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chanson : The Bay of Mexico

Mis à jour le 24 juillet 2008

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The Bay of Mexico

1.
Nassau gals ain't got no combs
Hey-o, Suziannah,
They comb their heads with whipper backbones,
Round the Bay of Mexico.

Chorus
Round that Bay of Mexico,
Hey-o, Suziannah,
O Mexico is the place that I belong in,
Round the Bay of Mexico.

2.
When I was a young man in my prime,
Hey-o, Suziannah,
I took them gals two at a time,
Round the Bay of Mexico (Chorus)

3.
The reason those pretty girls love me so,
Hey-o, Suziannah,
'Cause I don't talk everything that I know,
Round the Bay of Mexico. (Chorus)



All authorities on the sea shanty agree that American Negroes made a major contribution to the shanty repertoire during the nineteenth century. Scores of shanties are clearly Negro in origin ; others, like this modern Bahaman version of the older Santyana, are negro adaptations.
(Recorded by Alan Lomax in Nassau in 1936).

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santianna

Mots clés :

• chanson
• vollaire
• musique
• México

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