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   tangent90@yahoo.com to kaysee   
   Re: Harry Belefonte - Come Mr Tallyman (   
   24 Oct 05 18:23:02   
   
   XPost: rec.music.afro-latin, rec.music.collecting.misc   
      
   "kaysee"  wrote in   
   news:6Qa7f.174584$qY1.91557@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:   
      
   > The song is actually labelled "traditional".  IOW, some hapless   
   > Jamaican banana farmer made it up and it became a popular ditty to   
   > sing while you were cutting bananas.   
      
   Fascinating!   
   Thanks!   
      
      
   tangent90   
      
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