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Calypsos from Trinidad : politics, intrigue & violence in the 1930s.

Title
  1. Calypsos from Trinidad : politics, intrigue & violence in the 1930s.
Published by
  1. El Cerrito, CA : Arhoolie/Folklyric, [1991], ℗1991.

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Additional authors
  1. Quevedo, Raymond, 1892-1962
  2. Lord Beginner
  3. Growling Tiger (Calypso singer), 1916-1993
  4. Roaring Lion (Musician)
  5. Caresser (Musician)
  6. Executor
  7. Growler (Calypso singer)
  8. Radio (Calypso singer)
Description
  1. 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative title
  1. Politics, intrigue & violence in the 1930s.
Subject
  1. Popular music > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad > 1931-1940
  2. Calypso (Music) > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad
Contents
  1. Iere now and long ago (Atilla the Hun and Lord Beginner) -- Money is king ; The gold in Africa (The Tiger) -- Bargee pelauri ; Send your children to the orphan home (The Lion) -- Paramaribo ; Ah, Gertie (The Caresser) -- Treasury scandal (Atilla the Hun) -- I don\u0027t know how the young men living ; Shop closing ordinance (The Executor) -- Too botheration (The Growler) -- The rats ; Down the road ; Try a screw to get through (The Tiger) -- The strike (Atilla the Hun) -- Miss Marie\u0027s advice (The Tiger) -- Where was butler? ; The governor\u0027s resignation (Atilla the Hun) -- We mourn the loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher (Lord Executor) -- Mr. Nankivell\u0027s spech ; Commission\u0027s report (Atilla the Hun) -- Sedition law (King Radio) -- The five year plan (Atilla the Hun).
Note
  1. Compact disc.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded 1935-1940 in New York and Trinidad.