Venezuela
Words and Music by :  (Public Domain)

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Aug  1950
Master number: JR4446
Playing time: 2:38
Producer Jack Rollins
Arranger: Fred Norman
With The Belafonte Singers

78 : 5158,
45 : EP5006,
LP : CXS-115, CXS-203, DEA-1018, OX-3012, UTS-154,
CD: BCD16262, 32303, GSS5336, 7843, PLATCD-759, 8.120799,

Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 27, 1953 (14:00-17:00)
Master number: E3VB 1096-1 (J2PW-5655)
Playing time: 2:55
Producer: Hy Grill
Henri Rene: leader; H. Melnikoff: contractor;  Arthur Ryerson: guitar; Millard Thomas: guitar; Jack Lesberg: bass; Rudolfo Curbelo: drums; William Rodriguez: drums; Robert Rosengarden: drums; Jack Pleis: piano, Jack Greenberg: clarinet: Romeo Penque: clarinet; Carl Prager: clarinet; Harry Glickman: violin; Julius Schacter: violin; Max Tartarsky: violin; Ray Charles, Edwin Lindstroem, Audrey Marsh, Jane Martin, Frank Raye, Earl Rogers and Miriam Workman: vocal chorus.

78 : 20-6735
45 : 47-6735, 447-0323, EPA-5138,  45N-0581, 10250,
LP : RCA8023, PL43683, DLP1147 HP-510,
CD: 07863-67403-2, BCD16262, 50801, GSS-5381, 82876-69242-2

Also recorded by:
Burl Ives DL5080, DL8080, DL8246, JAS3524,

Lyrics:

 I met her in Venezuela
With a basket on her head
If she loved others she didn't say
But I knew she'd do, to pass away the time in Venezuela
Pass away the time in Venezuela

I gave her a silken sash of blue
A beautiful sash of blue
Because I knew that she could do
with all the tricks, I knew she knew
To pass away the time in Venezuela

And when the wind was out to sea,
the wind was out to sea
And she was taking leave of me
I said: Cheer up there'll always be
Sailors ashore on leave in Venezuela

Her lingo was strange but the thought of her beautiful smile
The thought of her beautiful smile
Will haunt me and taunt me for many a mile
She was my gal and she did the while
To pass away the time in Venezuela