The Calypso-Artie Shaw

[ti:The Calypso] [ar:Artie Shaw] [al:Artie Shaw 1940-41] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Calypso - Artie Shaw [00:16.14]I have come from the isle of Trinidad [00:19.34]On a mission of great importance [00:22.17]Not as a member of the diplomatic corps [00:25.13]Nor as an emmisary or ambassador [00:27.78]I have come to the grand United States [00:30.83]On a mission of great importance [00:33.63]Not as a representitve or attache [00:36.48]But I have come to show America the way [00:39.47] [00:40.00]May I teach you the new Calypso [00:42.82]Dance from Trinidad West Indies [00:45.82]It will help to cement [00:48.56]International goodwill between [00:51.50]Folks from your continent [00:54.29]And from my own the Caribbean [00:57.06] [01:09.11]To be expert at the Calypso [01:12.13]Dance with reckless abandonment [01:14.67]You must not have a care [01:17.63]Let your troubles go to your feet [01:20.22]When your troubles reach there [01:23.25]Kick them up with a mamba beat [01:25.66] [01:38.12]It's a Calypso custom [01:40.23]To get romantic at the slightest provocation [01:43.17]So anytime you hear Calypso syncopation [01:46.03]If you should have the inclination [01:47.63]To indulge in osculation [01:48.93]Then you really caught the spirit of Calypso [01:51.32] [01:52.15]Dance America friendly neighbor [01:55.29]Dance the rythm of West Indies [01:58.01]It's delightfully new [02:01.13]It will bring happiness supreme [02:03.76]We present it to you [02:06.65]As a token of our esteem [02:09.19] [02:38.51]The Calypso from Trinidad