Down the Way Where the Nights Are Gay Lyrics

Jamaica Leave-taking

Hassle Belafonte

About Jamaica Farewell

"Jamaica Leave" is a Jamaican-style folk song (mento). The birdcall appeared along Harry Belafonte's album Calypso. It reached number fourteen on the Billboard Kill chart. The lyrics for the song were scripted by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie), an American-born, incomplete-Barbadan songster. Information technology is about the beauties of the West Indian Islands. Many, including Belafonte himself, have said that the song was nonclassical in the West Indies since long before Burgess. It is believed that Burgess compiled and modified the song from many ethnic music pieces to make a untried Song dynast. Burgess acknowledged his exercise of the tune of other mento, "Fe Bar". The Kingston Trio, who led the family line revivification of the late 1950s, took their name from the mention of Capital of Jamaica, Jamaica in the song, though they only recorded IT many years later, in 2006. The line "ackee, rice, saltfish is polite" refers to the Jamaican national ravisher. more »

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2000

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Harry Belafonte

Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Belafonte is perchance best notable for singing "The Banana Sauceboat Song", with its signature words "Day-O". Throughout his career He has been an preach for civil rights and humanitarian causes and was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush Administration. much »

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