Rally 'Round The West Indies

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By David Rudder

For ten long years we ruled the cricket world
Now the rule seems coming to an end
But down here, just a chink in the armour
Is enough, enough to lose a friend
Some of the old generals
Have retired and gone
And the runs don’t come as they did before
But when the Toussaints go, don’t you know
The Dessalines come,
We’ve lost the battle,
But yet we will win the war!
As long as we…

Chorus:
Rally, rally round the West Indies
Now and forever, oh
Rally, rally round the West indies
Never say never!

Pretty soon the runs that gone will flow again like water
Bringing so much joy
To each and every son and daughter
Say we gonna rise again like a raging fire
As the sun shines
You know we goin’ take it higher
But we gotta…

Chorus:
Rally, rally round the West Indies
Now and forever, yes
Rally, rally round the West indies
Stoke up the fire!

Way down under a warrior falls
Michael Holding falls in the heat of the battle
“Michael shoulda left long time!”
I heard an angry brother shout
Caribbean Man, that is the root of our trouble
In these tiny theatres of conflict and confusion
Better know as the isles of the West Indies
We already know who brought us here
And who created this ‘confyusion’
So I am begging, beggfing my people please, oh
We got to…

Chorus:
Rally, rally round the West Indies
Now and forever, yeah
Rally, rally round the West indies
Stoke up the fire!
Cause Pretty soon the runs that gone will flow again like water
Bringing so much joy
To each and every son and daughter
Say we gonna rise again like a raging fire
As the sun shines
You know we goin’ take it higher
But we gotta to what?...

Rally, rally round the West Indies
Now and forever, yeah
Rally, rally round the West indies
Never sayu never!

Now they are making restrictions and laws
To spoil our beauty
But in the end, we shall prevail
This is not just cricket,
This thing goes beyond the boundary
It’s up to you and to mae to make sure that they fail
Soon we must artake a side
ore be lost in the rubble.
In a divided workd
That don’t need islands no more
Are we doomed forever
To be at somebody’s mercy?
Little keys can open up mighty doors.

Rally, rally round the West Indies, tell dem
Now and forever, yeah
Rally, rally round the West Indies
Never say never!
Pretty soon the runs that gone will flow again like water
Bringing so much joy
To each and every son and daughter
Say we gonna rise again like a raging fire
As the sun shines
You know we goin’ take it higher
But we gotta to what?...

Rally, rally round the West Indies
Now and forever, yeah
Rally, rally round the West indies
Never say never!

Source:
N.B. The lyrics posted on this blog are 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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Thank you .

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Blessed is all of creation
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Blessed be the day of our awakening
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