Harry Belafonte - Don't Stop The Carnival Lyrics






Had to talk to the Governor today
Concerning the Carnival parade
Had to talk to the Governor today
Concerning the Carnival parade
Trinidad people running wild
Governor say no Carnival
Big riot, police and things, picket signs
And the people start to sing

Lord don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival is a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't make no fuss if you cut up Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)

Here come me woman walking up the block
With she bottom going like a clock
Here come me woman walking up the block
With she bottom going like a clock
"No Carnival," the woman said
"Oh Lord, you're better off dead
Show me the way to the Governor's mansion
I'm going to have me a reckon session"

Lord don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival is a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't make no fuss if you cut up Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)

A little boy, can't be more than nine
Standing on the corner, speaking out his mind
A little child, can't be more than nine
Standing on the corner, speaking out his mind
He said, "We must unite
Oh yes, stand up for your right
Contact the Governor, we want action
I speak-a for the young generation"

Lord don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival is a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't make no fuss if you cut up Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)

Believe me people, what I say is true
You know Harry wouldn't lie to you
Believe me people, what I say is true
You know Harry wouldn't like to you
Man, the Governor, he went mad
Arrested all of Trinidad
Whoa, he made a big mistake
Just some things that Trinidad won't take

Lord don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival is a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't make no fuss if you cut up Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)

I tell you friends, it's a part of history
Carnival time's a big necessity
I tell you friends, it's a part of history
Carnival time's a big necessity
Half the world couldn't sing the songs they sing
From Carnival and all the joy it brings
Oh, Lord it make me glad
Carnival time is back in Trinidad

Lord don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival is a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't make no fuss if you cut up Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I won't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I wouldn't think you mean if you cut up the Halloween
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I don't care what they say if you cut up the May Day
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)

(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I said-a please don't stop the Carnival
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
Carnival time's a Creole bacchanal
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I wouldn't make a fuss if you cut off Christmas
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)
I wouldn't have no fear if you cut off the New Year
(Lord don't stop the Carnival)





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  1. l.... s....

    I LOVED this show-THEN! BUT i now see the danger of communist crap all around-some never grow up-screw 'em!

    l.... s....

    There isn't any 'Communist crap' happening, you MAGAMoron. Take your head out of Trump's butthole and get a different perspective on things.

  2. A.... e....

    thanks Harry, thank you .... I didn't know this song and video ... thanks from Italy

  3. M.... W....

    The Smothers Brothers hated LBJ. I don’t know their views on Nixon.

    M.... W....

    They hated Nixon even more. They hated LBJ's handling of the war but agreed with his domestic agenda. But they were on Nixon's enemies list.

  4. f.... ....

    They broke the rubber band with this one.

  5. J.... ....

    This is our freedom, America. You can listen to your freedom, but you can't see it anymore can you? Remember: Operation Mockingbird and Project Condor are real confirmed corruptions of American continental news media, well before CNN, 24HR news cycles, or twitter. It's obvious: play ball with the powers in charge or get in trouble. That's a familiar historic kind of authority...

  6. B.... B....

    great protest!

  7. t.... ....

    Senate Democrats, American people, progressives and people with a conscience everywhere.......Please stop this carnival #impeachtrump

    t.... ....

    A-fucking-men

  8. d.... d....

    It's hard to believe that "political correctness" existed back then. They didn't show this because it might make Democrats look bad.

    d.... d....

    Political correctness has always existed, it just depends on which way the pendulum is swinging at the time as far as what gets censored. The fact that censorship of material such as this ever existed in American broadcasting history is appalling, and as an American myself I'm ashamed that it ever occurred. I would feel that way if it was the Democratic Convention or the Republican Convention, not just from that year, but any year. This isn't some piece of fluff or a trashy performance that anyone could argue with validity could have corrupted anyone's values, there's simply no excuse that it was cut from the original broadcast. If anything, seeing this could have made people take a hard look at themselves (or the political party of their choice...), and wake up a bit.

    Regardless, I don't care who asked for it or why it was censored. The fact that a thoughtful piece of art could be seen as such an intense threat that it was slashed, remains an absurd black mark on the part of CBS' decision-making entities to date. No wonder Tommy Smothers got as infuriated with the upper brass as he did, having to fight them on a regular basis. Even more stunning in a republic like the U.S. is supposed to be, The Smothers Brothers were fired for not backing down on their political bend, considering that they still did so within the language and humorous boundaries of television in place at the time. If looking at it from an ultimate ending, it hardly would have mattered if it had been broadcast, in the sense that a Democrat didn't get into office in January, 1969...Ridiculous.

    Please understand, I am also no hippie. I don't think that the present Democratic Party is the cat's meow. I don't like hearing foul language in commercials between programs on non-premium cable channels. I don't like watching, "Burns and Allen" reruns on a retro TV network, only to have ads for phone sex hotlines featuring women wearing scanty lingerie play throughout the program's breaks. That's a personal opinion and taste, and I don't ask anyone to share my views. However, I defend a performance such as this, especially as it should have been seen even then as being historically and culturally relevant. This was not something intended to be distasteful or intentionally cruel to anyone, merely to reflect the feelings of those who created it in an artistic manner, many of which I'm sure were heightened greatly by the then-recent deaths of MLK, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Knowledge of the gross lengths people will go to in this nation to silence a benign and valid opinion or work of art contrary to what they like to hear, should be taught to students across the land as a warning about human nature.

    d.... d....

    Bob Seeger? Really?

    d.... d....

    They didn't show this because it would make people lose faith in their whole entire system to see police officers beating peace protestors that looked like them-- as well as news reporters while it was happening! Brazen! They didn't want the world to keep seeing the chaos of reality.

    The sucker that took the fall for Nixon even said as much, that they couldn't just go after blacks and hippies but if they demonized and associated marijuana with hippies and heroin with blacks then they could orchestrate whatever operations they wanted to employ! And they did! These are the same people that started selling Americans COCAINE during Reagan's Just Say No 1980s.

    It's confirmed, dave. No crazy theories. Bill Clinton even covered up the murder of some AK children who found one of the packages dropped in America during that Iran Contra scandal (which even in the news, ignored the drugs aspect of the whole operation over illegal weapons sales to enemy states).

    d.... d....

    no it made Daley look bad! i'm reading the book now about it-dangerously funny-david bianculli

    d.... d....

    Pete seeger Waste Deep in the Big Muddy

  9. D.... C....

    Can't even watch this due to his Communist activism. Entertainers and athletes should just shutup and either sing of play.

    D.... C....

    You are clearly ignorant of the artist's long-standing role in society., since antiquity. I think you should take your own advice.

    D.... C....

    you are a sad little man

    D.... C....

    Da' Coach I agree. They are entitled to their opinion, they are not entitled to their own facts and some of those idiots think their opinion is gospel

    D.... C....

    Trump is one

    D.... C....

    Somebody doesn't understand art

  10. P.... G....

    Marvellous,just marvellous.Better late than never to see this.The Great Man at his best.

  11. c.... ....

    Prepare for 2 encores.

  12. �.... P....

    This is amazing

  13. M.... ....

    Watched Smothers Bros every week. My Mom LOVED Harry Belafonte

  14. C.... G....

    Belafonte's performance was edited from the show and no long after the show was cancelled because they spoke out against the war

  15. �.... O....

    muy buena cancion en un muy buen programa añejo de TV...!