c1967

WRONG EMBOYO * THE RULERS * RIO 132 * UK

This song starts off with a traditional blues Stagger Lee, or Stack-O-Lee, when, after only the first verse, one of the group callas out "breaks, wrong emboyo" the music suddenly stops, shifts gear, and another song, this time, seemingly at first, to criticize the protagonists in the Stagger Lee song, after which the criticism seems to shift to a wider and more general level. If any body know the specific meaning of 'emboyo' I'd be grateful to hear it.


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