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13 Jun 11 - 04:43 AM (#3169726) Subject: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Does anyone have the lyrics to this song, which uses the melody of "Linstead Market" and was recorded by Irving Burgie using the stage name "Lord Burgess"? |
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13 Jun 11 - 06:02 AM (#3169757) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: MorwenEdhelwen1 According to Gordon Rohlehr and Hollis Liverpool (known as "Mighty Chalkdust"), the chorus is "Oh, not a cent, not a cent, not a cent to buy rice". Anyone know this song? |
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14 Jun 11 - 02:45 AM (#3170280) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Refresh. |
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14 Jun 11 - 01:45 PM (#3170545) Subject: ADD: Oh, Not A Cent From: Q (Frank Staplin) This song may be based on the Jamaican "Linstead Market." OH, NOT A CENT A "Calypso" by Massie Patterson and Lionel Belasco Oh, not a cent, not a cent, Not a cent to pay rent, Oh, not a cent, Not a cent to pay rent. See them Barbadians Come from Barbados Think nobody like them, See them Barbadians Come from Barbados Think nobody like them. Oh, not a cent, not a cent, Not a cent to pay rent, Oh, not a cent, not a cent, Not a cent to pay rent.- Sheet music, voice and piano. Free transcription by Maurice Baron. This seems to be the earliest printing of this song. Pp. 20-21; Massie Patterson and Lionel Belasco, 1943, Calypso Songs of the West Indies, M. Baron Co. New York. (Hard-to-get publication; if I find a beat-up copy with the pages separated, I will scan, but I don't want to damage my copy). Copyright 1943, M. Baron Co., New York. I have a cd by Irving Burgie; I will check it for this song later. I believe his cd dates from the 1950s. |
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14 Jun 11 - 10:57 PM (#3170766) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: MorwenEdhelwen1 I think he recorded it on an LP actually. |
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14 Jun 11 - 11:06 PM (#3170768) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Q, when you say "based on Linstead Market" do you mean the tune? Because the lyrics are quite different. There is no mention of a market in this song. Yet the lyrics fit the tune quite well. |
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15 Jun 11 - 12:37 PM (#3171008) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh, Not A Cent From: Q (Frank Staplin) Versions of Linstead Market have the chorus line "not a mite, not a bite" or "what a night, not a bite" or similar; suggests "not a cent, not a cent." Not much point in discussion; just a personal reaction. |