Skip to main content

There's a Brown Boy in the Ring and Other Children's Calypso Songs

Lord Invader
There's a Brown Boy in the Ring and Other Children's Calypso Songs

Trinidadian performer Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant, 1914–1961) sings a collection of original calypso compositions on this 1959 recording. Invader began his relationship with Folkways Records when he met label founder Moses Asch on one of his many trips to New York City and subsequently began recording for Asch. The song lyrics in this album tend to advocate pro-freedom viewpoints. In one song, "No Place Like the West Indies," the artist explains why many residents of the West Indies chose to relocate to Great Britain. Liner notes contain the music and lyrics.

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"Steel band Style, Calypso Culture and Childhood Chants: Trinidadian Music for the Classroom"

Track Listing

icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
101
Lord Invader
05:34
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
102
Lord Invader
02:36
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
103
Lord Invader
02:53
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
201
Lord Invader
03:37
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
202
Lord Invader
02:53
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
203
Lord Invader
02:20
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
204
Lord Invader
02:34