Lead Man Holler

Words and Music by :  Belafonte - Burgie
Arranged and adapted by:

Recorded by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Jun 2, 1957, (11:00-17:00)
Recorded at Webster Hall
Master number: H2PB 1280-4A
Playing time: 4:14
Producer: Edward O. Welker
Robert DeCormier: leader; Millard Thomas: guitar; Victor Messer: guitar; Norman Keenan: bass; Daniel Barrajanos: conga drums; George M. Guadagno: drums; Robert Haring: librarian percussion; Harold M. Jones: flute; Joseph Crawford, James R. Eby, Robert Jack Eddleman, Ken Emery, John P. Gonsalves, George Goodman, John Nielsen, Sherman B. Sneed, Arman Stepanian, William H. Stewart, Paul Kruesi Westbrook, Ned Wright: vocal chorus.
78 : 1035,
45 : 75-404, 20116, EPA4084, EPA4217, 47-9178, 45-RCA-1035
LP : LPM1505, PJL1-8122
CD: PDC2-1060, BCD16262, RGMCD006


Lyrics:

You hear me calling at the crack of dawn
Jump up brothers come and face the morn
Forget your aching from the day before
'Cause today we’re goin’ to do that and more

Lead man holler, yo oh ho
All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
Down we go for a working dollar

I want de men, the women and the children too
We got a long day out we got a lot to do
We got to cut up, stack up and load the cane
You better bring a shawl 'cause it look like rain

Lead man holler, yo oh ho
All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
Down we go for a working dollar

Well a working man I am tired and true
I won’t ask you nothin’ that I wouldn’t do
Well you pay today is the same as last
Your work’s the same, just a little fast

Lead man holler, yo oh ho
All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
Down we go for a working dollar

Well I’d like to tell you ‘bout yesterday
You work quite well, I am proud to say
I want ev’ry man to try his will
And make yesterday look like he was standing still

Lead man holler, yo oh ho
All men follow, down you go for a working dollar
Yes he holler yo oh ho, all men follow
Down we go for a working dollar