Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

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,

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,

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, CD15094PJL-27500, RGMCD006


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

Recording #5 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date:
Playing time: 4:49
LP: LSP3658,
Tape: TP3-5032

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, LSP10419430.271SRS-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,

Also recorded by:
Bahama Carib BITOLP  
Ben Bowers and Bertie King's Royal Jamaicans CD62072  
Gary U.S. Bonds CDCHD-692  
Nina & Frederik Metronome MEP1146, HLP-10032
Roger Whittaker Philips 6369-212

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
That’s right de woman is uh smarter
That’s right de woman is uh smarter
That’s right de woman is uh smarter, that’s right, that’s 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 she’s 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