The Original Golden Gate Boys where immensely popular back home in Suriname and inspired many groups.One of them is todays group who started singing somewhere in the sixties.
This song is a traditional dating from slavery times probably around 1700.
In the song a "patron" (slave being the foreman) is being made ridiculous by other slaves after foreign pirates/army's have raided their lumber plantations and took all wood with them.
He's being asked why he did not stop them, how much beating he has received and why he's trying to hide he's in pain.
A rare opportunity to get back at him.
The Golden gate Boys are E.Banket, D.Berenstein, E.Vabrie and W.Bergtop.
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