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Phyllis Dillon

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Phyllis Dillon was a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer recorded almost exclusively for Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label in the late 1960s, where her ballad style - including "Perfidia," a rocksteady rework of the classic Spanish-language standard - made her one of the genre's defining and most consistently celebrated women vocalists.

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Phyllis Dillon - "Perfidia" (Official Audio)

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  1. 0:00[Music]
  2. 0:11do
  3. 0:13do [Music]
  4. 0:14[Music]
  5. 0:14[Music] you my heart on
  6. 0:17you my heart on
  7. 0:17you my heart on [Music]
  8. 0:19[Music]
  9. 0:19[Music] per for I found new the love of my
  10. 0:24per for I found new the love of my
  11. 0:24per for I found new the love of my life in somebody else's arms
  12. 0:32your
  13. 0:35eyes are Echo
  14. 0:41perfect forgetful of our promise of
  15. 0:45perfect forgetful of our promise of love you shared in other's
  16. 0:52CH with a sement my dreams have faded
  17. 0:56CH with a sement my dreams have faded like a broken myow de
  18. 1:02[Music]
  19. 1:04[Music] while the gods of Love look down and
  20. 1:06while the gods of Love look down and
  21. 1:06while the gods of Love look down and laugh what rotic sweet
  22. 1:11[Music]
  23. 1:13[Music] mody and
  24. 1:16mody and
  25. 1:16mody and [Music]
  26. 1:17[Music]
  27. 1:17[Music] now I know my love was not for
  28. 1:21now I know my love was not for
  29. 1:21now I know my love was not for [Music]
  30. 1:22[Music]
  31. 1:22[Music] you and so I take it back with a
  32. 1:27you and so I take it back with a
  33. 1:27you and so I take it back with a side perfidious why
  34. 1:32goodbye sock it chy
  35. 1:36goodbye sock it chy baby with a
  36. 1:38baby with a
  37. 1:38baby with a sment my dreams have faded like a broken
  38. 1:43sment my dreams have faded like a broken
  39. 1:44sment my dreams have faded like a broken [Music]
  40. 1:45[Music]
  41. 1:45[Music] Melody while the gods of Love look down
  42. 1:49Melody while the gods of Love look down
  43. 1:49Melody while the gods of Love look down and laugh at what romantic fools we Ms
  44. 1:54and laugh at what romantic fools we Ms
  45. 1:54and laugh at what romantic fools we Ms me and now
  46. 2:00I know my love was not for
  47. 2:04I know my love was not for you and so I'll take it back with
  48. 2:09you and so I'll take it back with
  49. 2:09you and so I'll take it back with aide perfidious one
  50. 2:13aide perfidious one
  51. 2:13aide perfidious one Goodbye
  52. 2:15Goodbye
  53. 2:15Goodbye Oh Oh
  54. 2:18Oh Oh
  55. 2:18Oh Oh Goodbye
  56. 2:20Goodbye
  57. 2:20Goodbye Oh Oh
  58. 2:23Oh Oh
  59. 2:23Oh Oh Goodbye
  60. 2:25Goodbye
  61. 2:25Goodbye Oh Oh goodbye
  62. 2:31Oh Oh goodbye
  63. 2:31Oh Oh goodbye oh oh
  64. 2:37goodbye Goode
  65. 2:40goodbye Goode [Music]
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