[78-L] Sir Lancelot (was Burl Ives)

[Cary Ginell]

Donkey City
Neighbor, Neighbor, Leave Me Door

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:33:36 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Burl Ives (was Double Response)
> 
> You're right..it even sounds like Harlem to me. Ah woe, ah me.
> 
> I had that Mercury lp..what are the 2 extra tracks? Only 6 in the Keynote album.
> A Night in Central Park
> Ugly Woman
> Scandal in the Family
> The Young Girls Today
> The Century of the Common Man
> Trinidad is Changing
> 
> dl
> 
> On 7/31/2011 11:19 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >
> > Listening to Sir Lancelot's version, it is apparent that Burl Ives misheard the name "Holland Man" as "Harlem Man." This references comes from Scarborough, the capital of the island of Tobago (which neighbors Trinidad), which was fought over during its history by the Dutch, French, and English. Holland controlled Tobago in the 1600s, resulting in part of Scarborough being called "Dutch Fort" or "Fort Holland."
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >
> >>>>
> >>>> Okay, he also did a not half bad version of Shame and Scandal in the Family,
> >>>> titled The Harlem Man. (Why "The Harlem Man", I wonder?)
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> >>>>
> >
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