Djab-la Crié Mwen

Genres / Genres

work song

Performers / Performers

Palague, Garphill

Unidentified men

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Anse La Raye

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Sainte-Lucie

Session / Session

Anse La Raye II 7/62

Date / Date

25/07/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1183.0, Track 07 (00:01:57)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features different groups of singers performing drinking songs (chanté abwè), game songs, and work songs. Some of the game songs can be heard on Caribbean Voyage: Brown Girl in the Ring (Rounder CD 1716).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Prominent antiphonal exchange between the lead singer and chorus. Note the vocalization of sawing sounds simulating the soundscape of an actual working environment.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)