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  1. Funky Nassau

From the recording Funky Nassau

The Beginning of the End was a funk group from Nassau, Bahamas. The group formed in 1969 and consisted of three brothers (Frank, Ray and Roy Munnings), a fourth member on bass (Fred Henfield),[1] and a fifth on guitar (Livingston Colebrook). They released an album entitled Funky Nassau in 1971 on Alston Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records), and the track "Funky Nassau - Part I" became a hit single in the U.S., peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #7 on the Billboard Black Singles chart.[2] The same track reached #31 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1974.[3]

Lyrics

Nassau's gone funky Nassau's gone soul We've got a doggone beat now We gonna call our very own Nassau rock and Nassau roll Nassau's got a whole lotta soul Huh Feel alright Mini skirts Maxi skirts And afro-haired dudes People doin' their own thing They don't care 'bout me or you Nassau's gone funky Nassau's gone soul And we've got a doggone beat now We gonna take care of business too Listen to ze drummer, lay down his beat Listen to ze bass man play zat same groovy beat Attend the guitars is that soulsome tune L'organ aussi! Et les horns, oui, oui Hors Funky Nassau Nassau funky Alors, puis-je jouier s'il vous plait New York you know Has got a lot of soul, soul And London Town Is too doggone cold, too cold, hey Nassau's got sunshine And this you all know But we all go funky We got some soul, too, yeah Yeah-yo Yeah-yo Yeah-yo Yeah-yo (scat) Trumpet! Encore une fois! Funky Nassau, funky Nassau Funky Nassau, funky Nassau Funky Nassau, funky Nassau Funky Nassau, funky Nassau