Gem Of The Caribbean [Song]

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GEM OF THE CARIBBEAN
By Drupatee Ramgoonai

Weee...! This is jam. This is a Jubilee jam!
Weee...! This is a sweet Independence jam
This is a 50th Independence jam.

As far as India and Africa, ancestors from lands afar
Travelled across those lonely waters
Oh, how they toil and how they suffer
To make their contribution and to build this nation
Their great sacrifice went a long, long way
From a British colony they set T&T free
Now we celebrating Independence Day.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

Ending slavery and indentureship
Fighting oppression - a long and hard trip
Gaining their rights to free expression
Freedom of worship to practice tradition
The colonial masters, they had to give in
Seeing in their struggles they were determined
Now let this little nation come join hands and pray
And say thanks to God for Independence Day.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

Weeee! Fifty years of sweet Independence!

Back in '62 was liberation
We had our own nation to govern
Fifty years of Independence
We're now a nation with experience
The journey was long and hard, was no bed of roses
We build sweet T&T to make it what it is
From Governor to President and Prime Minister
May the Great Almighty bless our leaders.

Oh yes, oh yes, Trinbagonians we are blessed!

Wear your Red, Black and White with pride
Raise your national flag, show them far and wide
For the past long and hard fifty years,
As a nation we govern our own affairs
We are truly an independent nation
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean
Sweet T&T, the gem of the Caribbean.

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, Drupatee Ramgoonai!

"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