CALYPSO DE TRINIDAD
By Trío Montenegro
O calypso, o calypso de Trinidad, de Trinidad, oh-oh, oh-oh.
Te adoro linda tierra del calypso febril
Con tus bailes, con tu ritmo, melodiosos sin fin.
Con tus canciones de amor llenas de encanto de pasion tu me lo quese
---------- perfume te adoro de tantas flores sin igual que te embellece.
Te adoro linda tierra del calypso febril.
O calypso, o calypso de Trinidad, de Trinidad, oh-oh, oh-oh
Te adoro linda tierra del calypso febril
Con tus bailes, con tu ritmo, melodiosos sin fin.
Te adoro linda tierra del calypso febril.
O calypso, o calypso de Trinidad, de Trinidad, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh.
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! ..............................................................................................................................
A Note From The Gull
Thank you, Trío Montenegro! What a sweet tribute to our calypso and what appreciation of our land from which it originated!
Some time ago, I featured the calypso, "Going To Bocas" by the Costa Rican calypsonian, Walter "Gavitt" Ferguson [94 years old] and now I am seeing that there is an International Calypso Festival named in his honour - Festival Internacional de Calipsonian -Walter"Gavitt"
Like the Mighty Sparrow, Walter Ferguson was also a transplant - a Panamanian by birth who migrated to Costa Rica and became Costa Rican by "boat". Today, the country which became his own is acknowledging the importance of his contribution to the music of that society. The festival is being facilitated by the following: The Caribbean Cultural Corridor Program (CCC), the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), the Integral Development Association of Cahuita (ADIC), the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), the Cantonal Council of the Talamanca Youth and the Municipality of Talamanca. Looking at the programme, I am happy to note that on July 12 and 13, our Chalkdust will also be participating there as an international invited artist.
Like the Mighty Sparrow, Walter Ferguson was also a transplant - a Panamanian by birth who migrated to Costa Rica and became Costa Rican by "boat". Today, the country which became his own is acknowledging the importance of his contribution to the music of that society. The festival is being facilitated by the following: The Caribbean Cultural Corridor Program (CCC), the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), the Integral Development Association of Cahuita (ADIC), the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), the Cantonal Council of the Talamanca Youth and the Municipality of Talamanca. Looking at the programme, I am happy to note that on July 12 and 13, our Chalkdust will also be participating there as an international invited artist.
I cannot help thinking also about our Mighty Sparrow and imagining how wonderful it would be if we could honour him with an International Calypso Festival named in his honour. I usually have to shake my head to disperse thoughts of the day when his voice, his laughter, his smile will only be found in recordings. It is inevitable but I cannot bear to entertain that loss because I have listened to and appreciated his music for too long to accept the thought that such genius is finite. I wonder if he knows how much he is cherished and respected all over the world?
Have we, in his own homeland, told him lately that we love him?
Have we, in his own homeland, told him lately that we love him?
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"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
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