Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento 1951-1956

Aprendiendo de las musicas caribeñas. Gracias Alan por este imprescindible disco que tanto tiempo me ha costado saber quienes eran... Os dejo una letra de una de mis preferidas que es un tema tradicional del que pordreis encontrar mil versiones, pero si podeis conseguid esta que es fantastica.

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"LINSTEAD MARKET", by traditional, as performed by Lord Messam

I carry me ackee, go a Linstead Market [ackee = a Jamaican vegetable ]
not a quatty will sell
I carry me ackee, go a Linstead Market
not a quatty will sell [quatty = a small amount of money]


Lord what a night, not a bite [CHORUS]
what a Saturday night!
Lord what a night, not a bite
what a Saturday night!

Everybody come feel up, feel up,
not a quatty will sell
Everybody come feel up, feel up,
not a quatty will sell

[CHORUS]

It was a fight, a fight, a big big fight
on that Saturday night
It was a fight, a fight, a big big fight
on that Saturday night

[CHORUS]

Do my mommy no feed me, kill me
take a merry-go-round
Do my mommy don't feed me, kill me
take a merry-go-round

[CHORUS]

All those pickney come run come run [pickney = children]
to see what mommy did bring
All those pickney come run come run
to see what mommy did bring






Y................ aqui una pelicula del 1939 "Pocomania", donde bailan/danzan esta cancion asi como el corte 16 del disco -Sweet Charlie- (bailado en el fotograma)

http://www.mentomusic.com/clips/pocomento1939.mpg (quiza el primer video de musica y danza jamaicano)