"Jean and Dinah" (When The Yankees Gon) is a calypso from Trinidad and Tobago in the

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sung by calypsonian Mighty Sparrow that became an international hit in 1956. It was also his first of eight

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es. This calypso, Sparrow's first hit, commented on the large-scale prostitution that the bases once supported and the desperation of these prostitutes following the closure of many

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military bases in Trinidad in the post-war period. :''Jean and Dinah, Rosita and Clemontina'' :''Round de corner posin :''Bet your life is something dey sellin :''But when you catch them broken'' "broke"''you could get dem all for nuttin :''Doh make no row'' :''De Yankee gone and Sparrow take over now'' American movie star Robert Mitchum also recorded the song and released it on his 1957 hit album ''Calypso… is like so''.

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