On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:19:12 UTC*, Andrew Vieira wrote:
> Thanks. I knew that "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
> was Ali's slogan, but I thought that there was a song with that
> line, too. Maybe it is just a poem, but all I'm interested in is
> how it goes.
There actually was (a song, that is), but Ali had very little to do
with it, unless you count that it was about him. It was "Black
Superman - Muhammad Ali", a number one hit in Britain and a top 20
hit here in the States in 1976, by reggae singer Johnny Wakelin.
Probably not exactly what you were looking for (and enough people I
know forgot about it because WABC didn't play it in New York) but it
does exist nonetheless, and can unfortunately only be found on the
"Have A Nice Day/Have A Nice Decade" CD's from Rhino Records.
Its lyrics are here, on a site by a Todd Peach:
http://www.thepeaches.com/music/nicedecade/BlackSupermanMuhammadAli.txt
(the above should all be one line)
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BOB
*Universal Time, Coordinated
