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Calypso survives sporadically in Limon and Bocas del Toro (Panama), especially around Carnival time, in the spring. Elsewhere on the mainland, the calypso culture is gone, driven out by radios and jukeboxes broadcasting Latin pop music. The young men sing the radio songs. Only the old remember how people once entertained each other with home-grown lyrics... Walter Ferguson. Album Tracks 1. Me Teacher Never Liked Me 2. Landlady 3. Calaloo 4. Love Up Your Teacher 5. Monilia (You Come to Stay) 6. Bocas 7. Wicked Monilia 8. Caroline 9. Love Your Neighbor 10. Wicked Woman 11. Farewell to the USA 12. Carnival
