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Cabin in the Water
(W. Ferguson)
This modern generation
every day the people gettin` smarter
they made me to understand
Bato built a cabin in the water
The cabin in the water
mister Bato was the author
I knew he was a diver
really never knew
the fellow was a builder
The mistress of the national park
bato told her it was a rumor
she decide to take a walk...
lo and behold! a cabin in the water
The building was quite erect
imagine it was standin` in the sea
the lady call him an architect
but you have to pull it down
inmediately!
The lady was getting hot
when she saw the building in the sea
jumping like red beans boililing in pot
she say you have to put it down inmediatly
they came into big dispute
bato told her:
-"me born Costa Rica
"
-"you could have born in Ethiopia
me no want no cabin in the water"
Kiaky Brown was tellin` me
about the cabin in the water
bato built something in the sea
must be built it
with the devil and his daughter
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Calalloo/Jorge Drexler
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Calaloo
(W. Ferguson)
Everybody has its own opinion
Some may be right, and some may be wrong
but calaloo, everybody love calaloo , calaloo me say,
everybody love
you eat it in the morning, and you eat it in the night
you eat it in when you feel that you will lose your sight
calaloo, everybody love calaloo
me turtle dove
you eat it in the morning, and you eat it in the day
you eat it when you feel that you will break away
calaloo, everybody love calaloo
a blessing from above
I knew a woman she name was Su
she woke up one morning all black and blue
she call to her sister her name was Lu
beg her to cook her some calaloo
calaloo, everybody love calaloo
a blessing from above
good for your belly and good for your back
tighten every joint that is getting slack
but calaloo, everybody love calaloo
a blessing from above
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No bother to cry
Tell me your reason why
When I gone to me work
Doing me dayly bread
You got a sweet man on top me bed
Woman woman what you doing to me
I notice your work in necromancy
I don´t understand why the people hate the calypsonian
You got a sweet man on top me bed
machete in he hand
fi chop out me head
I don´t understand why the people hate the calypsonian
I hear and I talk on a peace of grant
The woman say she love the calypsonian
but me neighbor was telling me
all she want was me property
and then I ballin
No bother…
Woman woman what you doing to me
I notice your work in necromancy
Visiting the Obeah Man
she told him to kill the calypsonian
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Me teacher love so well
she want to educate me
you must learn to read and spell
this is the word G.O.O.D
G.O.O.D yes teacher G.O.O.D
every living day hear me spell it G.O.O.D
G.O.O.D...
One day I wrote me good friend a letter
she had to send it back to me
she say Segundo you must do better
all I see is G.O.O.D
G.O.O.D...
I thought I had an education
I want to go University
they only called me a simpleton
all I knew was G.O.O.D
G.O.O.D...
Dear teacker I don´t understand
what you doing to me
if you want to be a man
all you do is G.O.O.D
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John Crow say him is a decent young man
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
John Crow say him is a decent young man
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
John Crow say him is a decent young man
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
Look up on him neck he cant wear a thin collar
Can´t walk he dont walk on sunday
Look up on he foot he cant wear long boots
Juan zopilote no sale el domingo
No puede, no sale, y canta lo mismo
Juan zopilote no sale el domingo
No puede, no sale, y canta lo mismo
No puede, no sale, y canta lo mismo
No puede, no sale, y canta lo mismo
Juan zopilote no sale el domingo
No puede, no sale, y canta lo mismo
Mirale las patas no puede usar botas
Juan zopilote no sale el domingo
Mirale el pescuezo es un arruguero
Juan zopilote no sale el domingo
Juan zopilote dice ser muy bueno
Aunque no puede salir el domingo
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Glamour Gal/Devon Seale
04:02
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Land Lady/ Marcel Padey
04:03
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Landlady
(w. Ferguson)
Landlady, landlady
want to send me to
the shut eye country
landlady, landlady
you want to kill me
i`m going report you to the government
you`re a wicked landlady
just because i don`t pay me rent
(you take a notice)
you want to kill me
Many a day i pay in advance
that`s the time you laughing with me
but when i fail
you get in a trance
(you take a notice)
you want to kill me
Walkin` with your dagger into your hand
you got me fill with timidity
you got a gun into your hip run
you want to kill me
Not even the house you will not repair
water runnin` like in the sea
i don`t want to interfer
(you take a notice)
you want to kill me
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Dr. Bombodee/Infibeat
03:40
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Manuel Monestel San José, Costa Rica
In 1974 he founded his first group, Erome dedicated to Latin American music, in 1978he joined Tayacán, led by Luis Enrique
Mejia Godoy.
Co-founder of the New Song movement in Costa Rica.
In 1980 he founded the Cantoamérica that has recorded 13 albums and traveled the world for over 30 years.
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