EDWARD VIII

Created on 11/11/2006
Latest update on 16/10/2023

Artist: Lord Caresser
Author: Rufus Callender
Label: Decca
Year: 1937

About the abdication of the Prince Of Wales and future king Edward to marry the wife of his dreams, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. See also: Roosevelt In Trinidad.

Covers:

1946:

Lord Invader, Duke Of Iron & Macbeth The Great [on Calypso At Midnight - Lomax series]

1951:

Blind Blake [as Love Alone]

1957:

Harry Belafonte [as Love, Love Alone]

2003:

Taj Mahal [as King Edward's Throne]

Following his abdication, Edward became the Duke Of Windsor and ambassador for the Bahamas during WW II. That's calypso singer Blind Blake's territory, so he probably serenaded the Duke & Duchess with this song in or around Government House in Nassau.

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