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JUMP IN THE LINE

HARRY BELAFONTE
SONGWRITERS: ORVILLE BURRELL; GABRIEL OLLER; HARRY BELAFONTE; STEVE SAMUEL & RALPH DE LEON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: JUMP UP CALYPSO
LABEL: RCA RECORDS
GENRE: CALYPSO
YEAR: 1961
 
     Harry Belafonte(born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso(1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
      Belafonte is best known for his recordings of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line", and "Jamaica Farewell". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Carmen Jones(1954), Island in the Sun(1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).
   Belafonte considered the actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. As he later recalled, "Paul Robeson had been my first great formative influence; you might say he gave me my backbone. Martin King was the second; he nourished my soul." Throughout his career, Belafonte has been an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987, he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush presidential administrations. Belafonte acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.
   Belafonte has won three Grammy Awards(including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awardsand in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category and is the oldest living person to have received the honor.
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time
 
My girl's name is Senora
I tell you friends, I adore her
And when she dances, oh, brother
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather
 
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Whoa)
 
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line, whoa
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time
 
You can talk about cha-cha
Tango, waltz or the rumba
Senora's dance has no title
You jump in the saddle
Hold on to the bridle
 
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Rock your body, child)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Somebody, help me)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Whoa)
 
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time, whoa
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line, yep
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time
 
Senora, she's a sensation
The reason for aviation
And fellas, you got to watch it
When she wind up she bottom, she go like a rocket
 
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Hoist those skirts a little higher)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Up the chimney)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Whoa-oh)
Yes sir
 
Shake, shake, shake, Senora
Shake your body line
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time
Dance, dance, dance, Senora
Dance it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time
 
Senora dances calypso
Left to right is the tempo
And when she gets the sensation
She go up in the air
Come down in slow motion
 
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Somebody, help me)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Okay, I believe you)
Jump in the line, rock your body in time
(Whoa)
 
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora.