Mandy [Posen]
Sad "Calypso"-type song about Bahamian woman who dies in childbirth. This lament is sung from the standpoint of the grieving husband. Characterized here as "camp-fire" song at Anglican girls' camp. MS (p. 22) states: "Mandy was a young Bahama girl who died in childbirth...
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1987
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/2971 |
| Summary: | Sad "Calypso"-type song about Bahamian woman who dies in childbirth. This lament is sung from the standpoint of the grieving husband. Characterized here as "camp-fire" song at Anglican girls' camp. MS (p. 22) states: "Mandy was a young Bahama girl who died in childbirth. Her husband wrote this song, after her death, asking that it be sung only at sunset, and that the singer held a small twig in his hand while he sang." Posen (MUN thesis), 163, 209. |
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