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07 Jun 11 - 09:10 PM (#3166821) Subject: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: Judy Drownded Folk, Jamaica Judy drownded, Judy drownded, Whai oh! Judy drownded, Judy drownded, Judy drownded Whai oh! Judy drownded. Judy no drownded, Judy een-a bed. Ev'rybody bawl out, 'Judy drownded!' Judy no drownded, Judy deh pon dyin'. Ev'rybody bawl out, 'Judy drownded!' Look unda bed, yuh see two coco deh Hear weh de long-mout Mada Gordon sey: 'Ross' one, lef' one till a mawnin' Posen me roas' i' an' de Dude no come? Roas' one, lef' one till a mawnin'. Judy drownded, Judy drownded, Whai oh! Judy drownded. Judy no dead, but Judy drownded. Whai oh! Judy drownded. Posen de ribber wen fe come dung bank to bank Ev'ry bawl out, 'Judy drownded!' Judy drownded, Judy drownded, Whai oh! Judy drownded. Similar to version sung by Edric Connor. ""Judy Drownded" originated in St. Mary. A young girl, Judy, who was washing clothed in the river, was carried downstream by the swift current. Onlookers who were also washing clothes, loudly cried out: "Judy drownded!" However, everyone discovers, she was rescued. The 5th, 6th and 7th verses allude to a conversation between Judy and her mother." From the collection Folk Songs of Jamaica, edited and arranged by Tom Morris, 1952, Oxford University Press. Used by permission in Jim Morse, coll., 1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books. |
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07 Jun 11 - 09:14 PM (#3166826) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded From: MorwenEdhelwen1 So is this song based on a true story? |
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07 Jun 11 - 09:27 PM (#3166833) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: Mattie No Drownded Frats Quintet Chorus: (After each line) Everybody bawl out Mattie drownded Suppose de river should come in bank-to-bank, Mattie no drownded, Mattie under bed (twice) Everywhere we search, Sister Mattie can't be found. (twice) Mattie no drownded, Mattie under bed (twice) Diver go down Sister Mattie can't be found, Water policeman search, still Mattie can't be found Mattie no drownded Mattie under bed (twice) Everybody search Sister Mattie can't be found (twice) Mattie no drownded Mattie under bed (twice) Look under bed y'u see two cocoe* deh Roast one, lef' one till a mo'nin'. *local vegetable. Insert with lp, Jamaican Folk Songs, Frats Quintet of Jamaica, edited by Edward Seaga. 1955 lp. Prited by The Gleaner Co. Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica, 1949 - 3/58 |
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07 Jun 11 - 09:29 PM (#3166834) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded From: Q (Frank Staplin) True story? Dunno. I'll leave that for you to find out in your graduate studies. |
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07 Jun 11 - 10:19 PM (#3166857) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded (Irving Burgie) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: Judy Drownded Irving Burgie/Harry Belafonte 1 Judy's momma sent her to market, Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded Told her not to linger so she won't forget Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded. Chorus- Judy drownded, Judy drownded Wa'yo Judy drownded Judy drownded, Judy drownded Wa'yo Judy drownded. 2 Judy took the short cut 'cross the water Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded When she look around, the stream had caught her Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded. Chorus- 3 Judy was carried down the stream, oh Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded Takin' her last breath, it did seem, oh Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded. Chorus- 4 Judy reach out with her hand, oh Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded Lucky she grasp a branch on land, oh Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded. Chorus- 5 So I went up to Judy's mother's shed Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded But Judy no drownded, Judy lie in bed, Ev'ry body bawl out Judy drownded. From the net, http://www.akh.se/lyrics/judy_drownded.htm. Probably close to Irving Burgie's sheet music, which I have not seen. Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean, 1957. Irving Burgie, ASCAP Work Id. 400023470; Caribe Music Corp. (BMG), copyright. |
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28 Jun 11 - 07:37 PM (#3178012) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Judy Drownded From: Q (Frank Staplin) Additional verse to "Judy Drownded." To get some relief from crying and grief Judy had to leave the townstead But all the people still moan she is gone And swear that she is drownded. Judy no drownded, Judy in she bed When ev'rybody bawl out she drownded Judy no drownded, Judy in she bed When ev'rybody bawl out she drownded. Traditional melody; arranged lyrics by William Attaway, Copyright 1957, Calypso Music Inc. William Attaway, 1957, Calypso Song Book, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. |