Haïti - Skah-Shah



     
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Haïti Lyrics


Haiti, mon pays,
Wounded mother I'll never see.
Ma famille set me free.
Throw my ashes into the sea.
Mes cousins jamais nes
Hantent les nuits de Duvalier.
Rien na'rrete nos espirits.
Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see.
In the forest we are hiding,
Unmarked graves where flowers grow.
Hear the soldiers angry yelling,
In the river we will go.
Tous les morts-nes forment une armee,
Soon we will reclaim the earth.
All the tears and all the bodies

Bring about our second birth.
Haiti, never free,
N'aie pas peur de sonner l'alarme.
Tes enfants sont partis,
In those days their blood was still warm
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written by TIMOTHY KINGSBURY, REGINE CHASSAGNE, WILLIAM BUTLER, RICHARD PARRY, EDWIN BUTLER
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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biography by Craig Harris
Formed in Haiti as Shleu-Shleu, Skah Shah was reorganized by vocalist Joe Ely "Cubano" Telfort after he moved to New York in the mid-'70s. Their approach to Haiti's compas and zouk traditions has been described by www.real.com as "easy rhythms (that) are inviting for dancers who are entertained by vaguely operatic vocals and seductive saxophones." Dividing their time between Central and North America during the 1970s, Shleu-Shleu survived a critical period after several members elected to remain in the United States. Recruited as a vocal replacement, Talford assumed the band's leadership shortly afterwards. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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