Rosibella

DESCRIPTION: Call-response. Calls: "Rosibel [I] talk you no hear." "Rosibel do you like it round here?" "Rosibel do not go, you're not here." Response: "Rosibell-o bell-o" and, sometimes, "Bell bell bell bell."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1981 (JamaicaFaithWorkPlay)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad worksong
FOUND IN: West Indies(Jamaica)
RECORDINGS:
unknown, "Rosibella" (on JamaicaFaithWorkPlay)
File: RcRosibe

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