Harlem In Havana

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Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs ("Urge for Going," "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides, Now," "The Circle Game") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell and her popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock" helped define an era and a generation. Her more starkly personal 1971 recording Blue has been called one o… more »

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1998

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At the far end of the midway
By the double Ferris wheel
There's a band that plays so snakey
You can't help how you feel
Emmie Mae ran away
With a man as dark as night
You can see him, if you go there
Second trumpet to the right

They play "Night Train"
So snaky
Black girls dancing
Long and lanky
Barkers barking
Step right up, folks!
The show is about to begin
It's Harlem in Havana time
Step right in!
Silver spangles 
See 'em dangle in the farm boy's eyes
Hootchie kootchie
Auntie Ruthie would've cried 
If she knew we were on the inside.

When Emmie Mae ran away
She came back a bottle blond
God! The gossips had a gourmet feast
Chomping on how she was born
But miracle of miracles
'cause we were underage
She got us nearly front row seats
To the right side of the stage
See that tall girl?
That's a man
That one, too 
Big yellow feather fan
Barkers barking
Step right up, folks!
The show is about to begin
It's Harlem in Havana time
Step right in!
Silver spangles 
See 'em dangle in the farm boy's eyes
Hootchie kootchie
Auntie Ruthie would've died 
If she knew we were on the inside.

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