Canada So Cold [Song]

CANADA SO COLD
By Lord Melody (1959)

Between Canada and de North Pole
Ah wonder which more cold?
Canada and de North Pole,
Ah wonder which more cold?
Ah nearly dead in Canada
The intention was to hold it further
But after freezing from head to toe
I write mih mother and she told me, No
Oh lawd!

Chorus:
Canada had me so cold, I need some sunshine
I’m going back to the land I left behind
Ah regret the day ah pay mih dollar
And say ah was going to Canada
Is cold, cold, cold, oh mih lawd!
So ah walk back to Trinidad.

Oh ya
Ten o’ clock in de morning
The Lord still trembling
Man, I frighten to go for coffee
Ah fraid de cold kill me
Montreal is just like Paradise
But Papa de cold ent eating nice
De boys at de hotel give me a line
In only in summer de sun does shine.
Oh ya!

Chorus:
Canada had me so cold, I need some sunshine
I’m going back to the land I left behind
Ah regret the day ah pay mih dollar
And say ah was going to Canada
Is cold, cold, cold, oh mih lawd!
So ah walk back to Trinidad.

O lawd!
Speaking in term of menu
No crab, no calalloo
---------- pork chop and chilli
Dat crap isn’t for me
De Canadian woman a little shy
But the French Canadian will let yuh try
Believe me boys, I am proud and glad
To be back here in Trinidad.
Oh lawd!

Chorus:
Canada had me so cold, I need some sunshine
I am going back to the land I left behind
Ah regret the day ah pay mih dollar
And say ah was going to Canada
Is cold, cold, cold, oh mih lawd!
So ah walk back to Trinidad.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull

On so many levels, Lord Melody, you have hit the nail on the head. I will write more on this at a later time.

"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