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    Horace Johnson & The Eagle Star Calypso Rock Songs Of Jamaica (1978)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Horace Johnson & The Eagle Star – Education in School
    • 1. Education in School
    • 2. Island In The Sun
    • 3. Paradise Island
    • 4. Yellow Bird
    • 5. Come To Jamaica
    • 6. January, February, March
    • 7. The Donkey Want Water
    • 8. Love in the Cemetery
    • 9. Can't Make Love without Money

    Calypso music recorded in Jamaica.

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