Trini Christmas Is The Best [Song]

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TRINI CHRISTMAS IS THE BEST
By Susan Macio

I met a mister from Margarita and he wanted to take me to dinner
I said, "Dinner will be fine but now is Christmas time
And my table is well prepared
So I'll take you to my home instead."

Chorus:
I give him bread and ham together with a pastelle
Ginger beer, punch-a-creme and sorrel
A glass of local wine went to his head
He turned to me and said, "Oh yes, Trini Christmas is the best!"
[Is the best, is the best.
Trini Christmas is the best
Is the best, is the best!]

Then my big sister asked me to canta and we canta'd just for him to baila
He said, "Parang music sweet and I love the soca beat."
Dancing like if he going insane
Then he asked for more food again.

Chorus:
I give him bread and ham together with a pastelle
Ginger beer, punch-a-creme and sorrel
A glass of local wine went to his head
He turned to me and said, "Oh yes, Trini Christmas is the best!"
[Is the best, is the best.
Trini Christmas is the best
Is the best, is the best!]

Baila, baila, baila!...

I tell my visitor, "Come meet my Mama, my husband, my children, my Papa."
He was on a Christmas high but finally he said goodbye
When I thought he was leaving for sure
He sit down to eat some more.

Chorus:
I give him bread and ham together with a pastelle
Ginger beer, punch-a-creme and sorrel
A glass of local wine went to his head
He turned to me and said, "Oh yes, Trini Christmas is the best!"
[Is the best, is the best.
Trini Christmas is the best
Is the best, is the best!]

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, Susan Macio, for this effervescent and enduring Christmas classic.

"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