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Thread #162686   Message #3873047
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
22-Aug-17 - 01:13 AM
Thread Name: Chantwell: Southern Antillean Chantymen
Subject: RE: Chantwell: Southern Antillean Chantymen
Every Mother lovin' Sunday morning.

English church - The Cantor (First Singer) and the psalms chants.

French church – The Chantre and if the Singer was a "she" (ie: kalinda fighting) it's chantre elle (chantuelle – chantwell.)

But calypso isn't work or call-response song (chan traval or lavwa). It's solo social commentary (chan pwen lit. "point song".)