The Calypso (12-17-40)-Artie Shaw

[ti:The Calypso] [ar:Artie Shaw] [al:100 Essential Jazz Standards] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Calypso (12-17-40) - Artie Shaw [00:16.20]I have come from the isle of Trinidad [00:19.22]On a mission of great importance [00:22.30]Not as a member of the diplomatic corps [00:25.10]Nor as an emmisary or ambassador [00:27.90]I have come to the grand united states [00:30.85]On a mission of great importance [00:33.79]Not as a representitve or attache [00:36.54]But I have come to show America the way [00:39.53] [00:40.28]May I teach you the new calypso [00:42.97]Dance from Trinidad West Indies [00:45.94]It will help to cement [00:48.90]International goodwill between [00:51.80]Folks from your continent [00:54.65]And from my own me Caribbean [00:57.17] [01:09.22]To be expert at the calypso [01:12.15]Dance with reckless abandonment [01:14.83]You must not have a care [01:17.78]Let your troubles go to your feet [01:20.67]When your troubles reach there [01:23.36]Kick them up with a mamba beat [01:26.00] [01:38.18]It's a calypso custom [01:40.34]To get romantic at the slightest provocation [01:43.12]So anytime you hear calypso syncopation [01:46.17]If you should have the inclination [01:47.75]To indulge osculation then you really caught the spirit of calypso [01:51.54] [01:52.33]Dance America friendly neighbor [01:55.53]Dance the rythm of West Indies [01:58.25]It's delightfully new [02:01.19]It will bring happiness supreme [02:04.08]We present it to you [02:06.84]As a token of our esteem [02:09.37] [02:38.31]The calypso [02:40.94]From Trinidad