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De Vlaamse Bob Dylan werd hij wel genoemd. Zijn eerste plaat, Ring, ring I've
got to sing werd een wereldwijde hit, en bracht hem zelfs op een Amerikaanse
lijst van staatsvijanden. Hij had in België nog een paar hitjes, maar zijn rock'n'roll-
lifestyle bracht hem aan de bedelstaf. In 1982 stierf hij straatarm aan keelkanker.
Oh, don't cry, my baby, don't cry all the while
Don't cry, my baby, just give me a smile
Seen my Daddy die in the war
Seen my Mama die cryin' for
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
They call me a hound dog
They call me a swine
It's all because of my colour
For their wars though I'm fine
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
Di-dum de-de-di-day-ay. dum de-de-di-dum
Di-dum de-de-di-day-day, di-dum de-de-di-dum
They're talking 'bout freedom of religion and race
But if you're a Negro they slap you in the face
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
So what's the use to fighting
For that sacred democracy
When the Ku Klux Klan-murderers
Are going scot free?
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
A-ring, a-ring, but I've got to sing
But I'm still happy, so don't cry, my babe
Together we'll strife for
Bein' free people some day
Oh, ring, ring, so we've got to sing
Ring, ring, together we'll sing
Di-dum de-de-di-du-um, di-dum de-de-di-day
Di-dum de-de-di-du-um, di-dum de-de-di-day
Di-dum-dede-didi-dum-dum, di-dum-de-de-di-da-hay
Di-dum-dede-didi-dum-dum, di-dum-de-de-di-day
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
Di-dum, di-dum, di-dum-de-de-di-da-ha-ha-hay
Dum, di-dum, di-dum-de-de-di-day.