It's Christmas [Song]

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IT'S CHRISTMAS
By Baron

Neighbour, neighbour, open the door, neighbour!
Is Christmas morning, you should be waking
Put the drinks on the table
I hope your bar able
Me and the boys come to give you a parang
We ent leaving till the liquor done...

[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Come on fellahs leh we take a next one
[Oy yo yoy, ay yay yay]
We have about ten more house to clean
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We drinking from paint to kerosene
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It's Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas, Merry Christmas!

Last year we went by Balliram
He play smart and hide the ham
Bring one bottle a babash
The thing finish with one lash
Had to leave the man house quick
He say he wife was feeling sick
That same night she was liming in the Croisee
Well if he think that he get away...

[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We going by he and spend the whole day
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We eating and drink everything he bring
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
When we leave there, he mustn’t have a thing
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!

Big mouth Charlie invite we home by he
Boy, he must be a madman,
To entertain this parang band
When the music in we vein
And the liquor hit we brain
This band could drink down Carib and Fernandes
When you see we land in your house...

[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
The only thing remaining is your spouse
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay ]
People does lock their door, run and hide
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
When dey see de size ah dis parang side
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!

Is whole night sprangalang, liming with the parang
Eating by everybody
We decided to go by he
When we reach in front the gate
We know it was a mistake
The man wife came out cussin' in she nightie
He wife quarreling, we feeling bad...

[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
He had to entertain we in the yard
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
The man didn't have shame, is he tell we come
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
He bring out two cokes and a nip of rum
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!
It’s Christmas, Merry Christmas!

The parang does start on Christmas day
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
And we don't stop until Ash Wednesday
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
So bring out the souse, bring out the pelau
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Bring out the dasheen and the bacalau
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We drinking sorrel, ginger beer, whiskey
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Anything you bring is all right with we,
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We eating black cake, apple, grapes, salt prune
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Bring out something salt before the next tune
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
We drinkin puncheon, homemade wine and Vat
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
But if you bring babash, we drinking that
[Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It's Christmas! [Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
Merry Christmas! [Oy yoy yoy, ay yay yay]
It's Christmas! Merry Christmas!

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

Thank you Baron! This song brings back sooooo many happy paranging memories.

"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