Lend A Hand [Song]

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LEND A HAND
The Mighty Sparrow

Now is the time to rebuild
Make up your mind to climb the hill
It's reconstruction time in Trinidad
So put your shoulders to the wheel, mih lad
Move on, don't stop 'til you reach the top.

Chorus:
You put a hand and I put a hand and we will see
For big and for small, in no time at all, prosperity
There's no other way to do it, show your patriotic spirit
Unity, somehow, if Trinidad ever needed you, it's now.

Trinidadians one and all, hear my plea, answer my call
The peace and happiness we had before
Was lost with everybody fighting war
Let's hope that done, so move on . . . upwards.

Chorus:
You put a hand and I put a hand and we will see
In no time at all, for big and for small, prosperity
There's no other way to do it, show your patriotic spirit
Unity, somehow, if Trinidad ever needed you, it's now.

Forget political policy and political ties
And rebuild your Country before the good name dies
If everyone will learn to play their part
That is enough to make a useful start
Soon we'll have had a better Trinidad.

Chorus:
You put a hand and I put a hand and we will see
In no time at all, for big and for small, prosperity
There's no other way to do it, show your patriotic spirit
Unity, somehow, if Trinidad ever needed you, it's now.
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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