Author: Surinaams Volkskultureel Assemblee
Title: Redi Dron: Tekstboek
Description: n.p. [Utrecht], Volkskultureel Assemblee, n.d. [ca. 1979]. orig. wrappers. 22x14cm, 36 pp.. Stencilled [mimeographed]. Cover title. Good. ¶ A songbook issued by an Albanian-Maoist-influenced Surinamese immigrant choral group in the Netherlands. Song texts in Surinamese creole, Sarnami Hindustani, English & Dutch. ["'Caribbean Start Fighting' : I said Caribbean is Crying / I hear a black baby crying / I hear a black mother crying / I hear a black father cursing and shouting / They are searching for food but can't find no / the baby keeps crying / that's why I'm saying / You black man & woman, Get out / Get out of your slum, and don't let the rich american drink your rum / Oh no Caribbean you won't cry no more / you won't you won't cry no more / Black man get out of your slum / Pick up your gun and don't let the American drink your rum / Fight them out of your country / he's just a bloody imperialist / who wants your sweat & blood / and your labour power / He wanrts your muscles and brains / and your women / Fight him out of your country! / and out of the whole Caribbean / I'm telling you stop the Caribbean cry! / ..."]

Keywords: Suriname, Suriname, Maoism Surinam, Political History, Afro-Caribbean, Caribbean Immigrant, Netherlands, Immigration, Immigrants Songs, Surinamese