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| dmcg | Posted - 29 Dec 04 - 09:35 am | |
My brother did-a tell me that you go mango walk, You go mango walk, you go mango walk, My brother did-a tell me that you go mango walk And steal all the number 'leven. Now tell me, Joe, do tell me for true, Do tell me for true, Do tell me That you don't go to no mango walk And steal all the number 'leven. My brother did-a tell me that you go mango walk, You go mango walk, you go mango walk, My brother did-a tell me that you go mango walk And steal all the number 'leven. I tell you, Sue, I tell you for true, I tell you for true, I tell you That I don't go to no mango walk And steal all the number 'leven. Source: Singing Together, Spring 1970, BBC Publications Notes: No information was given in the booklet about this song. | ||
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Posted - 08 Jun 06 - 08:02 pm | |
From: homity pie Can anyone tell me the meaning of the Jamaican folk song 'Mango walk' please? My son needs to know for his music homework- we can't find anything except the lyrics on the net and I am intrigued! | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 08 Jun 06 - 09:11 pm | |
Well I've tried a quick search. The dt entry at Mudcat says: From Jamaica. A "mango walk" is an orchard, and "Number Eleven" is a variety of fruit. RW The tune has been a steel-band staple for at least the last thirty-five years. I suspect that number 'leven refers to the fruit's size, rather than it's variety. The song as far as I know is a traditional calypso. As another thought on the meaning of 'leven, I seem to remember when we learned this song in school we were told that a 'leven was the best quality (which I guess need not be a measurment of size) mango. | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 08 Jun 06 - 09:11 pm | |
Well, according to this site, a number eleven is a variety of Mango, and several sites claim a 'Mango Walk' is an orchard; I've certainly come across Orange Walks, so that's quite possible. | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 08 Jun 06 - 09:29 pm | |
It looks like you are right about it being a variety. Other sites, eg. this one seem to confirm this. | ||
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Posted - 29 Aug 06 - 09:32 am | |
From: Rose i am also looking 4 the meaning of the "mango walk" and i need a bit more info. SO PLEASE HELP!!! | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 29 Aug 06 - 03:20 pm | |
I'm stuck on this one. An orchard sounds reasonable but I haven't really found much to support that. The pages I've looked at from a search "mango walk" orchard all seem to be related to the dt entry. Google groups can find no match at all. I've tried my dictionary and a couple of online ones, etc. I suppose it could perhaps be a proper noun, eg. a place name, district, property, etc. but that's all speculation... | ||
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Posted - 30 Aug 06 - 11:11 am | |
From: Someone I need information on "Mango Walk" as well for my homework. Could anyone please give information on it? | ||
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Posted - 28 Feb 07 - 05:30 pm | |
From: Ciara Cd anyone help? my homework is due 4 2moz- HELP!!! A GCSE girl in crisis. HELP!! | ||
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Posted - 28 Feb 07 - 05:37 pm | |
From: Pixie Sum1 perlaese tell me about a mango walk 4 2moz coz it needs 2 be in then 4 school. Gcse girl in CRISIS!!! HELP!!! Why did i choose music 4 Gcse? Just my luck!!! PIxie | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 28 Feb 07 - 07:06 pm | |
My guess is we have already said all we know ... | ||
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Posted - 05 Mar 07 - 04:34 pm | |
From: guest Wots an orchard? | ||
| dmcg | Posted - 05 Mar 07 - 10:16 pm | |
I find it hard to believe you can use Google (or whatever) well enough to find this site, but not well enough to discover what an orchard is! | ||
| Kjam (guest) |
Posted - 02 Dec 07 - 02:20 am | |
K, to put some closure to this ... the song implies that the person sung to goes through an orchard and steals mangos? huh | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 02 Dec 07 - 12:10 pm | |
From Webster's Third New International Dictionary: walk n 14: a West Indian plantation of trees arranged in rows with wide spaces between them <the Spaniards left behind them well-established cacao walks ... in Edited By masato sakurai - 02 Dec 07 - 12:13 pm | ||
| cannisolis | Posted - 13 Oct 08 - 12:48 pm | |
I seem to remember being told that this song was a playful play on words, and "number leven" refered to bread as in: levened bread. And similarly with Man go walk, mango walk, etc. | ||
| Teach' (guest) |
Posted - 22 Oct 08 - 12:02 am | |
I would not be too sure about the veracity of the 'levened bread' theory, as that is spelt 'leaven' plus the apostrophe in the song dictates that the word is eleven. I would hope those kids on here who can't spell are not really doing GCSEs. At least not in English! | ||