brulée (Martinique Has Burned)
Oh, Not a Cent
L'Année Passée (Last Year) = Rum and Coca Cola
Déviré Katie (Katie Come Home)