 Genius Lyrics
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Harry Belafonte – Island in the Sun
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This is my island in the sun / Where my people have toiled since time begun / I may sail on many a sea / Her shores will always be home to me / Oh, island in the sun / Willed to me
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Harry Belafonte – Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
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Through biblical and modern-day anecdotes, Belafonte asserts the intelligence and superiority and the females of our species.
Belafonte notably performed this song with Julie
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Harry Belafonte – Brown Skin Girl
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[Verse 1] / Everything to keep me from sleepin' / A lot of sailor boys, they were leavin' / And everybody there, they were jumpin' / To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin
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Harry Belafonte – Matilda
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Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela / Once again now! / Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela / Five hundred dollars
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Harry Belafonte – Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
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“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” is a single from Harry Belafonte’s 1956 album Calypso is an adaptation of a vernacular Jamaican work song. This version of the song was adapted by
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Harry Belafonte (Ft. Odetta) – A Hole in the Bucket
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[Intro: Harry Belafonte, Odetta] / I now have the pleasure to sing with Mr. Belafonte / Henry? Oh, Henry? (Yes, Liza) / Could you fetch the water? (Go fetch the water?) / [Verse
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Harry Belafonte – John Henry
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John Henry he could hammer / He could whistle, he could sing / He went to the mountain early in the mornin' / Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord / Just to hear his hammer
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Harry Belafonte – Delia
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[Chorus] / Delia, Delia, where have you been so long? / Delia, Delia, everything I had is gone / [Verse 1] / The trees have left the countryside / The frost is on the ground / The
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Harry Belafonte – Man Piaba
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[Intro] / This song is dedicated / To all the parents whose children have reached / The age of curiosity / [Verse 1] / When I was a lad just three-foot-three / Certain questions
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Harry Belafonte – Memphis Tennessee
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I got a new way of spellin' Memphis Tennessee / I got a new way of spellin' Memphis Tennessee / I got a new way of spellin' Memphis Tennessee / With a blues, with a tears, with a
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Harry Belafonte (Ft. Jennifer Warnes) – Skin to Skin
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[Verse 1: Harry Belafonte] / She does not lazy dance / Her hands on me / She does not talk, no pretty talk / She pleasures silently / But with her, I am summer / I warm easy to her
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Harry Belafonte – Hosanna
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[Intro] / Hosanna me built a house, oh / Hosanna me built a house, oh / Hosanna me built a house, oh / Hosanna me built a house, oh / [Chorus] / House built on a weak foundation
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Harry Belafonte – All My Trials
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Hush little baby, don't you cry / You know your mother was born to die / All my trials, Lord, soon be over / Too late my brothers, too late / But never mind / All my trials, Lord
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Harry Belafonte – Amen
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See the little baby, Amen / Wrapped in a manger Amen / On Christmas morning / Amen, Amen, Amen / See him in the temple, Amen / Talking with the elders, Amen / Who marveled at his
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Harry Belafonte – Angelina
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Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina / And play a welcome for me cause I'll be coming home from sea / Yes its so long since Ive been home / Seems like theres no
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Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell
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Written by Irving Burgie, a Brooklyn man with a Caribbean mother.
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Harry Belafonte – Paradise in Gazankulu
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Finda, finda the card is quick / If you catch the black eye, you catch the trick / So make your move, baas, but it could fool you / That's paradise here in Gazankulu / (Oh yes, ha
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Harry Belafonte – Hava Nagila
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Hava nagila / Hava nagila / Hava nagila / Ve nismecha / Hava nagila / Hava nagila / Hava nagila / Ve nismecha / Hava neranena / Hava neranena / Hava neranena / Ve nismecha / Hava
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Harry Belafonte – Swing Dat Hammer
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Swing dat hammer, swing dat hammer / Swing it higher 'bove your head / Making little ones out of big ones / Hammer kill you almost dead / If I ever leave this chain gang / I'm
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Harry Belafonte – Mary's Boy Child
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[Verse 1] / Long time ago in Bethlehem / So the Holy Bible say / Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ / Was born on Christmas day / [Chorus] / Hark, now hear the angels sing / A new King
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Harry Belafonte – Love, Love Alone
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[Verse 1] / It was love, love alone / Caused King Edward to leave his throne / It was love, love, love, love, love alone / Caused King Edward to leave his throne / On the 10th of
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Harry Belafonte – Mama Look a Boo-Boo
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[Intro] / I wonder why nobody don't like me / Or is it the fact that I'm ugly? / I wonder why nobody don't like me / Or is it the fact that I'm ugly? / [Verse 1] / I leave my whole
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Harry Belafonte – The Jack-Ass Song
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Play that ting, man / Jackass will jump and bray, let him bray, let him bray / I say the jackass will jump and bray / Lordy, let him bray, let him bray, everybody / Jackass will
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Harry Belafonte – Scarlet Ribbons
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I peeked in to say good-night / When I heard my child in prayer / "And for me, some scarlet ribbons / Scarlet ribbons for my hair" / All our stores were closed and shuttered / All
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Harry Belafonte – Angelique-O
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[Chorus] / Angelique-O, Angelique-O / Your mama got to take you back / Angelique-O, Angelique-O / Teach you all the things you lack / Angelique-O, Angelique-O / Your mama got to
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Harry Belafonte – My Lord What a Mornin’
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My Lord, what a mornin' / My Lord, what a mornin' / My Lord, what a mornin' / When the stars begin to fall / When the stars begin to fall / My Lord, what a mornin' / My Lord, what
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Harry Belafonte – New York Taxi
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The taxi cabs driving me crazy / How come dey always leaving me / Oh yes the young man drive away / Quick quick when he hear me say / One twenty-fifth and Lenox please / Don't you
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Harry Belafonte – Midnight Special
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[Verse 1] / Well, I wake up in the mornin' / Hear the ding-dong ring / You go a-marchin' to the table / You see the same old thing / Baby, all I wanna tell ya / A knife, a fork and
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Harry Belafonte – We Make Love
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Sometimes her hand warm from dreaming / Finds it's way to my side of the morning / And in between waking and sleeping / We make love, we make love / Sometimes she's quietly busy
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Harry Belafonte – Goin' Down Jordan
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[Chorus] / We are going down, Jordan / We are going down, Jordan / We are going down, Jordan / Let's walk the Heavenly road / [Verse 1] / I was livin' me life as an Anglican / Let
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Harry Belafonte – Cocoanut Woman
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Coconut woman is calling out / And everyday you can hear her shout / Coconut woman is calling out / And everyday you can hear her shout / Get your coconut water, four for five
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Harry Belafonte – Hello Everybody
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Hello everybody, everybody how do you do / Hello everybody, everybody how do you do / I'm mighty glad to be livin' / And I'm mighty glad to be here too / Not so long ago I needed
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Harry Belafonte – Sing for the Song
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Oh sometimes you sing for the money / Sometimes you sing for the show / Sometimes you sing for those dewy eyed darlings / It still makes them cry don't you know / One time you sang
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Harry Belafonte – Monkey
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One Monday morning I got up late / And there was Mr. Monkey outside me gate / One Monday morning I got up late / There was Mr. Monkey outside me gate / Don't know what to say de
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Harry Belafonte – Turn the World Around
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Most notably featured in a 1979 episode of “The Muppet Show”, Belafonte’s “Turn the World Around,” is a passionately triumphant anthem about finding your heritage and identity
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Harry Belafonte – Zombie Jamboree
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[Verse 1] / It was a Zombie Jamboree / Took place in a New York cemetery / It was a Zombie Jamboree / Took place in a New York cemetery / Zombies from all parts of the Island
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Harry Belafonte – Glory Manger
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They turned away Mary and Josef / Away from the inn / They turn 'way Mary and Josef / 'Way from the inn / They turn 'way Mary and Josef / 'Way from the inn / That's what made the
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Harry Belafonte – Jump Down, Spin Around
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Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton / Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day / Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton / Gotta jump
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Harry Belafonte – I Do Adore Her
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[Verse 1] / When shadows fall and stars appear / A pain I feel I cannot bear / If I could relive that faithful day / I would not turn my love away / [Chorus] / I'd reveal how I do
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Harry Belafonte – Turn Around
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[Verse 1] / Where are you going my little one, little one? / Where are you going my baby, my own? / Turn around and you're two, turn around and you're four / Turn around and you're
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Harry Belafonte – Only One Like Me
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You better listen, you better listen / You better listen, you better listen / As I was walking thru the woods one day / I saw a strange man walking on his way / I stopped him to
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Harry Belafonte – Bally Mena
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Bally Mena, Bally Mena, Bally Mena in the harbor / Bally Mena, Bally Mena, Bally Mena in the harbor / Bring the Bally Mena to the dock / And paint the Bally Mena black / Bring the
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Harry Belafonte – Kwela (Listen to the Man)
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Here comes the doo doo, flying up the street / Running like the fire burning on his feet / Casting his eye left to the right / Looking for a place he can duck out of sight / Here
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Harry Belafonte – Here Rattler Here
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I gotta hammer, hammer, hammer / Here rattler here / Oh yes goin' hammer on that mountain / Here rattler here / Until that mountain is a mole hill / Here rattler here / Oh yes been
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Harry Belafonte – Empty Chairs
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I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night / Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright / Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane / Like gypsy moths that
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Harry Belafonte – Tol' My Captain
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Tol' my captain my hands was cold / Set down your hands boy, let the wheeling roll / I asked my captain to give me time / Damned old captain wouldn't pay me no mind / I raised my
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Harry Belafonte – Water Boy
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[Intro] / Water boy / Where are you hiding? / If you don't come right here / Gonna tell your pa on you / [Verse] / There ain't no hammer / That's on this mountain / That ring like
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