Or visit www.piping.com and click on REFERENCES ;-)
Migrator
(based on a Harry Belafonte tune Matilda which was then used in the sixties by Allan Sherman for My Zelda and recorded as instrumental version by Greg and Junko MacDonald)
gmacd@aloha.net writes:
Now your's was a good email. How did you find my site, I'm always interested in that? As far as mail order, we do lots of it, and yes,Matilda is an instrumental (in C: progression is C, F, G, C over and over again). Mail check for $13 plus $3 shipping (total $16) to me at address below. Very cool, I didn't know I could be found that way. Of course you can use
my version of Matilida any way you want for any reason. However, since I want to get my name out there and generate interest, please make it known that it's my backup to you, and how they can reach my site if interested.
That's all I ask. Thanks/gm
Aloha,
Greg MacDonald
p.s. Mac to PC, why? Giving up on Mac? I'm a Mac user.
http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/MacDonald,_Greg/
http://listen.to/belafonte
greg and junko macdonald Played at the opening act for Belafonte in Hawaii 1997. Another connection with Belafonte is that Greg McDonald has made some albums with instrumental versions (Steel Drum Music) of songs that I relate to Belafonte, songs like Day O, Island In The Sun, Jamaica Farewell etc.
Here are the albums by Greg & Junko McDonald:
GMM1996 - Pan 2 Paradise
GMM1998 - Banana Boat Rider. This albums won the World Beat best album of the year in the Hawaii Music Awards 1999.
GMM2000 Pan-A-Cabana
C
Oh, we thought it would be easy and fun
F
Since he since he was the king of migration
G F G C
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
C F
Migrator, migrator
G F G C
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
Oh, we thought it'd be easy and fun
He was the king of migration
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
NoblesNet was down for a day
People had unpleasant things to say
Migrator, he took the files and he tried to move them
After a while, we had our first clue
he said he didn't use Timbuktu
Well, Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
Ghost volumes on post office
Every trash collection would miss
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
On December the 7th day
Wouldn't hear what Alex had to say
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
The second clue made us start to vex
He didn't know binary or hex
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
So the king of migration is dead Should have used other company instead Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
So we called up Piping.com
We told them this was no false alarm
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
They have a tech guy there named Clint
His tech skills are worth a mint
Migrator, he took the files and tried to move them
He's a larry bird kind of guy
Not pitinoesque pie in the sky
Migrator, he took the files and HE DID move them
So we tried again on January 26
Hiring Clint with his bag of tricks
Migrator, he took the files and HE DID move them
One of the standard Belafonte-songs that has become a mandatory part of each live performance and where the audience is encouraged to join.
Also recorded by:
Greg McDonald on GMM1996 (instrumental)
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, de money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, the money was just inside me bed
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head
Don't you know Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain!
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Greg McDonald
Pan 2 Paradise
GMM1996 contains Matilda
If you are visiting here, please call me for a current schedule of appearances, 808-735-6003, or e-mail at gmacd@aloha.net.