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"'''Sly Mongoose'''" is a Trinidadian [[Folk music|folk song]] ''[citation needed]'' and [[calypso music|calypso]] which is widely recognized in the [[Caribbean]].
== Recordings ==
It has been performed and recorded by the German musician [[James Last]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = James Last - Copacabana Happy Dancing|url = http://www.discogs.com/James-Last-Copacabana-Happy-Dancing/master/494701|website = Discogs|access-date = 2016-01-22}}</ref> and his orchestra and by American [[jazz]] musicians including [[Charlie Parker|Charlie "Bird" Parker]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Charlie Parker - "Bird" Is Free|url = http://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Parker-Bird-Is-Free/master/436202|website = Discogs|access-date = 2016-01-22}}</ref> [[Louis Armstrong]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Louis Armstrong and Edward R. Murrow With Leonard Bernstein - Satchmo The Great|url = http://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-and-Edward-R-Murrow-With-Leonard-Bernstein-Satchmo-The-Great/release/1603155|website = Discogs|access-date = 2016-01-22}}</ref> and [[Benny Goodman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Benny Goodman - Here Is Benny Goodman AT His Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1|url = http://www.discogs.com/Benny-Goodman-Here-Is-Benny-Goodman-AT-His-Rare-Of-All-Rarest-Performances-Vol-1/release/2729608|website = Discogs|access-date = 2016-01-22}}</ref>
The Jamaican [[National Dance Theatre Company]] have performed it in a dance choreographed by [[Rex Nettleford]].
==See also==
* [[Alexander Bedward]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Calypso songs]]