Lucy's Door

Words and Music by :  Lord Burgess (modified old Caribbean folk song)

Recorded by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Jun 2, 1957, (11:00-17:00)
Recorded at Webster Hall
Master number: H2PB 4301-6/19
Playing time: 3:25
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, Jack Eddleman, Ken Emery, John P. Gonsalves, George Goodman, John Nielsen, Sherman B. Sneed, Arman Stephanian, William H. Stewart, Paul Westbrook, Ned Wright: vocal chorus.
78 : 103320-6105,
45 : EPA-1-1505, 75-408
LP : LPM1505, CL42216, PL45317,
CD: PDC2-1295, PD89796, BCD16262, RGMCD006


Also recorded by:
Merrymen MM012, MM1015


Lyrics:

When twilight rivals the closing day
My thoughts go wandering far away,
When I gaze at the skies above
My thoughts return to the one I love
So take me, take me, 'cause I'm feeling lonely
Take me back to Lucy's door
But don't let her mother know

Her mother tell her get steady man
A man of letters from wealthy clan
And when I call at Lucy's door
Her mother tell me "Don't come no more"
So take me, take me, 'cause I'm feeling lonely
Take me back to Lucy's door
But don't let her mother know

But I love the sea and I love the sweat
It's an honest wage an' I have respect
For how much more can there be in life
Than happy children and loving wife
So take me, take me, 'cause I'm feeling lonely
Take me back to Lucy's door
But don't let her mother know