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    Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Out The Fire Calypso Songs of Social Commentary and Love Troubles

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Real Calypso, Vol. 2: Out The Fire – Reign of the Georges
    • 1. Reign of the Georges
    • 2. Good Will Flyers
    • 3. The Milion Dollar Feet
    • 4. Theodore
    • 5. Send Your Children To The Orphan Home
    • 6. The Gold in Africa
    • 7. Excursion to Greneda
    • 8. If I Won a Sweepstake
    • 9. Rate Rate Ray
    • 10. Sally You Not Ashamed?
    • 11. Oh Lil' Lil' Gal
    • 12. Hell Yard and George Street Conflict
    • 13. Poppy Day
    • 14. Out the Fire

    According to the original liner notes, this selection of 1930s Trinidadian calypso is "colorful and exuberant and richly expressive and often hilariously funny." From tales of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie to dancer Bojangles Robinson's "million dollar feet," these songs offer social commentary through calypso's inimitable raffish rhymes.

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