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TRINIDAD IS THE PLACE FOR ME
By King Selewa
Tell 'em "no" me wouldn't go, mama
Away from Trinidad, o mama
So tell 'em "no" me wouldn't go, doudou
Away from Port o Spain, o doudou
Trinidad is de place for me
Come an' see di ol' papa Willy
O mama dey'o
O mama dey'o!
Clear di way weeeeee! di bamboo play, mama
Breakaway an' dingolay mama
Yeah what a thrill, Caresser sing, mama
"Madame Khan" an' "Exploitin'", mama
Come wid me to San Fernando
Tiger sing "Oti na bo nigbo"
O mama dey'o
O mama dey'o!
Trinidad is de place for me, mama
It is nice, La Trinity, mama
So tell 'em "no" me wouldn't go, doudou
Away from Port o Spain, o doudou
Come wid me to Point Cumana
Invader sing ol' time kalinda
O mama dey'o
O mama dey'o!
Source:
N.B. The lyrics for this song were kindly provided by King Selewa.
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A Note From The Gull
I don't know, but if Calypso were a woman, the tribute to her that is the music of King Selewa and his Calypsonians would be like a refreshing breeze blowing across her face. I think that she would turn smiling towards it and begin to dance. Thank you, King Selewa!
A brief note about King Selewa & His Calypsonians
King Selewa was born in Togo. He started his musical trip as a ska, rock steady and reggae singer, heavily influenced by the music of 60's Jamaica. He continued learning more about the roots of this musical genre and discovered and fell in love with the original calypso from Trinidad and Tobago.
He recorded a ska reggae record in 2004. See more info at www.lordskalipsoul.com
Here are two examples of his ska and reggae influenced works:
"LORD SKALIPSOUL: ODE TO COMPAY"
and "GEBRESSELASSIE RUN"
A few years later he then recorded a calypso LP "Calypso Invasion" on the world music label ARC music. In the summer of 2009, the band released a second LP on ARC Music entitled "Back to mi home."
King Selewa has mixed his African influences with calypso...in songs like:
"MAMI WATTA",
"OLOMIA",
"UNDER DI MANGO TREE"
"MAMITO'S CALYPSO".
Another of my favourites is King Selewa's version of Caresser's 1938 "Exploiting". I love the minor key, the plaintive "violin" weaving through the background and the stark, unadorned strum of the rhythm leaving the listener to focus on the voices of King Selewa and his backup singer bringing soothing and mysterious messages of their own. Something about the way that this song was performed brought to my attention it's potential as a enchanting story set to music, a lullaby also for a child drifting off to dreamland with visions of adventure in a silent Zeppelin. I love the soft repetition of the "Buy me a Zeppelin".
"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
Trinidad Is The Place For Me
Back To Mi Home
Uploaded by mistou98
BACK TO MI HOME
By King Selewa & His Calypsonians
Refrain:
Back to mi home, oh my west-indian home
Back to my friends, aye Mama, take my hand
Take me, take me, take me to Los Iros
Oh blow wind, blow, cos' I'm so sad you know
Well, ah travelled east and ah travelled west
To places nowherians call de best
Africa, Europe and Canada
South America and even Russia
New Zealand, England or Italy
Good gracious, ah miss my TnT
Too many trains and too many planes
Took me away, dey drove me insane!
Bad people dey tried to poison me
Dem used obeah and simidimi
Look, here I am, no dey could not kill me
Mi heart belong to de land of an Iere!
Refrain:
Back to mi home, oh my west-indian home
Back to my friends, aye Mama, take my hand
Take me, take me, take me to Los Iros
Oh blow wind, blow, cos' I'm so sad you know
Ah mus' confess dat dere is no place
Like mi bungalow in de west indies
Ah wish I'd spend mi very last years
Here wid a cool glass of Vat 19
Watchin' mi dawta Joséphine
Playin' "Uncle Joe" on she violin!
Refrain:
Back to mi home, oh mi west-indian home
Back to my friends, aye Mama, take my hand
Take me, take me, take me to Los Iros
Oh blow wind, blow, cos' I'm so sad you know
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Aye likkle mama baba tunde mama!
Refrain:
Back to mi home
Back to mi home, oh my west-indian home
Back to my friends, aye Mama, take my hand
Take me, take me, take me to Los Iros
Oh blow wind, blow, cos' I'm so sad you know
Back to mi home, oh my west-indian home
Back to my friends, aye Mama, take my hand
Take me, take me, take me to Los Iros
Oh blow wind, blow, cos' I'm so sad you know
Back to mi home.
Source:
N.B. The lyrics posted for this song were kindly provided by King Selewa.
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A Note From The Gull
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Thank you, King Selewa!
"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
Happy Valentine's Forever...
"Fly Me To The Moon" performed by Olivia Ong.
The process of collapsing all my blogs into this blog has been completed. I've now cleared away the extraneous stuff not directly related to songs/poems about Trinbago. I have moved those posts to a new group blog. The INDEX [See linked tab at top of page] is finally up to date. Some of my interests have been taking me down another path for a while now and this blog cannot serve all so I will write elsewhere and preserve this blog as an archive of songs for the visitors who continue to search the site for songs about Trinidad and Tobago. It has been a pleasure to transcribe and organise these works. I cannot promise to post with any regularity in the future but if I come across relevant songs I will try to include them. I have moved the list of Trinbagonian blogs/sites that used to be on the right sidebar over to the left sidebar. The blogs which I list at present represent only a fraction of the Trinbagonian blogs available. I will no longer actively search for those that have eluded my notice.
You take care of yourselves and I will meet you again and again and again in all the ways in which it is possible for the spirit of an expatriate to return to his/her roots.
I have always wanted to be yours and my Valentine's message today is, as always:
"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
INDEX
AUTHOR/TITLE INDEXES
Lyrics - Songs about Trinidad and Tobago
Lyrics - Christmas Music
Miscellanea
Poems
Prose
LYRICS - Songs about Trinidad and Tobago
3CANAL - Borderline
3CANAL - Piti Pata
3CANAL - Revolution
3CANAL - Salt
3CANAL - Talk Yuh Talk
A--
Across The Dark Waters - Kobo Town
Alexis, Anthony "Lexo" - Cry My Beloved Country; performed by Marvellous Marva
Allen, Kurt - Sit Down For The Anthem
Ancient Rhythm - Singing Sandra
As A Nation Forges On - Denyse Plummer
At The Edge Of The City - Kobo Town
Ataklan - Naked Walk
Ataklan - Shadow In The Dark
Ataklan - The Sun Starts To Rise
Atilla The Hun - Graf Zeppelin (Included just for fun)
Atilla The Hun - Iere Now And Long Ago
Attempt Is As Good As The Act - Mighty Sparrow
Austin, King - Progress
B--
Babla and Kanchan - I Love Trinidad Tobago
Baker - God Bless Our Nation
Ballantyne, Gregory - Sumintra; performed by Rikki Jai
The Bandit Factory - Chalkdust
Baron - Mother Earth Crying
Batson, Nadia - One Family
Bedbug - Mighty Spoiler
Beloved - David Rudder
Black Prince - One Lifetime Ent Nuff
Black Stalin - Burn Dem
Black Stalin - New Portrait of Trinidad
Black Stalin - Nothing Ent Strange
Black Stalin - The Same Old Thing
Blackman, Sheldon - Revolution
Blakie - Doctor Ent Dey
Borderline - 3CANAL
Brother Marvin - Jahaji Bhai
BrotherValentino - Dis Place Nice
Brother Valentino - Life Is A Stage
Brother Valentino - True Opposition
Burn Dem - Black Stalin
Bush Medicine - Lord Relator
C--
Calypso Blues - Don George and Nathaniel "Nat King"
Canada So Cold - Lord Melody
Can't Take Trini Outta Me - Remmi-D
Can't Take Trini Outta Me Unplugged - Remmi-D
Caresser - Exploiting
Carnival Is Bacchanal - Lord Caresser
Chalkdust - The Bandit Factory
Chalkdust - From Naipaul To Shame
Chalkdust - National Unity
Chalkdust - Shortcut Country
Cole, Nathaniel "Nat King" and Don George - Calypso Blues
Collateral Damage - Kizzy Ruiz; composed by Dermotte Pierre
Collins, Carlton - Is Ah Long Time; performed by Manchild
Coming Home - Terra B
Congo Bara
Corbeaux Following - Kobo Town
Country Life - Lord Relator
Cristo - No Nationality
The Cry - Tambu
Cry My Beloved Country - Marvellous Marva; composed by Anthony "Lexo" Alexis
Culture - Tambu
Curiously Ringo - We Ent come Fuh Dat
D--
Dan, Maximus - Fighter
Dat Is Bad - Shadow
Devine, Winston - Sailing; performed by The Mighty Trini
Dis Place Nice - Brother Valentino
Doctor Ent Dey - Blakie
Doggone Rubbitch - Gene Wilkes
E--
Explainer - Foolin' Up
Exploiting - Lord Caresser
F--
Farmer Nappy - Pure Niceness
Fighter - Maximus Dan
Find Peace - Shadow
Foolin' Up - Explainer
Forward Home - Andre Tanker (1941-2003)
Foster, Joanne - Which Bone?; composed by Christophe Grant
From Naipaul To Shame - Chalkdust
Funny - How Yuh Feel?
G--
The Ganges and The Nile - David Rudder
Gen X - Trinidad Is My Country
George, Don and Nathaniel "Nat King" Cole - Calypso Blues
George, Iwer - Plant A Garden
George, Iwer - Sweet, Sweet T&T
George, Roger - My Land
Get To Hell Out - The Mighty Sparrow
God Bless Our Nation - Baker
God Bless Our Nation - Marjorie Padmore
Good Citizen- the Mighty Sparrow
Graf Zeppelin - Atilla The Hun
Grant, Christophe - Joy Cometh In The Morning (composer)
Grant, Christophe - One Day of Prayer
Grant, Christophe - True Colours; performed by Singing Sandra
Grant, Christophe - Which Bone?; performed by Joanne Foster
Growling Tiger - Song Of Peace
Gypsy - Man And Time
Gypsy - Mockery of Democracy
Gypsy - The Poor Man
Gypsy - Rhythm Of A People
Gypsy - Sinking Ship
Gypsy - Soul Of The Nation
Gypsy - Swimming Against The Tide
Gypsy - This Land Is Mine
Gypsy - Warmongers
Gypsy - We Need More Love
H--
The Heart Of A Man - Zan featuring Machel Montano
Hello People - Mighty Sparrow
Help! - Mighty Duke
Henry, David Emmanuel - Trinbago Will Be Nice Again
Herbert, Christopher "Tambu" - See "Tambu"
High Cost Of Living - Mighty Sparrow
High Mas' I - David Rudder
Home, Sweet Home - The Mighty Terror
Hoosay - David Rudder
How Yuh Feel? - Funny
Hudson, Melanie - I Will Always Be There For You; composed by David Rudder
I--
I Love My Country - Machel Montano
I Love Trinidad Tobago - Babla and Kanchan
I'd Rather Be In Trinidad - David Rudder
I Will Always Be There For You - Melanie Hudson; composed by David Rudder
Identity - Rikki Jai
Iere Now And Long Ago - Atilla the Hun
Index Of A Nation - Lord Shorty
The Iron Man - Zandolie
Is Ah Long Time - Manchild; composed by Carlton Collins
Isolate South Africa - Mighty Sparrow
Iwer George - Plant A Garden
Iwer George - Stand Up And Fight
J--
Jacobs, Carl - Sugar Island; ft Roger George
Jahaji Bhai - Brother Marvin
Jai, Rikki - Identity
Jai, Rikki - Sumintra; composed by Gregory Ballantyne
Jayson - One Day T&T (We Shall Overcome)
The Journey - Tambu
Joy Cometh In The Morning - Denyse Plummer; composed by Christophe Grant
K--
K.D. - What Kind Of Country Are You?
King Selewa - Trinidad Is The Place For Me
Kobo Town - Across The Dark Waters
Kobo Town -At The Edge Of The City
Kobo Town - Corbeaux Following
Kobo Town - Sing Out, Shout Out
Kobo Town - Trinity
L--
Land of Oil And Music - Machel Montano
Laziest Man - Mighty Dougla
Lend A Hand - The Mighty Sparrow
Life Is A Stage - Brother Valentino
Lord Caresser - Carnival Is Bacchanal
Lord Caresser - Exploiting
Lord Funny - Sweet, Sweet Trinidad
Lord Kitchener - Too Much Holidays
Lord Kitchener - Your Own Comes First
Lord Melody - Canada So Cold
Lord Melody - Mama Look Ah Boo Boo!
Lord Nelson - One Family
Lord Nelson - We Like It
Lord Pretender - Never Ever Worry
Lord Pretender - Things That The Nation Needs
Lord Relator - Bush Medicine
Lord Relator - Country Life
Lord Shorty - Index Of A Nation
Love Thy Neighbour - Roaring Lion
M--
The Madman's Rant - David Rudder
Man And Time - Gypsy
Maestro - Mr. Trinidadian
Maestro - Yuh Foolin'
Magistrate Try Himself - Mighty Spoiler
Mama Look Ah Boo Boo! - Lord Melody
Manchild - Is Ah Long Time; composed by Carlton Collins
Marvellous Marva - Cry My Beloved Country; composed by Anthony "Lexo" Alexis
McCollin, Rocky - This Is My Flag
Mayers, Richard "Nappy" - Old Time Days
Me Today, You Tomorrow - Shadow
Merchant - Pain
Merchant - Reaching Out
Merchant - Silver Lining
Mighty Dougla - Laziest Man
Mighty Dougla - Split Me In Two
Mighty Duke - Help!
Mighty Duke - Victims
The Mighty Sniper - Portrait of Trinidad
The Mighty Sniper - A Way To Success(Productivity)
The Mighty Sparrow - Attempt Is As Good As The Act
The Mighty Sparrow - Get To Hell Out!
The Mighty Sparow - Good Citizen
The Mighty Sparrow - Hello People
The Mighty Sparrow - High Cost Of Living
The Mighty Sparrow - Isolate South Africa
The Mighty Sparrow - No Money For Dat
The Mighty Sparrow - Our Model Nation
The Mighty Sparrow - Lend A Hand
The Mighty Sparrow - Prophet of Doom
The Mighty Sparrow - Survival
The Mighty Sparrow - We Like It So
Spoiler - Bedbug
Mighty Spoiler - Magistrate Try Himself
Mighty Spoiler - Money In The Bank
The Mighty Terror - Home, Sweet Home
The Mighty Trini - Sailing; composed by Winston Devine
Mockery Of Democracy - Gypsy
Money In The Bank - Mighty Spoiler
Montano, Machel - I Love My Country
Montano, Machel - Land Of Oil and Music
Mother Earth Crying - Baron
Mr. Trinidadan - Maestro
Mr. World - Natasha Wilson
Mulrain, Pearl Yvonne - Too Much Hurt and Frustration
My Land - Roger George
N--
Nah Leaving - - Denyse Plummer
Naked Walk - Ataklan
A Nation New Is Born - G. Carlton Sampson
The National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago - Patrick Castagne
National Unity - Chalkdust
Never Ever Worry - Lord Pretender
New Portrait of Trinidad - Black Stalin
No Money For Dat - Mighty Sparrow
No Nationality - Cristo
Nothing Ent Strange - Black Stalin
O--
O' Trinidad...Love Again - The Merchant (Dennis Franklyn)
Ode To Tobago - Lord Kitchener
Odorous Woman - Silverado
Old Time Days - Richard "Nappy" Mayers
One Day - Natasha Wilson
One Day of Prayer - Singing Sandra; composed by Christophe Grant
One Day T&T (We Shall Overcome) - Jayson
One Family - Lord Nelson
One Family - Nadia Batson
One Lifetime Ent Nuff - Black Prince
Our Model Nation - The Mighty Sparrow
Our Nation's Dawning - G. Carlton Sampson
Ozymagic - Real Trini
P--
Pain - Merchant
Pay De Devil - Mighty Shadow
Penguin - People Is People
Penguin - What Sweet In Goat Mouth
People Is People - Penguin
Pierre, Dermotte - Collateral Damage (composer)
Piti Pata - 3Canal
Plant A Garden - Iwer George
Plummer, Denyse - As A Nation Forges On
Plummer, Denyse - Joy Cometh in the Morning; composed by David Rudder
Plummer, Denyse - Nah Leaving
Plummer, Denyse - They Reach; composed by David Rudder
Plummer, Denyse - Together, Right Here
The Poor Man - Gypsy
Portrait of Trinidad - The Mighty Sniper
Poverty Is Hell - Shadow
Progress - King Austin
Prophet of Doom - The Mighty Sparrow
Protector - We Ent gone Through Yet
Protector - We Talking Change
Pure Niceness - Farmer Nappy
Q--
R--
Reaching Out - Merchant
Real Trini - Ozymagic
Remmi-D - Can't Take Trini Outta Me
Remmi-D - Can't Take Trini Outta Me Unplugged
Revolution - 3CANAL
Revolution - Sheldon Blackman
Rhythm Of A People - Gypsy
The Roaring Lion - Love Thy Neighbour
The Roaring Lion - Trinidad, The Land Of Calypso
Rudder, David - Beloved
Rudder, David - The Ganges and the Nile
Rudder, David - High Mas' I
Rudder, David - Hoosay
Rudder, David - I'd Rather Be In Trinidad
Rudder, David - I Will Always Be There For You; performed by Melanie Hudson
Rudder, David - The Madman's Rant
Rudder, David - The Savagery(The Scent Has Returned)
Rudder, David - Song For A Lonely Soul
Rudder, David - They Reach
Rudder, David - Trini To De Bone
Ruiz, Kizzy - Collateral Damage; composed by Dermotte Pierre
S--
Sailing - The Mighty Trini; composed by Winston Devine
Salt - 3CANAL
The Same Old Thing - Black Stalin
Sampson, G. Carlton - Our Nation's Dawning
The Savagery (The Scent Has Returned) - David Rudder
Scratch Mih Back - Shadow
Shadow - Dat Is Bad
Shadow - Find Peace
Shadow - Me Today, You Tomorrow
Shadow - Pay De Devil
Shadow - Poverty Is Hell
Shadow - Scratch Mih Back
Shadow - Survival Road
Shadow - Who Foolin' Who
Shadow In The Dark - Ataklan
Shortcut Society - Chalkdust
Silver Lining - Merchant
Silverado - Odorous Woman
Sing Out, Shout Out - Kobo Town
Singing Sandra - Ancient Rhythm
Singing Sandra - One Day of Prayer; composed by Christophe Grant
Singing Sandra - Song For Healing
Singing Sandra - True Colours; composed by Christophe Grant
Singing Sandra - Voices From The Ghetto [Crying]
Sinking Ship - Gypsy
Sit Down For The Anthem - Kurt Allen
Song For A Lonely Soul - David Rudder
Song For Healing - Singing Sandra
Song Of Peace - Growling Tiger
Soul Of The Nation - Gypsy
Split Me In Two - Mighty Dougla
Spoiler's Return - Derek Walcott
Stand Up And Fight - Iwer George
The Stickman - Zandolie
Sugar Island - Carl Jacobs ft. Roger George
Sumintra - Composed by Gregory Ballantyne; performed by Rikki Jai
Survival - Mighty Sparrow
Survival Road - Shadow
Sweet, Sweet T&T - Iwer George
Sweet, Sweet Trinidad - Lord Funny
Sweet T&T - Natasha Wilson
Sweet Trinidad -
Swimming Against The Tide - Gypsy
T--
Talk Yuh Talk - 3CANAL
Tambu - The Cry
Tambu - Culture
Tambu - The Journey
Tanker, Andre - Forward Home
Terra B - Coming Home
They Reach - David Rudder (composer)
Things That Nation Needs - Lord Pretender
This Is My Flag - Rocky McCollin
This Land Is Mine - Gypsy
Together, Right Here - Denyse Plummer
Too Much Holidays - Lord Kitchener
Too Much Hurt and Frustration - Pearl Yvonne Mulrain
Trinbago Will Be Nice Again - David Emmanuel Henry
Trini To The Bone - David Rudder & Carl Jacobs
Trinidad" Iere, Land Of The Humming Bird
Trinidad, The Land Of Calypso - The Roaring Lion
Trinidad Is My Country - Gen X
Trinidad Is The Place For Me - King Selewa
Trinity - Kobo Town
True Colours - Composed by Christophe Grant; performed by Singing Sandra
True Opposition - Brother Valentino
U--
V--
Valentino See Brother Valentino
Victims - Mighty Duke
Voices From The Ghetto [Crying] - Singing Sandra
W--
Warmongers - Gypsy
Watchman - We Ent Arrive As Yet
A Way To Success(Productivity) - Mighty Sniper
We Ent Arrive As Yet - Watchman
We Ent Come Fuh Dat - Curiously Ringo
We Ent Gone Through Yet - Protector
We Like It - Lord Nelson
We Like It So - Mighty Sparrow
We Need More Love - Gypsy
We Talking Change - Protector
What Kind Of Country Are You? - K.D.
What Sweet In Goat Mouth - Penguin
Which Bone? - Joanne Foster; composed by Christophe Grant
The Whip - Zandolie
Who Foolin' Who - Shadow
Wilson, Natasha - Mr. World
Wilson, Natasha - One Day
Wilson, Natasha - Sweet T&T
X--
Y--
Your Own Comes First - Lord Kitchener
Yuh Foolin' - Maestro
Z--
Zandolie - The Iron Man
Zandolie - The Stickman
Zandolie - The Whip
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A--
Alegria - Daisy Voisin
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Alma Llanera - Pedro Elías Gutiérrez
Alumbra El Zaguan - Hugo Blanco
Alumbra Luna
Ansiedad
Aunque - Clarita Rivas
Ay, Ay, Maria - Singing Francine
B--
Baron - Come Go
Baron - It's Christmas
Belafonte, Harry - Mary's Boy Child
Blanco, Hugo - Alumbra El Zaguan
Bottle And Spoon - Lord Relator
Bring Drinks - Sprangalang
C--
Caminante - Baron
Chinee Parang - Damian and Melina Joseph
Come Go - Baron
Coro de Ninos - Fuego Al Canon
D--
De Parang Now Start - Scrunter
De Whole Hog - Rebuscar
Drink Ah Rum - Lord Kitchener
E--
Eat Something Before You Go - Scrunter
F--
Father Christmas - Mighty Spoiler
Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti - Los Tucusitos
Flores, Sharlene - Sereno, Sereno
Fuego El Canon - Coro de Ninos
G--
El Gavilan - Magdalena Sanchez
Gutiérrez, Pedro Elías - Alma Llanera
Gypsy - Caminante
Gypsy - Man And Time
Gypsy - Sereno Say
Gypsy - Swimming Against The Tide
H--
Homemade Wine - Scrunter
Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah - Singing Francine
I--
It's Christmas - Baron
J--
Joseph, Damian and Melina - Chinee Parang
K--
Lord Kitchener - Drink Ah Rum
L--
M--
Maicoo, Susan - Trini Christmas Is The Best
Maicoo, Susan - We Come Out To Dance
Man And Time - Gypsy
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
Mi Burrito Sabanero
Montano, Machel - Soca Santa
Myron B - Parang Festival
N--
O--
P--
Paramin - Singing Sandra
Parang Festival - Myron B
Q--
R--
Rebuscar - De Whole Hog
Rivas, Clarita - Aunque
Lord Relator - Bottle And Spoon
S--
Sanchez, Magdalena - El Gavilan
Scrunter - De Parang Now Start
Scrunter - Eat Something Before You Go
Scrunter - Homemade wine
Sereno Say - Gypsy
Sereno, Sereno - Sharlene Flores
Singing Francine - Ay, Ay, Maria
Singing Francine - Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah
Singing Sandra - Paramin
Soca Santa - Machel Montano
Mighty Spoiler - Father Christmas
Sprangalang - Bring Drinks
Swimming Against The Tide - Gypsy
T--
Trini Christmas Is The Best - Susan Maicoo
Los Tucusitos - Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti
U--
V--
Victims - Mighty Duke
Voisin, Daisy - Alegria
W--
We Come Out To Dance - Susan Maicoo
De Whole Hog - Rebuscar
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MISCELLANEA
A--
Armstrong, Louis - High Society Calypso
B--
The Benjamin Calypso - From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Born in Trinidad - Orange Street
C--
El Callao Carnaval
Calypso Dance (The Right Way)
Calypso On The Island - Stanley & the Turbines
Coconut Water - Performed by Fred, Jojo, Manux and Lou as guest
Costa Rican Calypso
D--
E--
F--
Farrakhan, "The Charmer"
G--
Garland, Judy - Minnie From Trinidad
H--
Hayworth, Rita - Trinidad Lady; from the movie "Affair In Trinidad" (1952)
High Society Calypso - Louis Armstrong
I--
I Fought The Battle Of Trinidad And Tobago - Loney, Dear
J--
K--
L--
Loney, Dear - I Fought The Battle Of Trinidad And Tobago
M--
Minnie In Trinidad - Judy Garland
Mitchum, Robert (Robert Mitchum sings calypso??)
N--
O--
Orange Street - Born In Trinidad
P--
Pig Calypso - Muppets
Q--
R--
Robert Mitchum sings calypso??
S--
Stanley & The Turbines - Calypso On The Island
T--
Trinidad Lady; Performed by Rita Hayworth in the movie "Affair In Trinidad" (1952)
U--
V--
W--
X--
Y--
Z--
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POEMS
A--
A.D.D Generation - Khristal Nicole Griffith
Alter-Native - TheGlassHermitage
Ateeb0 - A Most Wanted Man
Ateebo - If Ah Dead, Ah Dead
Ateebo - La Trinity
Ateebo - Mr. Bobolee
Ateebo - The Limitations of Salt, Sticks and Incantations
Ateebo - Look Devil Dey!
Ateebo - Massa Day Will Never Done
Ateebo - The Secrets of Cane
Ateebo - There Is No Damn Cradle In The Bosom Of Abraham
B--
Blowing In A Random Breeze - Amryl Johnson
The Bushmaster - Robber Talk
C--
Cah Nah Val - Gene Wilkes
Chief Hyarima mourns the oppression of his people - F.E.M. Hosein
Congo Bara
Cross Country? - Gene Wilkes
D--
Desde La Tierra De Promesas Infinitas
Doggone Rubbitch - Gene Wilkes
Dry Season - TheGlassHermitage
E--
F--
The Flowering Rock - Eric Roach (1915-1974)
G--
TheGlassHermitage - Alter-Native
TheGlassHermitage - Keeping The Brothers
The GlassHermitage - Lord, Put A Hand
TheGlassHermitage - Rainy Season
TheGlassHermitage - Revelations
TheGlassHermitage - Trinidad: The Web
Griffith, Khristal Nicole - A.D.D Generation
Guanaguanare - Having Carelessly Made Tracks For 'Gouti To Run
H--
Having Carelessly Made Tracks For 'Gouti To Run - Guanaguanare
Henry, David Emmanuel - Trinbago Will Be Nice Again
Heroes - Lesley-Ann Brown; beats by Woody
Hosein, F.E.M. - Chief Hyarima Mourns the Oppression of His People
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I Still Love Trinbago- Anonymous
If Ah Dead, Ah Dead - Ateebo
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A Job For The Hangman - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
Johnson, Amryl - Blowing In A Random Breeze
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Keeping The Brothers - TheGlassHermitage
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - A Job For The Hangman
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - Letter From Sea Lots
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - Obeah Man
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - Recess
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - West India
Kwabena, Roi Guanapo Ankhkara - Whether or Not
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Letter From Sea Lots - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
The Limitations of Salt, Sticks and Incantations - Ateebo
Look Devil Dey - Ateebo
Lord, Put A Hand - TheGlassHermitage
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Massa Day Will Never Done - Ateebo
Mongrel - Gene Wilkes
A Most Wanted Man - Ateebo
Mr. Bobolee - Ateebo
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O' Trinidad...Love Again - The Merchant (Dennis Franklyn)
Obeah Man -Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
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Play Mas', Doh Play De Ass - Gene Wilkes
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Recess - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
The Returned
Revelations - TheGlassHermitage
Roach, Eric - The Flowering Rock
Robber Talk - The Bushmaster
Robbery Under De Trees - Gene Wilkes
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Sando City Still Stink - Gene Wilkes
Sando City Weak- Gene Wilkes
The Secrets of Cane - Ateebo
Sex In De City - Gene Wilkes
So Pure - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
De Stickman - Zandolie
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There Is No Damn Cradle In The Bosom Of Abraham - Ateebo
Trinidad: The Web - TheGlassHermitage
La Trinity - Ateebo
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Wake Up, People
We Like It So - Mighty Sparrow
West India - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
Whether Or Not - Roi Guanapo Ankhkara Kwabena
Wilkes, Gene - Cah Nah Val
Wilkes, Gene - Cross Country?
Wilkes, Gene - Doggone Rubbitch
Wilkes, Gene - Mongrel
Wilkes, Gene - Play Mas', Doh Play De Ass
Wilkes Gene - Robbery Under De Trees
Wilkes, Gene - Sando City Still Stink
Wilkes, Gene - Sando City Weak
Wilkes, Gene - Sex In De City
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Zandolie - De Stickman
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Chief Hyarima mourns the oppression of his people - F.E.M. Hosein
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 1
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 2
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 3
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 4
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 5
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 6
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 7
Clark, Mary Alice - A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 8
Columbus Sights Trinidad - F.E.M. Hosein
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Hosein, F.E.M. - Columbus Sights Trinidad
Hosein, F.E.M. - Chief Hyarima Mourns the Oppression of His People
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The Lost Atlantis - F.W. Sieber (Comment on)
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A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 1 - Mary Alice Clarke
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 2
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 3
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 4
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 5
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 6
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 7
A Sketch Of Trinidad: Excerpt 8
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Naked Walk
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NAKED WALK
By Ataklan
I like to walk naked
Don't let them tell you what to do with your reality
'Cause only you know what that is...
There's a reason for the seasons, a reason if it snows
A reason for a river and the places that it flows
A reason for the rain, a reason for the pain
Knowing deep inside my soul that I would rise again
'Cause the more I listen is the more I hear
And the more I learn is the less I fear
And the more I feel is the more I care
And the more them people dress it up
Is the less I wear.
'Cause I like to walk naked
Naked, I like to walk
Naked away from Wall Street paintings
And poets buying yards of fabric, lord
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk.
They full mih head with lead
And pump mih mind with ink
Tell me never to grow a dread
'Cause that's the right way to think
They teach me foreign history
'Til I doh know nothing about me
Still Rastas can't work in banks
And they call that equality
Well, tell John Hawkins to hop a kite
Buy some thread and fly away
Midnight Robber and Pierrot Grenade
Is we history lesson today
Is we history lesson today
Is we history lesson today.
'Cause I like to walk naked
Naked I like to walk
Naked away from Wall Street paintings
And poets buying yards of fabric, lord
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk.
There a reason for the season, a reason if it snows
A reason for a river and the places that it flows
A reason for the rain, a reason for the pain
Knowing deep inside my soul that I would rise again
'Cause the more I listen is the more I hear
And the more I learn is the less I fear
And the more I feel is the more I care
And the more them people dress it up
Is the less I wear
'Cause I like to walk naked
Naked I like to walk
Naked away from Wall Street paintings
And poets buying yards of fabric, yards of fabric, lord
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk
To make pretty their rhythmic talk.
There a reason for the seasons, a reason if it snows...
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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
