Jump to content

Watermelon spoiling on the vine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Watermelon spoiling on the vine is a Bahamian folksong, the recording was done by Americans Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and sung by a Black Bahamian with a banjo on New Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas in 1935. The song has also been recorded by "Blind Blake And The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos" in 1951 on the album A Group Of Bahamian Songs.[1][2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Watermelon spoiling on the vine".
  2. ^ "Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Calypsos* - Blind Blake". Discogs.
  3. ^ "Watermelon spoiling on the vine" at the Library of Congress