Fwd: FDR in Trinidad

[rich]

my girlfriend is writing a dissertation on, in part, writers from the
caribbean. she recommended the CD below (see link)

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From: kate
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:33:36 -0500
Subject: Re: FDR in Trinidad
To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>

Yes, it's a calypso number.  But The Attila's lyrics were different.  I have
this version:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I5KH/ref=hmd_thanks_cont

I see Ry Cooder had one too and I dread to hear it.
Kate

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> From: malignd at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:34:53 -0500
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> Stuff like this is so cool.  I used to play in a band that did the
> occasional Caribbean song -- G Man Hoover, Bing Crosby -- and this is
> just in that vein.  It also reminds me of the black American folk song
> Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt.
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> From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
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> FDR In Trinidad
>
> (public domain/arr. & adapted by Van Dyke Parks)
>
> When Roosevelt came to the Land of the Hummingbird
> Shouts of welcome were heard
> "Hummingbird, Hummingbird, Hummingbird"
> His visit to their island is bound to be
> An epoch in local history
> Definitely marking the new era
> Between Trinidad and America
>
> We understand that the president had just been
> On a visit to Brazil and the Argentine
> With Mr. Cordell Hull in attendance
> There they took part in a peace conference
>
> Struck by his modest style
> We were intrigued by the famous Roosevelt smile
> In fact everybody was glad
> To welcome Roosevelt to Trinidad
>
> We were privileged to see the democratic
> President of the great republic
> With his charm and his genial personality
> And his wonderful urbanity
> To stop war and atrocity
> And make the world safe for democracy
> The greatest event of the century
> In the interest of suffering humanity
>
> Port of Spain threw open her gates
> To the President of the United States
> In fact everybody was glad
> To welcome Roosevelt to Trinidad
>