COCONUT WOMAN
HARRY BELAFONTE:«EL REY DEL CALYPSO»
SONGWRITERS: HARRY BELAFONTE & LORD BURGESS
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: BY HARRY BELAFONTE
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: CALYPSO
YEAR: 1957
Belafonte Sings of the
Caribbean is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by RCA Victor (LPM-1505) in
1957.
Harry Belafonte (born Harold
George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor,
and social activist. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history,
he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical
style (originating in Trinidad & Tobago) with an international audience in
the 1950s. His breakthrough álbum Calypso(1956) is the first million-selling LP
by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The
Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has
recorded in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American
standards. He has also starred in several films, most notably in Otto Preminger's
hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds
Against Tomorrow(1959).
Belafonte was an early
supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, and one of Martin
Luther King Jr.'s confidants. Throughout his career, he 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. In recent
years, he has been a vocal critic of the policies of both the George W. Bush and
Barack Obama presidential administrations. Harry Belafonte now 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 Awards. In March 2014, he was
awarded an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Coconut woman is calling out
And every day you can hear her shout
Coconut woman is calling out
And every day you can hear her shout
Get your coconut water, four for five
Man it's good for your daughter, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five
A lady tell me the other day
No one can take her sweet man away
I ask her what was the mystery
She say coconut water and rice curry
You can cook it in a pot, four for five
You can serve it very hot, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five
Coconut woman says you'll agree
coconut make very nice candy
The thing that's best if you're feelin' glum
Is coconut water with a little rum
It could make you very tipsy, four for five
Make you feel like a gypsy, four for five
Coco got a lotta iron, four for five
Make you strong like a lion, four for five
Coconut
Coconut
Coconut
Coconut
Coconut.
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