These Are The Times

Words and Music by :  Irving Burgie

Recorded by Harry Belafonte on:
Recording date: 1961
Playing time: 3:14
45 : EPA-2388
LP : LSP-2388 73905,
Tape: FTP-1093
CD: BVCP-8002, CD29454-2, BB61002, RGMCD071


Also recorded by:
The Merrymen - MM025

 

Lyrics:

When tides at ease on the evening breeze
And the scarlet moon starts its gentle rise
The drowsy whale spouts a misty trail,
And the stars gather slowly in the skies

These are the times when I know
How alone one can be
And I yearn to go once again
Back to my girl down in Port of Spain

On some distant shore as I walk the sand,
And watch the lovers meet,
They stand in the moonlight hand in hand,
With the surf breaking over their feet.

These are the times when I know
How alone one can be
And I yearn to go once again
Back to my girl down in Port of Spain

In Mandalay at a gay cafe
In the wee little hours of morn,
When guitars and violins end their play
With a hymn to the goddess of dawn

These are the times when I know
How alone one can be
And I yearn to go once again
Back to my girl down in Port of Spain