Marle de bakker, Jul 22, 2010
Golden Oldie
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This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series on Old Time music sources for the large family of "Miss Susie Had A Steamboat" and Miss Lucy Had A Baby" children's playground rhymes.
This pancocojams post showcases a sound file of Mighty Sparrow singing a version of the dirty song "Bang Bang Lulu".
Information about Mighty Sparrow is included in this post along with the lyrics for this song and comments about this song.
Thanks to Mighty Sparrow for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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WARNING: "Bang Bang Lulu" is considered to be crude ("dirty") as the end word for its verses suggests explicit language or references.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/04/my-lula-gal-and-bang-bang-lulu.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "My Lula Gal" And "Bang Bang Lulu" - Information With Some Clean And Some Sanitized Examples)"
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INFORMATION ABOUT MIGHTY SPARROW
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sparrow
"Slinger Francisco[1] ...(born July 9, 1935),
better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter,
and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of
the best-known and most successful calypsonians. He has won Trinidad's Carnival
Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and has
twice won the Calypso King of Kings title.
Career
Slinger Francisco was born in the fishing village of Grand
Roy, Grenada, West Indies on July 9, 1935. He moved to Trinidad as a
one-year-old with his mother,[1] his father having relocated there in
1937.[2][3] He grew up in Port of Spain.[citation needed] He began singing as a
small child, but his love of calypso was discouraged while at Newtown Boys
Catholic School, where he sang in the choir.[2][3] At the age of 14 he joined a
steel band comprising neighbourhood boys, and performed with the band at
Carnival.[2]
He received his performing name "Little Sparrow" during his early career,[1] as a result of his energetic stage performances:
"Your calypso name is given to you by your peers, based on
your style. In the old days they tried to emulate British royalty. There was
Lord Kitchener, Lord Nelson, Duke. When I started singing, the bands were still
using acoustic instruments and the singers would stand flat footed, making a
point or accusing someone in the crowd with the pointing of a finger, but
mostly they stood motionless. When I sing, I get excited and move around, much
like James Brown, and this was new to them. The older singers said "Why
don't you just sing instead of moving around like a little sparrow?" It
was said as a joke, but the name stuck.[4]"
— Mighty Sparrow
After a couple of years he changed his stage name to
"Mighty Sparrow".[2][5] "...
LYRICS FOR MIGHTY SPARROW'S VERSION OF "BANG BANG LULU"
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(I wanna hear you sing!)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
(One more time!)
Lulu's gone away
(C'mon now!)
Who is gonna bang bang
Now Lulu's gone away
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Lulu had a boyfriend,
His name was Diamond d___,
Some girls love his diamond,
But Lulu loved his...
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(I want to hear you sing...)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang Lulu,
Now Lulu's gone away
Lulu had two boy-friends,
One was very rich,
One was the son of a banker,
The other was a son-of-a ...
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(Sock it to them!)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Lulu had a boy-friend,
His name was Tommy Tucker,
He took her to his appartment
And then Tucker tried to...
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(One more time!)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Lulu has a bicycle,
The seat was made of glass,
And every time she'd ride it
It broke off and went up her...
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(I want to hear you sing it!)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Lulu had some money
From a dirty old man named Hutch
He said if you're a baby
I'll bite you in the...
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
(I want to hear it!)
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
Bang, bang, Lulu,
Lulu's gone away
Who is gonna bang bang,
Now Lulu's gone away
[Repeat ad lib. with scat and fade]
Source: https://www.justsomelyrics.com/2011675/mighty-sparrow-bang-bang-lulu-lyrics.html
These lyrics are given as they were found on that website.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM DISCUSSION THREADS OF TWO YOUTUBE SOUND FILES FOR MIGHTY SPARROW'S "BANG BANG LULU"
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Discussion Thread #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ97Ybfg0Io&ab_channel=Marledebakker
(This discussion thread is for the sound file that is embedded in this post.)
1. edc1951, 2012
"Oh the snickering that went on when we who understood the
raciness were with those too young to get it.
and the looks of innocence when a group would break into a chorus of
this only to be met with "looks" from our elders..."I'm not
saying any bad words..." "
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Reply
2. Ava Watson, 2019
"edc1951 OMG. I use to hear this song when I was growing up at family parties, but NEVER remembered those lyrics, lol!!! The song crossed my mind and now at 58 I’m realizing what was being said. If you look at the history of the dong it’s an American dong that has been adapted in many countries. 😳"
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The word “dong” in this comment is probably a typo for “song”
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3. boonestead, 2014
"holy crap we used to
sing this when we were kids didn't know
it was an actual song
LOVE IT funny where
you tube may lead you to"
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4. Rich Townsend, 2015
"This was one of several songs we sang in the Marines while
we were marching through the boondocks in the early 60's. Thanks for the memories!"
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5. Angela M, 2016
"Got my calypso version from an album my parents owned,
brought in from the Grand Bahamas, by Prince Charles and his Royal Cats. Probably done back in the late '50s. . . I was floored when I first heard it,
thinking, my PARENTS owned this?!?! LOL!"
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Discussion Thread #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSuZ56nxIM&ab_channel=EdwardSpencer Mighty Sparrow - Bang Bang Lulu, published by Edward Spencer, Sep 7, 2012
Arranged by Mighty Sparrow
1. Westley P. Crawford, 2014
"This brings back so many great memories of growing up in the
Bronx in the 70s. My parents would play this and all of us would dance and
laugh...two of the greatest feelings in the world at the same time! THANK YOU
MOMMY AND DADDY..I LOVE YOU."
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2. Shania Sampson, 2015
"so many innuendos!"
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3. Larry Watson, 2017
"im 61yrs from N.Y.I remembered this song caause i knew i
never supose to listen to it as akid. l love it."
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