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Leyla McCalla
A DAY FOR THE HUNTER,
A DAY FOR THE PREY
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A DAY FOR THE HUNTER, A DAY FOR THE PREY
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LES PLATS SONT TOUS MIS SUR LA TABLE
(Leyla McCalla)
(Canray Fontenot) Arranged by Leyla McCalla
3 FAR FROM YOUR WEB (Leyla McCalla)
4 LIT TLE SPARROW
(Ella Jenkins) Arranged by Leyla McCalla
5 MANMAN (Manno Charlemagne) Arranged by Leyla McCalla
6 PEZE CAFE' Traditional Haitian song - Arranged by Leyla McCalla
7 BLUERUNNER (Instrumental) - (Bebe Carriere) Arranged by Leyla McCalla
8 VIETNAM (Abner Jay) Arranged by Leyla McCalla
9 SALANGADOU Traditional - Arranged by Leyla McCalla
10 LET IT FALL (Leyla McCalla)
11 FEY-O Traditional - Arranged by Leyla McCalla
12 MINIS AZAKA Traditional - Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla – cello, tenor banjo, guitar, vocals
Daniel Tremblay – 5 string banjo, guitar, ti fer, vocals
Free Feral – viola, vocals
Jason Jurzak – bass, sousaphone
And also:
Louis Michot – Fiddle on Les plats sont tous mis sur la table, Peze Café and Bluerunner
Aurora Nealand – clarinet on Far from your Web and accordion on Peze Café
Rhiannon Giddens – vocals on Manman
Marc Ribot – electric guitar on Peze Café
Sarah Quintana – vocals on Salangadou
Sabine McCalla – vocals on Vietnam
Shaye Cohn – cornet on Fey-O and Minis Azaka
Produced by Leyla McCalla.
Recorded November, 2015 at Dockside Studios in Maurice, LA and The Music Shed in
New Orleans, LA.
Engineered and mixed by Justin Tocket and Ben Lorio on Manman.
Mastered by Heba Kadry.
Photos by Sarrah Danziger.
WORLDWIDE BOOKING Chris Colbourn - chris@concertedefforts.com
MANAGEMENT Aaron Johnson - aaronj@knittingfactorymgmt.com
www.leylamccalla.com
A DAY FOR THE HUNTER, A DAY FOR THE PREY
by Leyla McCalla
Thank you to all of the people that supported me in
bringing this project to life, especially Aaron Johnson,
Chris Colbourn, Pascal Bussy, René Goiffon, Justin Tocket
and Steve and Wish Nails of Dockside Studios.
Thank you to the musicians who put their hearts
into these songs and brought them to life ! I learn so much
from watching you all work.
To Delilah, who is the big gest light I could ever imagine.
To Daniel, Your support is everything. You are an
inspiration.
And finally to my dear fans, who believe in my work and
encourage me to keep on this road, this is for you.
If I go away,
I want you to pray.
Not for me,
For the souls who have gone away before.
If I am to stay, I want you to pray.
Not for me,
For the souls to have stayed like me before.
A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey.
If they take me away,
I want you to pray.
Not for me,
For the souls who have been taken like me before.
If I am to stay,
I want you to pray.
Not for me,
For the souls who have stayed like me before.
A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey.
LES PLATS SONT TOUS MIS SUR LA TABLE
FAR FROM YOUR WEB
Où je v’aller pour trouver
Un job, à rien faire ?
Où je v’aller pour trouver les plats tous mis sur la table ?
Grace has kept me far from your web,
Oh me, how I nearly was fooled.
I thank my lucky stars that I’m far,
I am far from your reach.
by Canray Fontenot
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Où je v’aller pour trouver
Une femme comme la mienne ?
Quand je crève de faim, elle après, elle crève de faim, elle aussi.
Où je v’aller pour trouver
Les plats tous mis ?
Les plats tous mis sur la table de ma maison.
by Leyla McCalla
Though your arms are long,
My will is strong.
Grace has kept me far from your web,
I roam free in my garden instead.
I thank my lucky stars, a little bird
Told me all the things I wouldn’t have heard.
Though my soul is free,
Your spirit haunts me.
LIT TLE SPARROW
by Ella Jenkins
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Wake up, wake up,
Little Sparrow.
Don’t make your home
Out in the snow.
Little Bird,
Oh don’t you know,
Your friends flew south,
Many months ago.
You’re just a baby,
You can not fly,
Your wings won’t spread
Against the sky.
Wake up, wake up,
Little Sparrow,
Don’t make your home,
Out in the snow.
MANMAN
by Manno Charlemagne
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Se pa supriz si jodi ya m ap chante pou w
Pou valè mizè ke w pase
M pa kwè m ap janm finn peye w
Nou pa moun la grann sosyete
N ap woule sou w jekwa zan dye manman.
Pito nou chante souple
Rele lespwa kote l ye
Pou nou pa dekouraje
Car nou egziste.
Manman cheri se ou k tout vi m
Detèminasyon m
Jès tandrès afeksyon manke
Tout sa kòz de sitiyasyon m
M gade w lan je ou gade m lanje
Se kè nou tou de k ap rache manman
Kou w tande mwad me rive
Manman m pa gen jou sacre
Li sou tè ya l ekziste
Lakay flè roz pa antre.
Ou wè ke mwen devwe
M chèche lavi pou m pa kite w soufri
Se pa anvi m manke
Il parait se jou pa nou an ki poko rive
Ou wè ke mwen devwe
M chèche la vi pou m pa kite w soufri
Se pa anvi m manke
Il parait se jou pa nou an k poko rive manman.
Ga/d jan la vi fè m kazwele
Fè mwen reziye
M jen ponyèt pa koupe
Vye manman m trime l ap trime
Kou w tande n chita n ap pale
Depi w tande l pran le pase manman
Tou swit fò l gen dlo lan je
Lò sa a bon anj mwen ale
Menm vole mwen ta vole
Pou l kab console.
Son w vye madanm
Ki gen kouray pou li reziste
Apre oun karès oun tèt grate
Li souri l mande fe de rale
Li di pitit mwen nou pat ne
Ke montay pa konn deplase manman
Tout moun pat fèt pou ere
Moun pa fèt pou l twò prese
Se paske w ka obsève
Ki fè w gen tèt chaje.
[Refren final\
Ou wè ke mwen devwe
M chèche lavi pou m pa kite w soufri
Se pa anvi m manke
Il parait se jou pa nou an ki poko rive
Ou wè ke mwen devwe
M chèche la vi pou m pa kite w soufri
Se pa anvi m manke
Il parait se jou pa nou an k poko rive la la la.
PEZE CAFE’
Traditional Haitian song
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Manman voye’m peze café wo
An arrivamn nan sou potay
Jendarm an mwen arretem.
O, sa m’ap di lakay l’em arrive.
BLUERUNNER
(Instrumental)
by Bebe Carriere
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
VIETNAM
LET IT FALL
by Abner Jay
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
by Leyla McCalla
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Look for me boys
‘Cause here I come.
Let it fall,
Let it all fall away,
Few things in life,
Were meant to stay.
I am going away on a far off mission,
I’ll be sailing on the deep blue seas,
I”ll be back in the late late Spring,
And I hope you will be looking the same.
When the leaves turn brown,
They all fall down,
They know they were made,
To fall down.
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Look for me boys
‘Cause here I come.
We’ll all turn to dust,
Oh this we can trust,
We’re all turning,
To dust.
I don’t have anything to offer you
But a maybe.
Not even a ring to put on your finger,
But if you wait, wait, wait for me.
I will return with an honorable discharge,
From the navy.
And I don’t mean maybe.
Oh lord, save me,
For my pretty baby.
SALANGADOU
Traditional
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Salangadou,
Kote piti fi la ye?
Let it go,
Let it go,
Mmmmmm.
Let it be,
Let it be,
Mmmmmm.
FEY-O
Traditional
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Fey-O,
Sove la vi mwen,
Nan mize mwen ye, O.
Pitit mwen malad
M’kouri kay gangan
Si li bon gangan
Sove la vi mwen
Nan mize mwen ye, O.
Fey – Sove la vi mwen!
MINIS AZAKA
Traditional
Arranged by Leyla McCalla
Minis Azaka
M’ape di’w bonjou
O bonojou
O minis O.
Azaka m’ape di’w bonjou
Minis azaka gweliye
M’ape di’w bonjou
Azaka mede pral nan pakotie.
Minis azaka gweliye
Anye, tonne,
Minis azaka gweliye,
Conot an mwen cha vire.
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