Harry Belafonte - The Essential Harry Belafonte [compilation] (2006) by Harry Belafonte (보컬) on maniadb.com

Well, you wake up in the mornin',
you hear the work bell ring,
And they march you to the table
to see the same old thing.
Ain't no food upon the table,
and no pork up in the pan.
But you better not complain,
boy, you get in trouble with the man.

Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a everlovin' light on me.

Yonder come miss Rosie,
how in the world did you know?
By the way she wears her apron,
and the clothes she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder,
piece of paper in her hand;
She come to see the gov'nor,
she wants to free her man.

Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a everlovin' light on me.

If you're ever in Houston,
well, you better do the right;
You better not gamble,
there, you better not fight, at all
Or the sheriff will grab ya
and the boys will bring you down.
The next thing you know, boy,
Oh! You're prison bound.

Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a everlovin' light on me.

Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a light on me,
Let the Midnight Special
shine a everlovin' light on me.

Island In the Sun

Artist: Harry Belafonte (peak Billboard position # 30 in 1957)
Words and Music by Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
Title song from the 1957 film starring James Mason, Joan Collins, Dorothy
Dandridge, Michael Rennie, and Belafonte.


This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me

CHORUS
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

As morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below

CHORUS

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

CHORUS

I pray the day will never come
When I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical

CHORUS

coconut~ coconut~
coconut~ coconut~
coconut women is calling out
and every day you can hear her shout
coconut women is calling out
and every day you can hear her shout
get you coconut water
cocopunch
and it's good for your daughter
cocopunch
cococatlc like an iron
cocopunch makes you strong like a lion
cocopunch

(^*^)

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling,
It's you, it's you must go and I must bye

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
And when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It`s I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so

♡ (Interlude) ♡
But if he come as all the flowers are dying
And you are dead, as dead you well may be
I'll come here and find the place where you are lying
And kneel and say an ava there for me

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It`s I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so

(^*^) Maxmp3 (^*^)

Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountain's top. I took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica. I made a stop. And I'm sad to say. I'm on my way won't be back for many a day. my heart is down my head is turning around. I've had to leave a little girl in the Kingston town.

Sounds of laughter every where and the dancing girl swinging two and fro. I must declare my head is there though I been from maine to Mexico. And I'm sad to say. I'm on my way won't be back for many a day. my heart is down my head is turning around. I've had to leave a little girl in the Kingston town.

Down at the market you can hear ladies cry out while on their heads they bear. Akkisai sort fish are nice and the rhum are fine every time a year. And I'm sad to say I'm on my way won't be back for many a day. my heart is down my head is turning around. I've had to leave a little girl in the Kingston town.

Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountain's top. I took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica I made a stop. And I'm sad to say. I'm on my way won't be back for many a day. my heart is down my head is turning around. I've had to leave a little girl in the Kingston town.

I'm sad to say. I'm on my way won't be back for many a day. my heart is down my head is turning around. I've had to leave a little girl in the Kingston town.

Dicen que por las noches
nomas se le iba puro liorar
dicen que no com ia
Nomas se le iba en puro tomar
Juran que el mismo cielo
se extremecia al o'ir su llanto
como sufrio por ella
pue hasta en su muerta la fue llamando

Ayayayay "Cantaba"
Ayayayay Comia
Ayayayay Cantaba
de pasion mortar moria

Que una paloma triste
muy de manana leva a cantar
a la casita sola
con sus puertias de par en par
juran que esa paloma
no es otracosa maspue su alma
wue todavia la espera
a pue regresa la desdichada

Cu cu ru cu cu paloma
Cu cu ru cu cu no llores
las piedras jamas paloma
pue van a saber de amores

Cu cu ru cu cu
Cu cu ru cu cu
Cu cu ru cu cu
Paloma, yanola llores

I met her in Venezuela
With a basket on her head
And if she loved others she didn’t say
But I knew she do, to pass away
pass away the time in Venezuela
Pass away the time in Venezuela
I gave her a sash of blue
A beautiful sash of blue
Because I knew that she could do with all the tricks, I knew she knew
To pass away the time in Venezuela
To pass away the time in Venezuela

And when the wind was out to sea, the wind was out to sea
And she was taking leave of me
I said sheer up there’ll always be
Sailors on shore on leave in Venezuela
Sailors on shore on leave in Venezuela
Her linger was changed but the thought of her beautiful smile
The thought of her beautiful smile
Will haunt me and taunt me for many a mile
She was my gal and she did the wale
To pass a time in Venezuela
To pass way the time in Venezuela

Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Oo Ru Oo Ru Achim
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Oo Ru Achim
Belev Sah May Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay Ach
Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Oo Ru Oo Ru Achim
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Oo Ru Achim
Belev Sah May Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay Ach
Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha
Oo Ru Oo Ru Achim
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Oo Ru Achim
Belev Sah May Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay Ach

I peeked in to say goodnight
And I heard my child in prayer
"And for me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town, no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Thru the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeked in and on her bed
in gay profusion lying there
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

I say let us put man and a woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say man but I say no
The woman got the man de day should know

And not me but the people they say
That de man are leading de women astray
But I say, that the women of today
Smartre than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

Ever since the world began
Woman was always teaching man
And I you listen to my bid attentively
I goin' tell you how she smarter than me

Samson was the strongest man long ago
No one could a beat him, as we all know
Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed
She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head

You meet a girl at a pretty dance
Thinking that you would stand a chance
Take her home, thinking she's alone
Open de door you find her husband home

I was treating a girl independently
She was making baby for me
When de baby born and I went to see
Eyes was blue it was not by me

Garden of Eden was very nice
Adam never work in Paradise
Eve meet snake, Paradise gone
She make Adam work from that day on

Methuselah spent all his life in tears
Lived without a woman for 900 years
One day he decided to have some fun
The poor man never lived to see 900 and one

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
Look away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide Missouri


Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Look away, you rollin' river
It was for her I'd cross the water.
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri


Well, .... my dear,
I'm bound to leave you
Look away you rollin' river
Shenandoah, I will not deceive you
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

Yes it's so long since I've been home
Seems like there's no place to roam
Well I've sailed around the Horn
I've been from San Jose up to Baffin Bay
And I've rode out many a storm

Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina
And play a welcome for me 'cause I'll be coming home from sea

Well I've heard the bawdy tunes
I've been in honky tonk saloons
I took my liquor by the vat
Well I stayed on call for a rousing brawl
Home was where I hung my hat

Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina
And play a welcome for me 'cause I'll be coming home from sea

Now I've courted many a girl
I've been in ports all around the world
But my rambling days are done
I've been from Curacao up to Tokyo
And I've found there's only one

And she is Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina
And play a welcome for me 'cause I'll be coming home from sea

Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again now!
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost:
Woman even sell me cat and horse!
Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody!
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
(Matilda,) Sing a little louder,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again now!
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, the money was to buy me house an' lan'
Then she got a serious plan,
A-hey, ah!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody!
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Once again now!
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
(Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Well, the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head.
Don't you know,
Matilda, she found me money and...
Everybody...
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Once again now!
(Matilda,) Hooma locka chimba,
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Women over forty?
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Everybody!
(Matilda,) Goin' round the corner,
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, me friends, never to love again,
All me money gone in vain!
Uh, heya...
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody!
(Matilda,
Matilda,) Oom, ba-locka-chimba!
(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Sing a little softer!
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
EVERYBODY!
(Matilda,
Matilda,) Sing out the chorus!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

My girl's name is Senora
I tell you friends, I adore her
And when she dances, oh brother!
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line Whoa!
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

You can talk about Cha Cha
Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba
Senora's dance has more title
You jump in the saddle
Hold on to de bridle!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Rock your body, child!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time (Whoa)
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line (Yep)
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

Senora, she's a sensation
The reason for aviation
And fellas, you got to watch it
When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Hoist those guns a leetle higher!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Up the chim-en-y!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whooooa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora
Shake your body line
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time
Dance, dance, dance, Senora
Dance it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time

Senora dances Calypso
Left to right is de tempo
And when she gets the sensation
She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) Whooooa!

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora!

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home

Oh when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home

Oh when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
In them old cotton fields back home

And I love you so
Though people ask me how
How I?ve lived till now
I tell them I don?t know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand

And yes I know
How lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won?t set me free
But I don?t let the evening get me down
Now that you?re around me

And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I happy that you do
The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but love is dead
That is my believe

And yes I know how loveless life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won?t set me free
But I don?t let the evening bring me down
Now that you?re around me

I think of Andy in the cold wet clay
Those three are on my mind
With his comrades down beside him
On that brutal day
Those three are on my mind

There lies young James in his final pain
Those three are on my mind
So I ask the killers, "Can you see those three again?
Those three are on my mind"

I see dark eyed Michael
With his dark eyed bride
Those three are on my mind
And three proud mothers
Weeping side by side
Those three are on my mind

But I'm grieving yet
And for some the sky is bright
I cannot give up hoping
For a morning light
So I ask the killers, "Do you sleep at night?
Oh, those three are on my mind"

I see tin roof shanties
Where my brothers live
Those three are on my mind
And the little burnt out churches
Where they sing we forgive
Those three are on my mind

I know of Tom paints water tree
I know the price of liberty
Now I ask the question that is deep inside of me
Did they also burn the Courthouse
When they killed those three
Those three are on my mind

Those three are on my mind
Those three are on my mind

On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
For a courting to slow

Yes courting's a pleasure
And parting is grief
And a false hearted lover
Is worse than a thief

She'll kiss you, she'll hug you
And tell you more lies
Than the cross ties on a railroad
Or the stars in the sky

Let me tell you 'bout my baby
She's like bad brandy wine
The first time I kissed her
She drove me out my mind

She's a Baltimore special
Got a fine brown frame
When you see her in motion
Evil woman is her name

Did I tell you 'bout the Eastman
Lord what a shame
He run off with my baby
And scandalized my name

Well I went up on a mountain top
To call my baby back
She was gone with that Eastman
Down that lonesome railroad track

If I ever see that Eastman
I'll shoot him with my gun
I'll cut him with my long Jones
And dare that pimp to run

Little Liza, little Liza
I couldn't sleep last night
Come on back home baby
Everything will be all right

Let me tell you, let me tell you
I don't care what you say
If my woman ever comes back
I'll give my life away

If you ever see a dark cloud
A-rollin' in the sky
It's my woman gone to heaven
With a tear drop in her eye

On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
For a-courting to slow

Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day

I saw 'skeeter on my head,
Blinked his eye and I killed him dead
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip,
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
Gotta weed a patch o' turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day

I saw a gal in calico,
She tripped and fell, and she didn't say hello
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens,
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
Gotta cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day

I got a pig who's nice and greasy,
All you ladies shake it easy
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water,
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day

I don't know but I've been told,
A gopher really don't live in a hole
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail o' water,
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail a day
Gotta sweat a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail a day

Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas day,
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A newborn King today,
And man will live forevermore,
Because of Christmas day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
Listen to what they say,
That Man will live forevermore,
Because of Christmas day.

(verse 1)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
They saw a bright new shining star,
They heard a choir sing,
The music seemed to come from afar,

(verse 2)
Now, Joseph and his wife, Mary,
Come to bethlehem that night,
They found no place to bear her child,
Not a single room was in sight.

(verse 3)
By and by, they find a little nook,
In a stable all forlorn,
And in a manger cold and dark,
Mary's litlle Boy was born!

(end song with a full repeat of chorus)

I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and home
My children don't want me no more
Bad talk inside the house they bring
And when I talk they start to sing

?Mama, look a boo boo,? they shout
Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth?
?That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly?

?So, shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they?

I couldn't even digest my supper
Due to the children's behavior
?John, yes pa, come here a moment
Bring the belt, you're much too impudent?

John says, ?It's James who started first?
James tells the story in reverse
I drag my belt from off me waist
You should hear them screaming round the place

?Mama, look at boo boo,? they shout
Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly?

?So, shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they?

I got carried away
So I began to question the mother
"These children ain't got no behavior"
So I began to question the mother
"These children ain't got no behavior"

"They're playing with you," my wife declared
"You should be proud of them, my dear"
Then children were taught too blooming slack
That ain't no kind of joke to crack

?Mama, look at boo boo,? they shout
Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly?

?So, shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they"

I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and go
My [Incomprehensible] don't want me no more
Bad talk inside the house they bring
And when I talk they start to sing

?Mama, look a boo boo,? they shout
Their mother tell them, ?Shut up your mouth
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly?

?So, shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they?

?Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth, go away
Mama, look at boo boo they
Shut your mouth?

Try to remember
the kind of September
When life was slow
and oh so mellow
Try to remember
the kind of September
When grass was green
And grain was yellow
Try to remember
the kind of September
When you were a tender
And callow fellow
Try to remember
and if you remember
Then follow follow
Try to remember
When life was so tender
That no one wept
except the willow
Try to remember
when life was so tender
That dreams were kept
beside your pillow
Try to remember
When life was so tender
When love was an ember
About to billow
Try to remember
and if you remember
Then follow follow
Deep in December
It's nice to remember
Although you know
The snow will follow
Deep in December
It's nice to remember
Without the hurt
the heart is hollow
Deep in December
it's nice to remember
The fire of September
That made us mellow
Deep in December
Our hearts should remember
then follow follow

Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break me
wanna go home.
Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break me
wanna go home.

Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break me
wanna go home.
Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

Six foot
seven foot
eight foot
bunch.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

A clerk man a check
but him a check with caution.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.
Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break me
wanna go home.
Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

My back just broke with bare exhaustion.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break me
wanna go home.
Come
Missa Tally man
tally me Banana.
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.

Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.
Day-o
day-o!
Day
dah light break
me wanna go home.