Harry Belafonte lyrics

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  1. bojan said:

    Question Harry Belafonte lyrics

    A long time ago I heard a song (sung by Harry Belafonte, I believe) in which the lyrics contained the words "So I am contacting a few doctors and I am giving them a few dolars" and "If the doctor say you dead you are dead" or something like that. It was, as far as I remember a calypso song.
    I would appreciate knowing the title of that song and, if possible, the complete text.
    Thank you in advance,
    Bojan
     
  2. culandrillo said:

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    Maybe this???

    Harry Belafonte "Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad"


    It makes a long time man feel bad
    It makes a long time man feel bad
    He can’t get no letter
    He can’t hear from home
    That makes a long time man feel bad

    My baby sister keeps a writing’ “come on home”
    My baby sister keeps a writin’ “come on home”
    And my tears run down ‘cause my time’s so long
    It makes a long time man feel bad

    Well bad.
    Surely my mother must be gone
    Well surely (surely) my mother must be gone
    Well surely my mother must be gone oh Lord
    That makes a long time man feel bad

    There ain’t no doctor no doctor in all this land
    There ain’t no doctor no doctor in all this land
    Ain’t no doctor can cure fever of a convict man
    That makes a long time man feel bad.