#1775: pont rouge (fwd)

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: oloffsonram <oloffsonram@globelsud.net>

i spent midnight the 31st of december on pont rouge...pont rouge is 
where dessalines was ambushed and killed...we (ram) were also there on 
october 16th and the committe kartier asked us to come back on the 31st 
for a free concert...it was a wonderful night of music and dance...the 
song which seemed to garner the most enthusiasm went like this:

1st verse:    jacomel, ki ginyin leta
              ginyin leta minis zaka nan poin jistis o
              prete'm yon chaise pou'm chita pou'm gade yo
              peyi yo pou yo
              ya fe sa yo vle

2nd verse     sot anba m'ap monte
              rencontre madan letan dlo nan je'l
              madan o pa kriye
              madan o konsole
              trop pembeche o zo

3rd verse     nan ravine nan m te ye m tap sekle
              zaboca'm tombe m fe pert o
              van passe yon alle
              syclon passe deux alle
              voye rele chef seksyon m fe pert o

4th verse     m se torro m pap mourri mal san pale
              m se torro m pap mourri mal san pale
              deja torro deja  m pap mourri mal o san pale

5th verse     sosyete desermite ou se mamam mwen
              anba paradis si la  mete'm a la place o
              juda yo la  yo la  y'ap pale sou do'm
              yo pale sou do'm yo di m'ap fe lera
              si'm fe lera se pou'm enterre mamam mwen
              m se zoizo nan bwa m'ap vole
              fo'm jwen yon branch yon jou po'm repoze mwen

chorus        pa ka fe la loz
              rele yo  rele yo
              pa ka fe laloz

a belated happy new year to all

richard morse