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Joan from Wigan Lyr Req: Long Time Boy (31) RE: Lyr Req: Long Time Boy 08 Jan 04

This version would appear to be West Indian, rather than African. The song is a calypso. It seems likely from the comments above that it is a translation of a traditional song, rather than an original creation. Nadia Cattouse is West Indian, so that would fit, if Eva Dayne is her pseudonym. Nina & Frederik performed many calypso / West Indian songs as Frederik had a passion for that style of music.

Your post above mentioning the people from Ghana recognising it as one of their own trad songs with a different rhythm could mean that it originated in Ghana and was "calypsified" in the West Indies before being translated into English.

Joan

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