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Caribbean carnival : songs of the West Indies / [compiled by] Irving Burgie ; illustrated by Frané Lessac ; afterword by Rosa Guy.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection M1681.A1 C37 1992
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calypso (Music)--West Indies.
- Calypso (Music).
- Children's songs--West Indies.
- Children's songs.
- West Indies--Songs and music.
- Songs.
- West Indies.
- Genre:
- Calypso (Music)
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 score ([32] pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Tambourine Books, [1992]
- Summary:
- A collection of calypso, a uniquely West Indian musical expression.
- Contents:
- Day-O
- Michael row the boat
- Yellow bird
- Panama Tombe
- Chi chi bud
- Missy lost the gold ring
- Que bonita bandera!
- Kingston Market
- Little girl in the ring
- I carry my ackee
- Judy drowned-ed
- Caroline karo
- Jamaica farewell.
- Notes:
- Calypso songs arranged for children.
- Includes chord symbols.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks with her embossed stamp on title leaf.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Caribbean carnival.
- ISBN:
- 0688107796
- 9780688107796
- 068810780X
- 9780688107802
- OCLC:
- 25093658
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