tracks

Carnival Is Bacchanal
Mary Anne
Druscilla
Cousin Family
Dorothy, One Morning
Nous Allons Dodo (We Are Going To Sleep)
Trois Fois Trois (Three Times Three)
Angélique, Oh (Angelica, Oh)
Ménage Qui Belle (Beautiful Sweetheart)

notes

Tracks 1 to 5: Calypsos
Tracks 6 to 9: Meringues, recorded in Haiti

Professionally manufactured CDr on-demand reissue of the 1953 LP on Folkways Records. The enhanced CDr includes a PDF file of the booklet included with the original release.

Originally issued as FP 8.

© 1953 Folkways Records & Service Corp.
℗ © 2007 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Total time: 23:30 min.

Gatefold cardboard sleeve.

credits

Banjo – Louis Deland (tracks: 6 to 9)
Drum [Congo Drum] – Gerard Charles (3) (tracks: 6 to 9)
Drums [Trap Drums] – Dogili Dorsainvil (tracks: 6 to 9)
Guitar, Vocals – Antoine Pierre (3) (tracks: 6 to 9)
Liner Notes – Frederic Ramsey Jr., Harold Courlander
Percussion [Iron Percussion] – Liber Meis (tracks: 6 to 9)
Recorded By – Harold Courlander (tracks: 6 to 9)
Saxophone – Carmilus Massacre (tracks: 6 to 9)
Vocals – Andre Charles (tracks: 6 to 9)

companies

Copyright (c) – Folkways Records & Service Corp.
Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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