DUB 68 – It must be DUB – Horace Andy Dub’s Psalm 68. ‘Sleepy’ sings of The Bible, Psalm 68, Verse 4: “Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.”
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In 1935 - ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΠΑΓΙΟΥΜΤΖΗΣ (Stratos Pagioumtzis) recorded the great rebetiko song ΣΑΝ ΕΓΥΡΙΖ' ΑΠ' ΤΗΝ ΠΥΛΟ (San egyriz’ ap’ tyn plio). Whisper a hwystra smuitiuil, niwllaw, llwydnos – a misty, drizzly twighlight and a Cath Gath Hath - it’s the nebulous, dubhfhocal tewlwolow world of The Caterpillar Dub - dubh duibh duibhe dubha . . . .
Horace Andy – Dub 68
The Mighty Diamonds - Jah Jah Bless The Dreadlocks
ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΠΑΓΙΟΥΜΤΖΗΣ -
ΣΑΝ ΕΓΥΡΙΖ' ΑΠ' ΤΗΝ ΠΥΛΟ 1935.
Stratos Pagioumtzys – San Egrys' ap' tyn Plio - 1935
O Psaras (The Fisherman) –
Stratos Pagioumtzis / Yorgos Mitsakis
Mary From Dungloe – The Johnstons
Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair - The Johnstons
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore - The Johnstons
Brenda Wootton - Delyo Syvy (Strawberry Leaves) A song in the Kernouak language of Kernow (Conrwall, Britain.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delkiow_Sivy
Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1,
by William Bottrell -1870.
http://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/swc1/index.htm
In next month's issue of The Caterpillar, the tale continues, with Part 24 of that most eldritch and gothique saga of Cornique gull-duggery, The Journal of Elias Gillpington. Hhmmmm. . . . as singular as it is perplexing!