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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Vince Martin & The Tarriers
Author: Bob Barron/Burt Long
Label: Glory
Year: 1956
Top 10 US. Like their Banana Boat Song an adaptation of an older Carribean folk song (see below). For variations on Get Along Home, Cindy, see Get On Board.
Covers:
Tony Brent [hit UK]
Eddie Fisher [hit US, UK & B]
Bob Benny [n°2 VL]
Wolfgang Sauer [n°1 GER]
Margot Eskens [n°1 GER, hit VL & NL]
On Springsteen's Seeger Sessions this song is regarded as an arrangement of Pay Me My Money Down (see there). And so the Georgia Sea Islands and the Bahamas are linked up musically as well.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)