Count Lasher (Terence Parkins) was most likely Mento's greatest single tale… Read Full Bio ↴Count Lasher (Terence Parkins) was most likely Mento's greatest single talent. He was one of mento's very best vocalists (along with Harold Richardson) and one of its very best writers (along with Everard Williams). Lasher was equally at home recording in the rural and urban mento styles, just as he was recording original compositions as well as old Jamaican mento/folk songs.
He was Jamaica's biggest golden age mento star, full of talent and charisma. His popularity was only rivaled by the cross-over fame of Lord Flea. Lasher was also one of mento's most prolific artists, recording at least 50 tracks right through the first part of the 1970s, by which time he had moved from various mento sounds to a brief dalliance with ska and then into reggae.
For all the many singles he recorded, Lasher has never released a CD or LP. And although a handful of his tracks are available today, considering his stature, Count Lasher may be the single most neglected artist in the history of Jamaican recorded music. Count Lasher died in 1977 at the age of 51.
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He was Jamaica's biggest golden age mento star, full of talent and charisma. His popularity was only rivaled by the cross-over fame of Lord Flea. Lasher was also one of mento's most prolific artists, recording at least 50 tracks right through the first part of the 1970s, by which time he had moved from various mento sounds to a brief dalliance with ska and then into reggae.
For all the many singles he recorded, Lasher has never released a CD or LP. And although a handful of his tracks are available today, considering his stature, Count Lasher may be the single most neglected artist in the history of Jamaican recorded music. Count Lasher died in 1977 at the age of 51.
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Talking Parrot
Count Lasher Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Count Lasher:
Bam Bam Bam Bam Aah I want you to know that, I am the…
Calypso Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha When first I head the cha…
Calypso Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha When first I head the cha…
Doctor Doctor, doctor Don't use this knife on me This last operatio…
Island Gal Sally Ay this is the beginning of sally brown Creole lady of…
Mango Time Mango time, mango time Yes the temperature getting hot Mango…
Old Man's Drive An ole man met a beautiful brown And ask her bout…
Perseverance Boldly hold on your digger Get set we're going to leave And…
The Ole Man's Drive An ole man met a beautiful brown And ask her bout…
The Ole Mans Drive An ole man met a beautiful brown And ask her bout…
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@TheRealDJGIBS
I nearly lose my life at Spanish Town
To a talking parrot that was around
(repeat)
At a married women soul, my stole a chance
The man came while we were in romance
As he rush in the house, the girl rush out
And in the heat of the excitement the parrot shout
Hey Danny… a man inside
Search well he gone and hide
Danny… search all about
For a fella went inside, he ain’t come back out
Well friends its now excitement start
The girl rushed out to the parrot
She said Pretty what’s wrong with you
The parrot shout out, you know its true
And just as the husband smelled the rat
Got smart by the words of his parrot
Ah who was inside mi house selling
Before she answered the parrot shout out again
Hey Danny… (chorus)
So just imagine my position
I don’t know where to run in Spanish Town
So what I had to really do instead
Run and hide, fight below the bed
Deciding that when I get a chance
I’ll scramble mi shirt and take mi pants
But as I scramble mi clothes mi money fall
And in the higgling and jiggling the parrot bawl
Hey Danny… (chorus)
So I decided to stay no mo’
I made a great jump to the window
I fall on the ground just like a mouse
And with the same speed underneath the house
Under the house well what I heard
These words from the parrot bird
Danny this is the second time
He come and fight with your wife behind the blind
Hey Danny… (chorus)
@gyasikrasineb4808
Oh what a gem!
Takes me back to my infancy when I just arrived in England and was introduced to our family radiogram listening to these well loved classics of the day. I must say it will never leave me and my memories of my birth place Jamaica
@rootsrock2394
Such a class song, makes me chuckle every time I listen😄👊🏼
@margueritegastanaga5156
I Rember dancing to this back in the day. ye mon
@linettboyd4380
Search well inside Danny...
Just love this song
@frederickadavis7239
They don't make dem like this no more
@theodoretheelder6248
I heard this song for the first time on the radio on Collins Avenue Miami Beach back in 2004, but couldn't remember the name the name of it. I'm so glad to find it.
@edwinawilson6716
It's a classic Amongst others.#salt fish it sweeter than meat when you to eat all salt fish sweet....you eat ? you cook ?
@KemmarFerron
Awesome
@somavukova4902
Superb find, appreciate the upload good sir.
@axelnatural
Bad Man Style!!!!!