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Count Owen and his Calypsonians - Kalypso records Japanese repress - mento Count Owen's middle period mento album, "Calypsos Down Jamaica Way" was originally published in 1960 on the label "Kalypso", a subsidiary of "Melodisc". Mento is a Jamaican music style that is largely unknown outside of that is the grandpappy of reggae. For a ska or reggae fan, mento sounds familiar and exotic and sometimes unfamiliar. Mento recordings are difficult to come by, but worth seeking out. It's music that lifts my spirits and relaxes my mind whenever I hear it. During mento's middle period of the 1960s, Count Owen became prolific, as he recorded a string of five LPs that moved from mento to ska to rock steady. "Down Jamaica Way" is the first Count Owen LP. It sticks to traditional rural mento instrumentation, and for the most part, repertoire. Melody D'amour Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover Shoo shoo little bird, go and find my love Melodie d'amour, serenade at her window Shoo shoo little bird, sing my song of love Oh tell her I will wait, if she names a date Tell her that I care, more than I can bear For when we are apart, how it hurts my heart So fly oh fly away and say that I hope and pray This lovers melody will bring her back to me Melodie d'amour, take this song to my lover Shoo shoo little bird, go and find my love Melodie d'amour, serenade at her window shoo shoo little bird, tell her of my love Oh tell her how I yearn, long for her return Say I miss her so, more than she could know For when we are apart, how it hurts my heart So fly oh fly away and say that I hope and pray This lover's melody will bring her back to me Melodie d'amour, serenade at her window Shoo shoo little bird, tell her of my love. for lisa!!! Out The Fire Go Fife Go .......enjoy this one !!!!