Matanzas Love Affair
December, 1953
Matanzas is a very old town about ninety miles east of Havana. For centuries it has been one of the leading sugar ports of the world, and one of the most popular with sailors, too.It has everything a man looks for in a town -- a wealth of saloons, lots of good food, and a great sufficiency of friendly and forgiving women.This Chantey Man has had a love affair with Matanzas since the first time we dropped the hook there. We spent most our nights in a spot run by an ebony amazon named Sister Fifi....
