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Sing Sing Barbara

Michel Laurent & The Mardi Gras

[1971]
Lyrics & Music by Michel Laurent
Performer: Michel Laurent & The Mardi Gras
Album : Sing Sing Barbara

Sing Sing was the third prison built by New York State. In 1824 the New York Legislature gave Elam Lynds, warden of Auburn Prison and a former Army captain, the task of constructing a new, more modern prison. Lynds spent months researching possible locations for the prison, considering Staten Island, The Bronx, and Silver Mine Farm, an area in the town of Mount Pleasant, located on the banks of the Hudson River.
He also visited New Hampshire, where a prison was successfully constructed by inmate labor, using stone that was available on-site. For this reason, by May, Lynds had finally decided on Mount Pleasant, located near a small village in Westchester County with the unlikely name of Sing Sing. This appellation was derived from the Native American words "Sinck Sinck"... (continua)

Do you hear the tapping
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inviata da giorgio 30/5/2011 - 19:35

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Sing Sing Prison.
These pictures of Sing Sing Prison were taken in the summer of 1971, in Ossining, New York. It is located on the Hudson River, north of New York City. This is the prison that added phrases like "Up the river" and "The Big House" to our lexicon.
Keep in mind that these photos were taken over thirty years ago, some of these buildings may have been modified or demolished completely.

giorgio 30/5/2011 - 19:49

La versione francese di Michel Laurent stesso

Version française de Michel Laurent

SING SING BARBARA
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inviata da giorgio 30/5/2011 - 19:53

Versione italiana (Cantata ugualmente da Michel Laurent)

SING SING BARBARA
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inviata da giorgio 30/5/2011 - 20:03