Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)

Harry BELAFONTE

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It was a Zombie Jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery
It was a Zombie Jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery

Zombies from all parts of the Island
Some of them was a great Calypsonians
Although the season was Carnival
We get together in bacchanal
And they singing

Back to back, belly to belly
I don't give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

One female Zombie wouldn't behave
See how she jumping out of the grave
In one hand a quarter rum
In the other hand she knocking Congo drum
Believe singer start to make his rhyme
The Zombies are racking their bones in thyme
One bystander had this to say
T was a pleasure to see the Zombies break away

Back to back, belly to belly
I don't give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

I goin' talk to Miss Brigit Bardot
And tell her miss Bardot take it slow
All the men think they're Casanova
When they see that she's bare foot all over
Even old men out into beaker
Find their hearts getting weaker and weaker
So I goin' to ask her for your sake and mine
At least to wear her ear rings part at the time

Back to back, belly to belly
I don't give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

A lot of World leaders talkin' bout war
And I'm afraid they're going too far
So its up to us you and me
To put an end to Catastrophe
We must appeal to their goodness of heart
And ask them to breech in and please do their part
Cause if this Atomic war begin
They won't even have a part to breech in

Back to back, belly to belly

Coconut Woman

Harry BELAFONTE

3min18s :

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Coconut woman is calling out
And everyday you can hear her shout
Coconut woman is calling out
And everyday you can hear her shout
Get your coconut water, four for five
Man it's good for your daughter, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five

A lady tell me the other day
No one can take her sweet man away
I ask her what was the mystery
She say coconut water and rice curry
You can cook it in a pot, four for five
You can serve it very hot, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five

Coconut woman says you'll agree
Coconut make very nice candy
The thing that's best if you're feelin' glum
Is coconut water with a little rum
It could make you very tipsy, four for five
Make you feel like a gypsy, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five

Coconut
Coconut
Coconut
Coconut
Coconut

Turn the World Around

Harry BELAFONTE

4min29s :

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We come from the fire, living in the fire
Go back to the fire, turn the world around
We come from the fire, living in the fire
Go back to the fire, turn the world around
We come from the water, living in the water
Go back to the water, turn the world around
We come from the water, living in the water
Go back to the water, turn the world around
We come from the water, living in the water
Go back to the water, turn the world around
We come from the water, living in the water
Go back to the water, turn the world around
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is Abatiwaha
Ah, so is life
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is Abatiwaha
Ah, ha, so is life
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Water make the river, river wash the mountain
Fire make the sunlight, turn the world around
Heart is of the river, body is the mountain
Spirit is the sunlight, turn the world around
We are of the spirit, truly of the spirit
Only can the spirit turn the world around
We are of the spirit, truly of the spirit
Only can the spirit turn the world around
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
See, we one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is Abatiwaha
Ah, so is life
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is Abatiwaha
Ah, so is life
Oh, oh, so is life
Ah, ha, so is life
Oh, oh, so is Abatiwaha
Ah, ha, so is life

Biographie de Scott Joplin

Compositeur et pianiste noir américain, surnommé le « Roi du ragtime » au tournant du XXe siècle.

Né en 1867 ou 1868, dans le comté de Bowie, au Texas, Joplin apprend à jouer du piano avec des professeurs près de la maison où il passe son enfance ; à partir du milieu des années 1880, il voyage dans le Midwest et se produit à l'Exposition colombienne de Chicago en 1893. En 1895, il se rend à Sedalia, dans le Missouri, et étudie la musique au George R. Smith College, école réservée aux Noirs, dans l'espoir de faire une carrière de pianiste concertiste et de compositeur de musique classique. Les premières mélodies qu'il publie lui apportent la célébrité et, en 1900, il s'installe à Saint Louis pour travailler plus étroitement avec l'éditeur de musique John Stark.

Sa première partition d'envergure, une suite de ballet qui fait appel aux procédés rythmiques du ragtime, avec ses propres instructions chorégraphiques, date de 1902. Il écrit son premier opéra, A Guest of Honor (1903), mais la musique en a été perdue. Joplin s'installe à New York en 1907 et écrit un livre pédagogique, The School Of Ragtime, où il donne un aperçu de ses schémas de basse complexes, de ses syncopes sporadiques, de ses stop-time breaks (interruption du tempo régulier pour laisser place à l'improvisation en ne marquant que le premier temps) et de ses idées harmoniques, qui seront largement imitées. Le contrat de Joplin avec Stark se termine en 1909 et, bien qu'il ait enregistré des rouleaux mécaniques à la fin de sa vie, l'essentiel de son œuvre est alors concentrée dans Treemonisha, un opéra conventionnel en trois actes qui synthétisait ses idées musicales. Il est également l'auteur du livret, qui traite d'un leader noir mythique, et en a réalisé la chorégraphie. Treemonisha n'a fait l'objet que d'une seule représentation semi-publique du vivant de Joplin ; obsédé par ce manque de succès, Joplin s'effondre nerveusement en 1911 et entre dans un établissement spécialisé en 1916.

La réputation de compositeur de Joplin repose sur ses rags classiques pour piano, notamment Maple Leaf Rag et The Entertainer, publiés de 1899 à 1909, et sur son opéra Treemonisha, publié à compte d'auteur en 1911. Treemonisha a reçu un accueil favorable lorsqu'il a été représenté à Atlanta, en Georgie, par une troupe de Broadway, en 1972. En outre, Joplin et le ragtime ont suscité un regain d'intérêt dans les années 1970 lorsque sa musique a été utilisée dans la musique du film The Sting (L'Arnaque) qui a remporté un Academy Award.

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Danse hongroise n°5 - Johannes BRAHMS

3min21s :

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