Miss Eliza Jane / Dit-o Ça

Audio file
Date recorded: May 18, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Hector, Rawlingson; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: bongo, wake song
Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad
Instruments: chac chac, voice
Location: Rampanalgas, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1107
Track Number: 5
Archive ID: T1107R05
Note: Performance begins with a slow exordium, sung in parallel harmony to 'Miss Liza Jane," asking her to "take up" her hair, followed by a lively bongo song (perhaps a kalenda) featuring call-and-response between lead singer and chorus and percussion.
Belongs to: Rampanalgas 5/62
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