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Words and Music by : Norman Span | |||||||||||||||||
Recording #1 by Harry
Belafonte Recording date: Aug 1, 1952 (17:00-21:30) Master number: E2VB 6838-C/D Playing time: 2:29 Producer: Hy Grill & Dave Kapp Eddie Sauter: leader; J. Timmons: contractor; Mundell Lowe: guitar; Millard Thomas: guitar; Herman Alpert: bass; Donald Alpers: drums; Tony Scott: flute; Unidentified male chorus. CD: BCD16262, 07863-68097-2, 07863-67403-2, |
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Recording #2 by Harry
Belafonte Recording date: Aug 5, 1952 (18:00-21:00) Master number: E2VB 6838-2 Playing time: 2:32 Producer: Hy Grill & Dave Kapp Hugo Winterhalter: leader; Mundell Lowe: guitar; Millard Thomas: guitar; Herman Alpert: bass; Donald Alpers: drums; Tony Scott: flute; Unidentified male chorus. 78 : 20-4892, 45 : 47-4892, CD: BCD16262, GSS-5381, 82876-69242-2, 8.120799, 88697-93951-2, |
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Recording #3 by Harry
Belafonte Recording date: Aug 18, 1955 (09:00-12:30) Master number: F2PB-5809-3 Playing time: 3:33 Producer: Henri Rene Tony Scott: leader; David Klein: contractor; Millard Thomas: guitar; James Hall: guitar; Eugene Wright: bass, Irv Kluger: drums; Carlos Vidal: bongo; Modesto Doran Martinez: conga; Frank Guerrero: timbali; John F. Williams Jr.: piano; Buddy Collette: saxophone; James Giuffre: saxophone; Harry Klee: saxophone; E. C. Shank: saxophone; Herbert Stewart: saxophone; John Haliburton: trombone; Edward "Eddie Kusby" Kuczborski: trombone; Simon Zentner: trombone; Marion Childers: trumpet; Conti Condoli: trumpet; Maynard Ferguson: trumpet 78 : 20-6783 45 : 47-6783, LP : LPM-1248, CL83801 Tape: BP-48, P8S-1982, PK-1982 CD: BCD16262, 07863-58555-2, 1130-15250-2, CD339482, CD15094, PJL-27500, RGMCD006 |
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Recording #4 by Harry Belafonte Recording date: April 19-20, 1959 Playing time: 4:34 45: 6006-45, 33/7": LPC-127 LP: LSO6006, Tape: FTO6000, O8S-5002 CD: R30P-1001/2, RGMCD071 |
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Recording #5 by Harry Belafonte Recording date: Playing time: 4:49 LP: LSP3658, Tape: TP3-5032 |
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Other albums/recordings
with Belafonte: 78: 20-6087, 45 : 20113, 75-375, DJ-82, EPA-412, EPA-9508, 45N-0579, SPD-24, LP : HS-120, FPL2-7100, AYL1-3860, TA1015, PJL1-8103, 2127LP, LSP10419, 430.271, SRS-585, CR046, STAR-103, 11-701, SDL003, CD: CD53801, CD6006-2-R, 07863-53860-2, CD15094, PDC2-1295, B93001, BB61089, CD12505, CD036, 74321-78948-2, PD89796, 1130-15250-2, CD90224, 74321-62230-2, 74321-86210-2, EVC322, 07863-68097-2, CD66112, ARMCD019, 74321-84443-2, 82876-50801-2, |
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Lyrics: I say let us put man and a woman together To find out which one is smarter Some say man but I say no The woman got the man de day should know And not me but the people they say That de man are leading de women astray But I say, that the women of today Smarter than the man in every way Thats right de woman is uh smarter Thats right de woman is uh smarter Thats right de woman is uh smarter, thats right, thats right Ever since the world began Woman was always teaching man And I you listen to my bid attentively I goin tell you how she smarter than me Samson was the strongest man long ago No one could a beat him, as we all know Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head You meet a girl at a pretty dance Thinking that you would stand a chance Take her home, thinking shes alone Open de door you find her husband home I was treating a girl independently She was making baby for me When de baby born and I went to see Eyes was blue it was not by me Garden of Eden was very nice Adam never work in Paradise Eve meet snake, Paradise gone She make Adam work from that day on Methusaleh spent all his life in tears Lived without a woman for 900 years One day he decided to have some fun The poor man never lived to see 900 and one |
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