Artist: Lord Intruder
Author: Winston O'Conner
Year: 1953
From Tobago. B-side of Disaster With The Police. Calypso about 'jumbies' (zombies) "dancing back to back, belly to belly".
Covers:
Charmer [NY version situated on the local Woodlawn Cemetery instead of the original Trinidad gravesite]
Kingston Trio [as Zombie Jamboree, crediting Lord Invader]
Harry Belafonte [idem]
Peter Tosh & The Wailers [reggae version as Jumbie Jamboree]
Rockapella [a cappella version as Zombie Jamboree]
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)