Fats Waller - My Mommie Sent Me To The Store (sound file & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases Fats Waller's 1940 recording "My Mommie Sent Me To The Store". The lyrics to this song are included in this post, as well as information about a Parker Brothers board game that may have been the inspiration for this song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: MY MOMMIE SENT ME TO THE STORE by Fats Waller 1940



cdbpdx, Uploaded on Apr 25, 2011

Just finished recording a collection of Fats Waller tunes from 1935 - 1942. Most are tunes you don't hear very much. Here is MY MOMMIE SENT ME TO THE STORE, recorded in 1940. Enjoy!
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Waller
"Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an influential jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano, and whose best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1984 and 1999."

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LYRICS: MY MOMMIE SENT ME TO THE STORE
(Fats Waller)

My mommy sent me to the store, to the store, to the store.
But what my mommy sent me for
I really can’t remember.

I think it was the grocery
Let me see, let me see.
Oh gee. Oh gosh. Oh gosh. Oh gee.
I don’t remember.

I forgotten what she needed
For the pantry shelf.
All I know is that she said
To keep a nickel for myself
And I got that.

But mommy sent me to the store to the store, to the store
But what my mommy sent me for
I really can’t remember.

Can you boys help me out?
(Male voices: Did she send you out for pie?)
No, you know she didn’t ask for pie.
(Male voices: Did she want a loaf of rye?)
You know my mama didn’t like no liquid. No!

[Instrumental]

It wasn’t pie.
It wasn’t rye.
Oh, what was I supposed to buy?

[Drum roll]

Oh I really can’t,
Really can’t
Remember.

[Spoken]- My memory is so unreliable.
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Transcription by Azizi Powell. At the end of the sound file Fats Waller says something that I can't decipher. Additions and corrections welcome.

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ADDENDUM - "MY MOTHER SENT ME TO THE GROCERY STORE" CARD GAME
I think that it's very likely that Fats Waller's 1940 Jazz song "My Mommie Sent Me To The Store" was inspired by the card game "My Mother Sent Me To The Grocery Store". That memory game was first produced by Parker Brothers around 1902. Here are two quotes about that game:
From http://www.zandkantiques.com/Antique_American_Game_Parker_Brothers_My_Mother_Sent_Me_Grocery_Store_For_Sale.html
"My Mother Sent Me to the Grocery Store

Parker Brothers, Salem Mass, NY & London Circa 1902

This nice early American antique game from Parker Brothers features a charming image of a toddler galloping home from the grocery story on his imaginary steed, a tiny whip in one hand and a basket of apples on the opposite arm. This game includes its original instructions and many of its original playing cards and is a great value for the money."

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From http://www.americanchristmassongs.com/2013/11/02/my-mother-sent-me-to-the-grocery-store-parker-brothers-1887/
Ronnie says:
November 2, 2013 at 11:34 am
"Here’s a description I found:

“In this game, players take turns reading the big card in front of them (“My mother sent me to the grocery store to get…”) and then drawing a slip from the pile in the center of the table. If the object drawn would be available at the location read, they keep the slip. Play continues around until every player has drawn for one location, and then a new location is pulled. Once all the big cards have been used, the player with the most slips wins the game.” "

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A pancocojams post of children's rhymes that include the line "my mommy sent me to the store"
will be published ASAP.

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Thanks to Fats Waller for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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Examples Of "Shave And A HairCut" Children's Rhymes

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part series on the tune that is commonly known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. Two Bits". Part II provides examples of "clean" children's rhymes that contain the line "shave and a hair cut". That post will be published ASAP.

Click for Part I of this post.
Part I provides information about the source of the tune which is commonly known in the United States by the words "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits." This post also provides an explanation of the meaning of "two bits" (or "six bits", another common ending in the United States or "two bobs", a common ending in the United Kingdom.) A few sound files and video examples the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune also are included in post.

Posting these examples on this blog that showcases Black music, dance, and other cultural indices is not meant to imply that these examples only came from Black people. No racial demographics were given for any of the contributors whose online examples are featured in this post. It's likely that all or most of these contributors are White. However, African American and other Black children have chanted "shave and a hair cut" rhymes. Furthermore, as found in articles featured in Part I of this series, the rhythmic pattern for the call and response Afro-Cuban calve rhythm that is known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. Two Bits" originated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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FEATURED EXAMPLES
(Examples from specific websites are posted together in the order that they are found on that website. These examples are numbered in consecutive order. The numbers that are assigned to these examples in this post differ from any numbers that might have been assigned on their source websites.)

Example #1:
We used to sing –

Shave and a haircut, two bits,
Who got married? Tom Mix,
Who did he marry? Ann O’Shea,
How is the baby? OK!
-Marcia on June 4, 2007; http://dan.hersam.com/2004/09/21/shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits/ "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits" Hereafter given as Hersam: Shave And A Haircut
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Note: Either this Marcia or another contributor named Marcia posted this same version on August 28, 2011 and indicated that it was from "the [19]50s".

Here's some information about Tom Mix from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mix
"Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix;[1] January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. Between 1909 and 1935, Mix appeared in 291 films,[2] all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed."
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I'm not sure who Ann O' Shea is/was. Perhaps it was made up. But it's curious that that name shows up in a number of these examples. Perhaps it's because "O'Shea" rhymes with "Okay", but still...

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Example #2:
This is what I remember my dad singing:

Shave and a haircut, two bits
Who was the barber, Tom Mix
What did you sit in, a chair
What did he cut off, your hair

We grew up in British Columbia, Canada
-denise on January 30, 2008, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut

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Example #3:
shave and a haircut,bay rum
Don’t chew tobacco ,chew gum
Clothes on a washline dry up
You said a mouthful ,shut up !
-Stuart K. on April 22, 2009, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut

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Example #4: In the very early thirties we used to sing it as:

“Shave and a haircut, two bits
Who got married, Tom Mix
Who/Whom did he marry, Pearl White
How did he like her, all right”

Whoever sings it as “six bits” must have heard it 20 years later when inflation set in. Saw on another discussion “who did he marry, Alice White” but that doesn’t fit as smoothly as Pearl White and since Pearl White was a kind of contemporary of Tom Mix, it made more sense to connect him to Pearl White than the made up person Alice White, neither one of which he really married)."
-Ray W on April 11, 2011, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut
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The contributor is correct that Pearl White was "kind of contemporary of Tom Mix". Here's information from her Wikipedia page
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However, "Alice White" is the name of a film star who also was a contemporary of Tom Mix.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_White
"Alice White (August 24, 1904, Paterson, New Jersey – February 19, 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actress."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_White
"Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American film actress. White began her career on the stage at the age of six. She later moved on to silent film appearing in a number of popular serials.

Dubbed the "Queen of the serials", White was noted for doing the majority of her own stunts in several film serials, most notably in The Perils of Pauline."

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Example #5:
Shave and a hair cut – two bits
Who was the barber – Tom Mix
Who did he marry – Pearl White
How did he like her – alright
-Valerie on August 21, 2011, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut

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Example #6:
From the midwest…

Shave and a hair cut – two bits
Who did he marry?
His horse
What did it end up?
Divorce!

....*
-Anne on February 22, 2010, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut
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*[My asterisk] This contributor and some others commented about the custom of the car horn honking "shave and hair cut" while driving through a tunnel.

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Example #7:
They way I heard it growing up in the 50′s, was:

Shave and a haircut, two bits
Who you gonna marry, Tom Mix
If he falls and breaks his bones,
Who you gonna marry, Buck Jones.

The girls used to sing that song while jumping rope. Since I had three sisters, I heard it a lot
....*
-Pete on November 6, 2012, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut
*[My asterisk]. Read my comment for Example #6.
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Here's information on Buck Jones from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Jones
"Buck Jones (December 12, 1891[1] – November 30, 1942) was an American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, known for his work starring in many popular western movies. In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones."

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Example #8:
"I hesitate to record the following, but I will anyway. Here is a song I learned in YMCA day camp – 1947 (what was a good Jewish boy like me doing in a Christian day camp? – it’s a long story):

Well, I walked into a bakery shop to get something to eat
Because I was so hungry from my head to my feet
So I picks up a doughnut and I wipes off the grease [doughnuts invented ~1800]
And I hands the waitress a five cent piece. [~ price in about 1930]
Well, she looks at the nickel and she looks at me
And she says hey mister can’t you plainly see
There’s a hole in the nickel
There’s a hole right through
Says I, there’s a hole in the doughnut too,
Shave and a haircut, two bits
You said a mouthful – Shut up!

This children’s rhyme was obviously not the source of the ‘beat’ or its accompanying expression, which is just tacked onto the end, but it seems not unlikely to me that some earlier one was. Maybe it started as the 'barber’s song' or 'barber’s rhyme,' which was usually accompanied by a participants tapping or ‘knocking’ out the beat’ – VOILA!"
-Ken Greenwald (Fort Collins, CO - U.S.A.) Mon Jun 28, 2004, http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4157 "knocking pattern (shave/haircut/two bits)" Hereafter given as Wordwizard:(shave/haircut/two bits)

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Example #9:
"there is actually a rhyme that goes with "a shave and a haircut." it is as follows:

A Shave and a Haircut, two bits
Who is the barber, Tom Micks
Who did he marry, Snow White
How are you feeling, alright

This rhyme really makes no sense to me but my grandmother taught it to me shortly before she passed away so I never forgot it. It's a cute rhyme and sounds good if you say it right. We used to say it when there was nothing else to say and the room was quiet. If you know the meaning of it, then more power to you…"
-Shawnee radera, Mon Jun 28, 2004, Wordwizard:(shave/haircut/two bits)

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Example #10:
I was told once that this was an advertising jingle.

"Shave and a haircut, six bits.
Don't chew tobacco, chew Britt's.'

Don't know if the song came first and was adopted for the jingle, or if the jingle came first."

Britt's was a chewing gum, older even than Black Jack (anybody else remember this?)
-rs0522, 09-16-2000, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38661

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OTHER CHILDREN'S RHYMES THAT USE THE "SHAVE AND A HAIR CUT" TUNE
SOMEONE FARTED PEE-YOU
"While reading this it occurred to me that this was a rhyme people used to say when i was younger.
I grew up in the nineties for reference :D

“Somebody farted, pee-you!
Who did it come from? From you!
When did it happen? Last night!
How did it feel? Just right!”

Very childish I know, but a play on the same rhyme nonetheless."
-Youngin on July 2, 2011, Hersam: Shave And A Haircut

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SKUNK IN THE BARNYARD
Skunk in the barnyard, P.U.
somebody ate it, that's you!

(note: sung to the tune of Shave and a Haircut.)…"

http://www.playgroundjungle.com/2009/12/counting-out-rhymes.html

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RELATED LINK
A post on children's rhymes that include the line "What did you feed him/neckbones (or
a similar word) will be posted ASAP. Most of those rhymes begin with the line "My mommy sent me to the store", and some of those rhymes include the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" line.

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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams post.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Special thanks to Dan Hersham http://dan.hersam.com/2004/09/21/shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits/ "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits".

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The Source Of The "Shave And A Hair Cut. Two Bits" Tune

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part series on the tune that is commonly known in the United States as "Shave and a hair cut. Two Bits". Part I provides information about the source of the tune which is commonly known in the United States by the words "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits." This post also provides an explanation of the meaning of "two bits" (or "six bits", another common ending in the United States or "two bobs", a common ending in the United Kingdom.) A few sound files and video examples the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune also are included in post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/examples-of-shave-and-haircut-childrens.html for Part II of this series.

Part II of this post provides examples of "clean" children's rhymes that contain the line "shave and a hair cut".

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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PART I: SOURCE OF "SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT. TWO BITS"
From http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShaveAndAHaircut
"Shave and a Haircut
Two bits!

Probably the most infamous seven beats of music in the modern world, or at least high on the list, this five-and-two lick appears everywhere. In music, it's a sting to end a piece; in other media, it appears in a joke and/or as a recognition signature, usually a knock—the first person taps out "shave-and-a-hair-cut," and waits for the "two bits" response.

While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always to a similar tune, though some different versions of it exist."

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Shave and a Haircut (two bits!)



Camille BaptistaPublished on Jul 18, 2012
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This post focuses on this tune's ending notes.

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From https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=164335963612731&story_fbid=234031866739872 "Unlocking Clave" April 9, 2013 at 11:32am
"The "shave and a haircut—two bits" riff is a commonly known example of a clave-based phrase that can be heard in a wide variety of North American music, such as bluegrass and show tunes."

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From http://www.rhythmweb.com/clave/ "The Clave Page"
"'Claves' is the name for an instrument used in Caribbean music, composed of two short but thick sticks, usually of as hard a wood as possible, often rosewood. They have great cutting power despite their small size, and play a very important role in certain types of music, especially Latin music.

The Term 'clave' also refers to the rhythms played on these instruments, and to the concept which is embodied in these rhythms. The clave acts as a sort of backbone, a guide, if you will, to which the other instruments and the dancers synchronize themselves..If the other rhythms line up properly with the clave rhythm, the music is said to be "in clave". Traditionally the clave rhythm was always heard on the claves, but nowadays, a timbalero or other percussionist may be playing the clave rhythm on a wood or plastic block, along with other parts."

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clave_(rhythm) Hereafter given as Wikipedia: Clave (rhythm).
"The clave rhythmic pattern is used as a tool for temporal organization in Afro-Cuban music, such as abakúa, rumba, conga de comparsa, son, son montuno, mambo, salsa, Latin jazz, songo and timba. The five-stroke clave pattern represents the structural core of many Afro-Cuban rhythms.[1]

The clave pattern originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions, where it serves essentially the same function as it does in Cuba. In Ethnomusicology, clave is also known as a key pattern,[2][3] guide pattern,[4] phrasing referent,[5] timeline,[6] or asymmetrical timeline.[7] The clave pattern is also found in the African diaspora musics of Haitian vodou drumming, Afro-Brazilian music and Afro-Uruguayan music (Candombe). The clave pattern is used in North American popular music as a rhythmic motif or ostinato, or simply a form of rhythmic decoration...

Etymology
Anglicized pronunciation: clah-vay
Clave is a Spanish word meaning 'code,' 'key,' as in key to a mystery or puzzle, or 'keystone,' the wedge-shaped stone in the center of an arch that ties the other stones together. Clave is also the name of the patterns played on claves; two hardwood sticks used in Afro-Cuban music ensembles—Peñalosa (2009).[8]

The key to Afro-Cuban rhythm
Just as a keystone holds an arch in place, the clave pattern holds the rhythm together in Afro-Cuban music.[8] The two main clave patterns used in Afro-Cuban music are known in North America as son clave and the rumba clave.[9] Both are used as bell patterns across much of Africa...

Both clave patterns are used in rumba. What we now call son clave (also known as Havana clave) used to be the key pattern played in Havana-style yambú and guaguancó.[17] Some Havana-based rumba groups still use son clave for yambú.[18] The musical genre known as son probably adopted the clave pattern from rumba when it migrated from eastern Cuba to Havana at the beginning of the 20th century...

Rumba clave.
The other main clave pattern is the rumba clave. Rumba clave is the key pattern used in Cuban Rumba. Use of the triple-pulse form of rumba clave in Cuba can be traced back to the iron bell (ekón) part in abakuá music. The form of rumba known as columbia is culturally and musically connected with abakuá which is an Afro Cuban cabildo that descends from the Kalabari of Cameroon. Columbia also uses this pattern. Sometimes 12/8 rumba clave is clapped in the accompaniment of Cuban batá drums. The 4/4 form of rumba clave is used in yambú, guaguancó and popular music...
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This article continues with information and examples of clave rhythms in various musical genres in Cuba, Africa, Brazil, and the United States.

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Son Clave vs Rhumba Clave



thisguy41487, Published on Dec 21, 2012

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Rumba Guaguanco (Loop)



axelomar96, Published on Apr 24, 2013

A short loop of Rumba Guaguancó. It can be used to practice and improvise with the quinto. The following instruments were used for this recording:
1) 2 Congas (Salidor and Tres Golpes)
2) Timbales (Cascara for the Catá and Jam Block for the Clave)
3) Shekeré

The instruments were played by Axel Vera. The recording was made using Garage Band iPad version. It is a home made, humble recording.
Thank You

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut
"In music, the call "Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet or riff popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic effect. It is used both melodically and rhythmically, for example as a door knock.

"Two bits" is an archaism in the United States for 25 cents, a quarter. "Six bits" is occasionally used. The final words may also be "get lost" or some other facetious expression. In England, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm of the tune.

History
An early occurrence of the tune* is from an 1899 Charles Hale song, "At a Darktown Cakewalk".[2] Other songs from the same period also used the tune. The same notes form the bridge in the "Hot Scotch Rag", written by H. A. Fischler in 1911.

An early recording used the 7-note tune at both the beginning and the ending of a humorous 1915 song, by Billy Murray and the American Quartet, called "On the 5:15".

In 1939, Dan Shapiro, Lestor Lee and Milton Berle released "Shave and a Haircut – Shampoo"[3] which used the tune in the closing bars, and is thought to be the origin of the lyric…
The Bo Diddley beat is derived from "Shave and a Haircut".[14][18]

"Shave and a Haircut" was used in many early cartoons, particularly Looney Tunes cartoons, played on things varying from car horns to window shutters banging in the wind. It was also used as an ending to many cartoon shows, just after the credits. Decades later, the couplet became a plot device used by the chief antagonist Judge Doom in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the idea being that Toons cannot resist finishing with the "two bits" when they hear the opening rhythm."...
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* [My asterisk] "An early occurance" here means "in the United States". As the earlier excerpts on this post indicate, that tune is a clave pattern which "originated in sub-Saharan African music traditions".

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Stella 17-Inch Music Box Playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk"




MusicBoxBoy, Uploaded on Mar 22, 2009

Here's my 17" Stella Console Grand playing "At A Darktown Cakewalk". Cakewalks, a largely forgotten part of our musical past, were popular during the heyday of Minstrel shows well over 100 years ago and were always performed in a quick and lively tempo. Hope you enjoy this.
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Here are three comments from this sound file's viewer comment thread:
2009
JohnnyDandMe55
"shave and a haircut 2 bits!

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2011
Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Cakewalks as musical pieces were white. The dance was devised by blacks as a way of mocking the way white people danced. All the written cakewalks were written by white composers--especially Kerry Mills, J. Bodewalt Lampe and Abe Holzmann. The Joplin-Marshall piece "Swipesy Cakewalk" is an exception although a lot of musicologists don't consider it a cakewalk."

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Kirke182
"@telesniper2 Darktown was an imaginary black section of a given town…"

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mario bauza y afro cuban jazz orq. tanga.



MrRobertopagan21, Uploaded on Sep 28, 2010
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From Wikipedia: Clave (rhythm)
"Although clave-like phrases are found in early twentieth-century African American music, the use of the clave pattern as an overt rhythmic motif does not appear until the 1940s with the birth of Afro-Cuban jazz (or Latin jazz). The first original jazz composition to be overtly based in-clave was "Tanga" (1942) by Mario Bauza."

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Bo Diddley Hey! Bo Diddley - 1964



Jorge Michelini, Uploaded on Sep 14, 2010

Apresentação no TAMI SHOW em 1964.
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The Bo Diddley beat (Hambone beat) is an example of the "Shave and a hair cut. Two bits" tune.
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From
The "Bo Diddley beat" (1955) is perhaps the first true fusion of 3-2 clave and R&B/rock 'n' roll. Watch: "Hey Bo Diddley" performed live by Bo Diddley (1965). There is no documentation of a direct Cuban connection to Bo Diddley's adaptation of the clave rhythm. Bo Diddley has given different accounts of the riff's origins. However, Ned Sublette asserts: "In the context of the time, and especially those maracas [heard on the record], 'Bo Diddley' has to be understood as a Latin-tinged record. A rejected cut recorded at the same session was titled only 'Rhumba' on the track sheets."[89] Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive" (1958) is another example of this successful blend of 3-2 clave and R&B". Otis used the Cuban instruments claves and maracas on the song. The song "Little Darling" is also built around clave"

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WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE - Johnny Otis



TheGoodlucks, Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012

Johnny Otis (and friends) perform "Willie and the Hand Jive". 1958

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ADDENDUM: The "Shave and a haircut Two bits" tune DID NOT come from a Morse Code.
From http://dan.hersam.com/2004/09/21/shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits/ "Amidst a tangled web: shave and a haircut, two bits"
[comment #10] "I know this little tune as “Shave and haricut, two bits” but I am more familiar with it as an ending to some folk music (I play a violin). I was once told that this was morse code for hello or ‘hi’, but the only thing this rhythm comes close to spelling is TINA (- .. -. .-)…so I disregarded that comment. I have also been told that this is an explative in Mexico" (involving ones mother and other things I will leave out).
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"explative" = expletive

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shave_and_a_Haircut
The Morse code " dah-di-di-dah-di, di-dit " (shave and a haircut, "two dits") is fairly common in the radioamateur service, usually as a sign-off, but is only easily recognised because the "two bits" musical version pre-existed. Dunno if this had a counterpart in landline telegraphy. With all the digital tinkering in amateur radio, this risks going full-circle and becoming "two bits", driven largely by the introduction of microprocessors in the 1970s and 1980s. K7L (talk) 14:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
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That Wikipedia talk page also includes a comment about the Mexican expletive that has the same tune as "Shave and a haircut. Two bits".

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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/examples-of-shave-and-haircut-childrens.html for Part II of this series.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the musicians and singers who are featured in videos, and thanks to the publishers of those videos on YouTube.

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The Devil, Jumbies, And The "Shut De Door"(Keep Out The Devil) Song

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post serves as a companion to "A Cultural Critique Of The Song "Shut De Door" (Keep Out De Debil) http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-cultural-crtique-of-song-shut-de-door.html

In this post I've included excerpts from several online articles that provide explanations of the Caribbean/African and Western European folk beliefs that make up the "Shut De Door" song, i.e. that

Oh, Satan is an evil charmer
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
He's hungry for a soul to hurt
(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)
And without your holy armor
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
He will eat you for dessert

(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)
Shut de do, keep out de debil
You shut de do, keep de debil in de ni-eet
Shut de do, keep out de debil
Light de candle everything's alright
Light de candle everything's alright

http://www.metrolyrics.com/shut-de-do-lyrics-randy-stonehill.html

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

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SELECTED EXCERPTS
(These excerpts are presented in no particular order. They are numbered for referencing purposes.)

Excerpt #1
From http://www.life123.com/holidays/halloween/superstitions/elizabethan-superstitions.shtml "Elizabethan Era Superstitions" By Jennifer Maughan
"Elizabethan superstitions reflect the fears and beliefs of British citizens in the 1500s and early 1600s. The era is distinguished by a long period of peace, as well as a stable and successful overall population. Exploration, art, literature and expansion brought new ideas-both interesting and scary-to the common person. These superstitions blend pagan traditions and international folk tales with seemingly supernatural explanations of events...

Witchcraft And The Devil
People in the Elizabethan era were deeply religious and felt a real fear of the devil and witchcraft. Because there were no scientific explanations for events such as sick animals or bad luck, they blamed witches. Elizabethan witches were believed to cast spells and to keep certain magical animals, such as cats (especially black ones), bats and frogs. The color black was linked to evil, as were the numbers 7 and 13. The devil was thought to roam freely, and saying "Bless you" when someone sneezed was thought to keep the devil from entering their body."

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Excerpt #2
From http://classroom.synonym.com/beliefs-devil-during-elizabethan-times-5371.html
"A Force for Evil
To Elizabethans, the influence of the Devil on human affairs was almost as prevalent as that of God. While God was a force for good, the Devil was a force for evil. The Devil was believed to be able to take on whatever form he chose, human or animal, to tempt his victims to do wicked things. Many people believed that ghosts, too, were the Devil in disguise. One of the most famous Elizabethans, William Shakespeare, refers to this belief in his play ''Hamlet.''…
Demonic Possession

Alongside the idea that certain people might make pacts with the Devil, the Elizabethans believed the Devil could forcefully take possession of an innocent victim. In Shakespeare's ''King Lear,'' one character claims to have been possessed in this way by no fewer than five demonic entities. It was commonly believed that the Devil could enter a victim through his mouth as he sneezed, and that this could be prevented if another person said "Bless you." This is one superstition that has survived from Elizabethan times to the present day."

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Excerpt #3
From http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2008/06/08/a-study-into-jumbies/ "A study into jumbies" June 8, 2008 By Rustom Seegopaul

[Regarding Guyanese folklore]

..."THE OLE HIGUE
O le Higues are also known as “Fire Rass” or Angeli. The ole higue is always a woman. It is said that she sucks the blood of unsuspecting victims as they sleep. Her favourite victims are young children and babies.

The ole higue’s distinguishing feature is the fact that, during the day, she lives among other Guyanese as a somewhat introverted and quiet old lady. At night, this seemingly harmless old woman removes her skin, places it gently in a calabash, and travels across the sky as a ball of fire heading to the home of her intended victim.

To enter the home she shrinks herself and enters through the keyhole.

There have been countless sightings of these balls of fire all over the country, and many people still have a staunch belief in the reality of the ole higue.

There are three ways to dispose of an ole higue. The first is to turn the key while she is trying to get through the keyhole. Even today many people still lock their doors and then turn their key to a horizontal position to allow an ole higue to make it partway into the hole.

The rustling of the key should wake the tenant, who can then turn the key fully and crush the ole higue. It is said that the next morning a pile of bones should be seen on the doorstep.

The second way is to find its skin in the calabash where it is stored and put hot peppers in the skin. An ole higue who tries to wear this skin will be burned by the pepper. The ole higue is very miserly, and the last way to catch the ole higue is to spill rice grains on the floor in front of the front door to the house. As the ole higue enters your house, she will be forced to count every rice grain before she can pass. It is better to make sure there is a large helping of rice on the floor and no bags in sight.

This is because the ole higue will have to pick up the grains with her right hand and place counted grains in her left hand. Her hands can only hold so many rice grains, and it is only a matter of time before the grains begin to fall back to the ground and the process begins again. When the homeowners awake the next morning, they should find a very tired and incredibly distressed ole higue counting rice. This is when the homeowners will beat the woman to death with a broom."

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Excerpt #5
From http://www.luckymojo.com/devil.html
"Can the Devil be a bringer of good luck? Yes, indeed, according to old European traditions. This devil -- known variously as Old Nick, Old Scratch, Old Split-Foot, and Der Teufel -- did not begin his career as the "Satan" (adversary) of Christianity and Judaism or the "Prince of Darkness" and "fallen angel" popularized by John Milton in his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667 - 1674).

The old Devil is a Teutonic woods-spirit, an ogre-like trickster who may desire to eat human flesh, but is often friendly to wood-cutters and footloose soldiers. In Germanic folk-tales like those collected by the Grimm brothers, he is usually described as living out in the woods with his aged grandmother who combs his hair to put him to sleep at night. Among Americans of Anglo-Saxon heritage, he is sometimes said to have a wife who quarrels with him.

In the area of Central and Eastern Europe comprising Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, the Devil was never fully absorbed into the Christian mythos as Satan but remained as he had always been, a slender, horned, bearded, fur-covered half-man of the woods. Under the regional names Krampus, Schwarze Peter (Black Peter), and Knecht Ruprecht (Ruprecht the Servant), he accompanies Saint Nicholas on his rounds of gift-giving, originally on December 6th, but eventually on Christmas Day, December 25th. In the early part of the 20th century it was the custom during December to send humourous Krampus postcards to friends...

This old Devil was a spirit of untamed nature who loved music and in many ways resembled the half-human Greek god Pan. Like the West African deities Ellegua and Legba, he could be met with at a crossroads, where he would make pacts -- but unlike these deities, he was described in folktales an unpredictable ally, and a rather dim-witted foe who was easily and humourously outwitted. Coincidentally, he also resembled the Guatemalan crossroads deity Maximon, known as San Simon, for he took a special interest in the affairs of drunkards and gamblers...

When Christianity overtook the native Teutonic religions, the Devil acquired some new attributes. In one of the Grimm's tales, "The Devil's Sooty Brother," he actually lives in Hell, where, for a term of work stoking the hellfires, he grants a veteran soldier a comfortable life in the here-and-now."...
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Interestingly enough, I haven't found any online references yet to any Caribbean custom of lighting a candle to keep out the devil or evil spirits.

Also, as the website given as Example #5 demonstrates, there are long held traditions in the many cultures of lighting certain colored candles to achieve a certain result or results. whether that result is good or evil. However, I think that Randy Stonehill's references to lighting a candle are based on the overarching belief that the devil (or evil spirits) are most active in the dark (and at night). Lighting a candle dispels some of the darkness, thus keeping away those evil spirits. A related belief that light= God/Jesus is the basis of such Christian songs as "The Light Of The World Is Jesus". Unfortunately, the belief that good = light and bad = dark influences the way some people have viewed White people and People of Color, especially Black people and other People of Color who are dark skinned.

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This concludes this sampling of online material on the devil, jumbies, and the "Shut De Door" song.

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A Cultural Critique Of The Song "Shut De Door" (Keep Out De Debil)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Let me start by saying that I think that "Shut De Door" (also given as "Shut De Do") is a song that has a very catchy tune and easy to learn lyrics that can be inspirational from a religious standpoint. But this post isn't about the musicality of that song.

From jump street I want to correct some erroneous beliefs about this song:
1. "Shut De Door" isn't a Caribbean folk song.

and

2. "Shut De Door" isn't a "Negro" Spiritual.

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"Shut De Door" wasn't composed by a person from the Caribbean. It was composed in 1982 by a White American singer/songwriter Randy Stonehill who is from California and has no Caribbean descent, at least none that is indicated in his biography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Stonehill

From
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2011/11/11/my-top-10-randy-stonehill-songs/
"My Top 10 Randy Stonehill songs"

November 11, 2011 By Fred Clark

7. “Shut De Do”
The lyrics here are pure CCM, but the catchy calypso lilt and the good humor and musical playfulness life the song to another level. That playfulness also suggests that this “devil” Stonehill is singing of is more like the Old Scratch of folklore than the archenemy of Peretti-esque spiritual warfare. It reminds me of my favorite story about the Devil, one told by Tony Campolo: An old preacher wakes in the night and hears a noise. He turns on the light as sees Satan, the devil himself, standing at the foot of his bed. “Oh,” says the preacher, “it’s just you.” And he turns off the light and goes back to sleep."
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“CCM” = probably Contemporary Christian Music

"Old Scratch" is a nickname for the devil. Click http://www.answers.com/topic/old-scratch
American Heritage Dictionary for information about this nickname.

The erroneous belief that "Shut De Door" is an old song -that is older than 1982 when it was composed by White American Randy Stonehill- probably mostly comes from these two verses of that song:

When I was a baby child
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
Good and bad was just a game
(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)
Many years and many trials
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
They proved to me they not the same
(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)

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My mama used to sing this song
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
Oh poppa used to sing it too
(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)
Jesus called and took them home
(Shut de do, keep out the debil)
And so I sing the song for you
(Shut de do, keep the debil in de ni-eet)

http://www.metrolyrics.com/shut-de-do-lyrics-randy-stonehill.html

But my main problem with the "Shut De Door" song, besides the false attributions of the song to Caribbean folk music or African American Spirituals, is exactly the "good humor and musical playfulness" of Randy Stonehill's renditions of his composition. It appears to me -from watching two YouTube videos of Randy Stonehill singing that song (particularly the video given below from the 1990s) that Stonehill is making fun of Black Caribbean culture. In his prefacing remarks in that videotaped concert it appears to me that Stonehill makes fun of Black Caribbean pronunciation, and-by extension Caribbean folk beliefs. Here's that video followed by my transcription of Randy Stonehill's introductory comments to his rendition of his song:

shut de do stonehill



newlifelooks. Uploaded on May 21, 2009

1990 look for diane wigstone!
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Diane Wigstone is an American actress and director known for Christian themed productions.

Transcription with my comments in brackets [beginning at .34]

“Because the thing is we sound too polite...What better opportunity than now to go native with Uncle Ran? [When he says that the camera pans to one of the apparently very few People of Color in the audience. Then Stonehill sings some nonsensical words in Caribbean tune and says] It’s not “Shut The Door”, darn it, let’s regress. Just un-learn many many things...It’s “Shut de door”. "Shut de door". “Shut de door”. Keep out de debbil". [Audience members are shown laughing -at this accent or the words of the song?] Randy continues by saying laughingly “How’s the soup?”

[He and the audience laugh and then Randy says] “With this new exotic vision let us go forth, even now, and begins to sing the song...
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It should also be noted that in the beginning of Randy Stonehill's singing this song, silhouette images of people dancing [Black people?] in a Hip-Hop fashion. The people are wearing necklaces. At least one man is wearing a large chain link necklace, a style that was popular among African American Hip-Hop music lovers.

In case the reference to "going native", and the question "Where's the soup?" went over some people's head, I've no doubt that those are nods to the stereotypical images of Black Africans cooking people in a huge iron pot. I've also no doubt that Stonehill's exhortation to his White audience to "regress and unlearn many things" was at the very least a back handed compliment to the supposedly simple, uncomplicated religious beliefs of folks "close to nature".

Here's a serious question for you - Doesn't Randy Stonehill's introductory remarks if not his actual rendition of his "Shut De Door" song have elements of black faced minstrelsy? Black people's superstitions are so funny. Ha. Ha. Ha. Never mind that some of those folk beliefs originated with Elizabethan European superstitions. Light the candle. Everything's alright (or "Everyting" as I found this word given on one lyric website for this song).

because "Shut De Door" has such a catchy tune and such easy to learn words written in call & response format, I'm not surprised that that song appears to be a standard for so many American school choirs. I'm glad that those choirs seem to take a much more formal approach to the song, as is the case with these singers:

Shut De Do



D Van
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The choir member introducing the song invites the audience to "Join us In the Caribbean with the song “Shut de do”.

Like most YouTube viewer comment threads for this song, a number of the commenters critiqued the choir's rendition of this song, indicating that their choir sang it better. But there's one comment from that viewer comment thread which I won't quote because of its profanity which points out the choir's choice of "fake" Caribbean attire- the floral shirts that Americans seem to think Caribbean people and Hawaiian people wear.

I will quote two other comments from that viewer comment thread that reinforce my concerns that 1. people may confuse this song with a "Negro" Spiritual (because of its call & response textual structure) and people may think that all people from the Caribbean use Patois or Creole pronunciations or always use those pronunciations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_eUKhTC_C8
jesssicaax, 2007
..."The only problem was that we went faster since our principal was gonan cut it form the program whatever. You guys suck Its suppose to sound jhamaican not white -_- Middle schools did better then you guys."

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Jarrod Freeman, 2009
"this a negro spiritual. the intonation is too correct and perfect for this type of song but whatver the conductor wanted goes"
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Did you catch the inaccurate beliefs that there are no White Jamaicans, that all White people sound alike, and that all Jamaicans sound alike? smh [Shake my head (in exasperation and disdain)].

Also, besides spelling the long retired referent "Negro" with a small n [which is a big no no], did you catch the implication that White people's pronunciation is "correct and perfect", and other pronunciations are... what? ...Certainly they're not as correct or perfect.

It's interesting to me that all the YouTube videos that I've found to date of this song feature White singers and White choirs. I wonder why that is, and I wonder what Caribbean people think of this song.

I strongly believe that people who teach this song need to make sure that their students and their audiences know that this song was composed with a Calypso tune "in the manner of a Caribbean religious song" but it's not a "real" Caribbean song - if by "real" you mean a song whose composition is unknown but which originated in one of the Caribbean cultures or a song with a known composer of Caribbean descent. Mind you, because there are White people, Chinese people, East Indian people etc. from the Caribbean, composers of Caribbean songs need not be of some African descent.

Oh and I wish that choirs singing this song would refrain from wearing fake Caribbean shirts. But compared with other things related to this song, that's just a small matter.

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RELATED LINK
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-devil-jumbies-and-shut-de-doorkeep.html for a companion post on the superstitions that are referred to in the "Shut De Door" song.

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Maphorisa & Clap, Feat. Candy - Nkeri Nkeri (South Africa)

Edited by Azizi Powell

[Updated July 23, 2014]

This post showcases the South African Kwaito song "Nkeri Nkeri" by Maphorisa & Clap, featuring Candy. Information about Kwaito music is also included in this post along with a few comments about the featured artists.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Maphorisa, D Clap, and Candy for this record. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT KWAITO MUSIC
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwaito
"Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music featuring the use of African sounds and samples. Typically at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music, Kwaito often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and vocals. Although bearing similarities to hip hop music, a distinctive feature of Kwaito is the manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and shouted. American producer Diplo has described Kwaito as "slowed-down garage music," most popular among the black youth of South Africa...

History
In the backdrop of a transforming South Africa, Kwaito took shape in the township Soweto at the same time Nelson Mandela took office as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.[4] The removal of the political and economic sanctions greatly transformed the South African music industry"...
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From the YouTube comments, "kwaito" is old enough that some of the music is called "classic", and "old school" (recorded years ago). "Nkeri Nkeri" is an example of contemporary Kwaito.

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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Maphorisa Feat. Candy - Nkerinkeri (Original)


Madorasindahouse Published on Aug 30, 2013

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https://www.facebook.com/UhuruMaphorisaDjClapNXelimpilo Facebook page title = Uhuru - Maphorisa,Dj Clap,Xelimpilo & Mapiano

Maphorisa and DJ Clap are members of Uhuru, a four man Kwaito group. "Uhuru" is a Swahili word that means "freedom".

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This comment from the viewer comment thread of the video below pointed me to some information about Maphorisa:

Nkosingiphile Dlamini, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BisFnNPhQc

"Ayyy Maphorisa mahn, He has claimed the title of being the Prince of Kalawa"
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That comment prompted me to do a Google search for the word "Kalawa". As a result. I found this article: http://profileengine.com/groups/profile/435329507/kalawa-jazmee-records
"Profile:
Kalawa Jazmee (sometimes "KJ Records") is an independent South African label that was instrumental in the development of the musical style later to be known as "Kwaito".

... With the Kalawa crew, creativity is key, they believe in going out and getting inspiration for new songs, thus Kalawa has led the Durban craze,now known as Durban kwaito... Kwaito’s origins are fuzzy, as is opinion on who exactly can lay claim to the title, King of Kwaito. The publicly accepted version of the birth of kwaito never mentions kalawa’s name. Kalawa has never been faced oblivion, nor have they had to rely on gimmicks instead of creativity..."

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South African Pantsula Dance (information, videos, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post presents information & comments about the South African originated dance form called "pantsula" ("amapantsula", "mapantsula"). Seven videos of pantsula dancing are also showcased in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PANTSULA DANCING
From http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_pantsula_dance&r2as=1#slide=2&article=What_is_pantsula_dance
"Pantsula is a dance form that consists of footwork, rhythm and beat. It was developed in the 1980's and started mainly in the streets of Soweto. This energetic dance was originated in the townships of south africa. Many performers of today uses props such as brooms, cans and stick etc."

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From http://www.ehow.com/about_5414725_history-pantsula-dance.html
"History
The Pantsula became a very popular form of dance in the 1980s among young men and women in the townships of Africa. The dance was not only used for them to express themselves, but was also a way of life. It expressed their lives as a reflection of the violence of the township culture. The dance set them free from parental dominance and it gave them freedom without prejudice. It gained international recognition and became the pop music of the decade.

The Dance
The Pantsula dance is described as a flat footed African tap-and-glide style of dance. The Zulu word "pantsula" means to "waddle like a duck or alternatively to walk with protruded buttocks," which is a characteristic of the dance."

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FEATURED VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order based on their posting date on YouTube with the oldest dated videos given first. A few comments may also be quoted after the videos.

WARNING: As is the case with many YouTube video viewer comment threads, some of the comments in these discussions contain profanity, racist, homophobic, and other problematic content.

Example #1: Dance Direction International-Pansula DVD



dancedirection, Uploaded on Jul 14, 2009

Traditional Township dance done in the black township suburbs in South Africa. Always done in Tackies with fast , intricate footwork and usually tells an everyday life story with humour added into it. Choreographed by the CHIZBOYZ. They have performed in many corporate functions, at the Grahamstown Festival, on the Island of Reunion, etc. They are based in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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Example #2: mapantsula for life


DNkala Uploaded on May 14, 2010

boys can dance
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Comment:
Mattman Key1, 2012
"I realized that bits and pieces of the song are from Kuduro songs, an ANGOLAN type of music!! lol"
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As of this date, two other commenters identified this music as Kuduro music from Angola. I'm not sure where this video was filmed.

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Example #3: COLORS dance to PANTSULA



colorsmagazine78, Uploaded on Sep 23, 2010

The boys of Johannesburg's violent townships grew up running, jumping and crawling from the police, facing dangerous lives of gangsterism and crime. Now these boys are men, and their dance shows the way to a new, non-violent future.

Filmmaker Chris Saunders / Editing Pablo Pastor / Soundmix Adam Lieber

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Example #4: Real Actions Pantsula - Brooms



Sello Modiga Published on Apr 10, 2012
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Comments: 2012

lebohang nkwatsi1
"i am glad i grow up in a period in Orange Farm where Pantsula was the greatest form of expression and entertainment. i've seen the best performances, is too bad lot of guys grow up, quit the art form to find jobs to pay bills. Some of us had to leave FAMA to go further our studies. i am wondering if we had this kind of technology back in the day, will Action still have uploaded this videos? lmao..."

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lebohang nkwatsi
"they would have been copied by lot of guys, Real Action was and is still the pacesetter. much respect to you guys and big ups for giving lot of guys that i didn't think they will ever play for Action the opportunity to be part of your family."

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Example #5: Amapantsula Ajabulile......FILMED BY STREET CORNER FILMS



STREETCORNER FILMS, Published on Apr 25, 2012

PANTSULA DANCE ORIGINATED FROM SOUTH AFRICA.....STREET CORNER FILMS....IPHONE
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Comment - 2012
[in response to another comment]

STREETCORNER FILMS
"…his saying " mina " meaning me ....Is a South Africa language"

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Comment: 2013
Nat Godley
"Is this music Pitch Black Afro? Got addicted to his track Matofotofo on the Tsotsi soundtrack but kwaito in general is really hard to find on CD or download in the US, and none of PBA's stuff seems to have been released outside of SA."

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Example #6: PANTSULA DANCE 2013 ...FILMED BY STREET CORNER FILMS



STREETCORNER FILMS Published on Dec 6, 2012

STREET CORNER FILMS &T.V
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Comments 2013
Astrid Vitols
"J'adoooooore !!!!! I really enjoyyyyyy it ! This new dance from South Africa is a mix of afro, jazz, claquettes, that's so amazing !! African Youth is so creative, innovating all the time !!! BIG UP TO ALL OF THOSE YOUNG BOYS ;-)...Kiss ! Astrid from Paris, France ;-)"

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Mattman Key
"Pantsula ain't new, it's been around since the 80s (or a little older)!!! Respect!!"

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sduriza
"Panstula started in late 50's actually, they wasn't so much as dances then, bootleggers and petty criminals, street cats, they really started dancing around late 70's and then when bubblegum came out thats when it really took with the dancing, Respect Panstula for life!"

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Makhaola Ndebele
"Yes, It's great. It's not new though, it's been around since the early 80s, from what I know of it."

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Putumani Nomzaza
"I thought Pantsula was dead but after watching these guys its so alive, i love being South African!"

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Example #7: PANTSULA STREET DANCE Computer

Mada Sthembiso Published on Jun 2, 2013

SKHANDA IS AN OLD DANCE OF SPANTSULA,BAT U CAN ONGLY FIND IT IN SOWETO
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Comment - 2013

Bonginkosi Shiba2
"Name of the sound track is "Maphorisa Feat. Candy - Nkerinkeri" "
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Here's a link to a pancocojams post about that song:
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/south-african-music-maphorisa-feat.html

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RELATED LINK
http://www.mahala.co.za/jiva/via-volcano/
Via Volcano [South African pantsula dance group]

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