The Mighty Sparrow vs. The Lord Melody - Classic Picong Duel (1957)

From the Emory Cook album "Calypso Kings and Pink Gin" (1957) The classic verbal duels between the Mighty Sparrow and his friendly nemesis The Lord Melody have become calypso legend, and this ex-tempo session from the original Young Brigade Calypso Tent of 1957 is a great example of the art known to calypso fans as "picong". Here, the legendary calypsonians take on each other in an extemporaneous exchange of insults as they battle each other in the classic back and forth picong style. The actual exchange is captured on the album cover of the 1957 Cook album "Calypso Kings and Pink Gin" As they used to say in the old days, "Santimanitay"(Sans humanite') without mercy!