• Calypso And Meringues – Carnival Is Bacchanal
    • 1. Carnival Is Bacchanal
    • 2. Mary Anne
    • 3. Druscilla
    • 4. Cousin Family
    • 5. Dorothy, One Morning
    • 6. Nous Allons Dodo (We Are Going to Sleep)
    • 7. Trois Fois Trois (Three Times Three)
    • 8. Angélique, Oh (Angelica, Oh)
    • 9. Ménage Qui Belle (Beautiful Sweetheart)

    Calypsos and Meringues recorded by the great anthropologist Harold Courlander in Haiti.

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