Rain down [Song]


Uploaded by rizonmusic

RAIN DOWN
By Shane ‘Rizon’ Gibson

[Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain]
[Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain]

This is my prayer for the nation - Father, let Your love come pouring down.

[Father, rain down, rain down on my home]
[Rain down on mih land and rain down on me.]
Shower!
[Father, rain down, rain down on my home]
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]

Things get so sticky, sticky [Rain] on this little, bitty [Rain] island
That was so peaceful and blessed
And now the same things [Rain] I see on TV [Rain] down in the Gaza
Happening ah mih yard.

Woh, I know
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
Things will, things will get better.

[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]
Send the showers of blessings!
[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]

[Wash away] Hatred and lies
[Wash away] Violence and crime
[Wash away] Negative vibes
[Father, rain, rain, rain.]
[Wash away] The endless fighting
[Wash away] The parasites them
[Wash away] The tears we cry
[Father, rain, rain, rain.]

When Jah Jah looks upon you, gunman, He not pleased
There will be consequences, brother, take it easy
Put down the gun now, doh wait for later
It might be too late to go down on your knees.

Woh, I know
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
[Things will, things will get better, I know]
Things will, things will get better.

[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]
Send the showers of blessings!
[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]

[Wash away] Hatred and lies
[Wash away] Violence and crime
[Wash away] Negative vibes
[Father, rain, rain, rain.]
[Wash away] The endless fighting
[Wash away] The parasites them
[Wash away] The tears we cry
[Father, rain, rain, rain.]

Rain showers of blessings down on my homeland
Make it safe to live again
Father, send down the rain.

[Father, rain down, rain down on my home]
[Rain down on mih land and rain down on me.]
Shower!
[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land and rain down on me]
Send the showers of blessings!
[Father, rain down, rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]
Shower!
[Father, rain down] Rain down [rain down on my home] Rain down
[Rain down on mih land] Rain down [and rain down on me.]  Rain down, Rain down!

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, Rizon! Standing with you to call down showers of blessings on us all for 2015.

A Promising New Era can be ours, Trinidad and Tobago, 
if we want it.
Special blessings to those who continue to struggle without recognition or reward on our behalf.

"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

Immanuel...


Uploaded by Sally DeFord

GUARD HIM, JOSEPH
By Sally DeFord

Guard Him, Joseph, as He slumbers, there behind the stable doors
Let no errant sound distress Him, tread thou softly on the floor
Linger watchful round the manger; hush thy voice and still the beasts
For thou hast within thy keeping Christ, the infant Prince of Peace.

Guard Him, Joseph, through the darkness; watching o'er Him till the dawn
Bid the shepherds enter meekly, stand in wonder, gaze in awe
Trim thy lamp and shield thy candle; see they burn all through the night
For thou hast within thy keeping Christ, the everlasting Light.

Guard Him, Joseph, from all danger; keep thy vigil nigh His bed
Let no harm nor grief befall Him; stand thou in a father's stead
When His mother's arms be weary, hold Him gently as thine own
For thou hast within thy keeping God's own well-beloved Son.

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A Note From The Gull


Wishing you peace today and always.

"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

Mary, Did You Know? [Song]



By Tessera | Uploaded by Jennifer Page

MARY, DID YOU KNOW?
Written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene.

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you've delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy will calm a storm with His hand?
Did you know that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little Baby, you've kissed the face of God?

Mary, did you know?...

The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak the praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
That sleeping Child you're holding is the Great I AM.

He's the King of Kings, He's the Lord of Lords, He's the Prince of Peace,
He's the Great I AM.

Mary, did you know?...




Ah cleaning dat [Song]


Uploaded by rizonmusic

AH CLEANING DAT
By Rizon

Father, create in me a clean heart, clean heart
And renew a steadfast spirit within me, within me.

Everybody!
Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new, [shiny and new]
Bad mind. Well I cleaning dat.
Selfishness. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Violence. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas is everybody.

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new
Envy. Well, I cleaning dat.
Jealousy. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Hatred. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas I cleaning.

The curtains, the cushions and the rug
Everything that dirty in my heart will get a scrub
And wash away that...
Envy. Well, I cleaning dat.
Jealousy.  I cleaning dat too.
Hatred. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas I cleaning the way.

And everywhere I turn, I seeing people cleaning up and painting up their home
But what about the inside where the Spirit resides?
It will never be right if we keep neglecting The Most High.
I know that Jesus loves me, left the glory of the Heavens for the earth
Where He lived for me, for me and He bled for me, for me and He died for me
So this Christmas...

Everybody...

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new [shiny and new]
Bad mind. Well I cleaning dat.
Selfishness. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Violence. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas is...

Everybody!

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new
Envy. Well, I cleaning dat.
Jealousy. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Hatred. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas I cleaning.

I not saying doh pretty up your home
But how the outside look should never be your main concern
Focus on the inside where the Spirit resides
It will never be right if we keep neglecting The Most High.
I know that Jesus loves me, left the glory of the Heavens for the earth
Where He lived for me, for me and He bled for me, for me and He died for me
So this Christmas...

Everybody!

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new [shiny and new]
Bad mind. Well I cleaning dat.
Selfishness. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Violence. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas is

Everybody!

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new
Envy. Well, I cleaning dat.
Jealousy. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Hatred. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas I cleaning.

Everything I clean must stay clean.
Everything I clean must stay clean. [Wha you mean?]
Everything I clean must stay clean.

Let me explain...
If they bring dey badness here, I going so. [Going so]
If they bring dey folly here, I going so. [Going so]
If they bring dey hatred here, I going so. [Going so]
If they bring dey sin over here, I going so.

Father, create in me a clean heart, clean heart
And renew a steadfast spirit within me, within me.

Everybody!

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new [shiny and new]
Bad mind. Well I cleaning dat.
Selfishness. Well, I cleaning dat too.
Violence. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas is everybody.

Clean out your heart for Christmas
Wash it with The Blood until it shiny, shiny and new
Envy. Well, I cleaning dat.
Jealousy.  Well, I cleaning dat too.
Hatred. Well, I cleaning dat.
This Christmas I cleaning.

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, Rizon.  

"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

Serving Jesus [Song]


Uploaded by Jah Kiley

SERVING JESUS
By Jah Riley

I serving Jesus this Christmas, serving Jesus
I praising Jesus this Christmas, praising Jesus
In the morning, give me Jesus
In the evening, give me Jesus
In the nighttime,  give me Jesus
All year long hear me praising Jesus.

Around this time of year the Saviour was born
In Bethlehem of Judea, the days of Herod
The Wise Men saw the star, it was in the east
So they brought gold, frankincense and myrrh and they were all pleased.

I serving Jesus this Christmas, serving Jesus
I praising Jesus this Christmas, praising Jesus
In the morning, give me Jesus
In the evening, give me Jesus
In the nighttime,  give me Jesus
All year long hear me praising Jesus.

Some people like liming, some people like fête
Some people like to get on bad until them drunker than wet
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord
He is the reason for the season, me say really want to praise my God.

I serving Jesus this Christmas, serving Jesus
I praising Jesus this Christmas, praising Jesus
In the morning, give me Jesus
In the evening, give me Jesus
In the nighttime, give me Jesus
All year long, hear me praising Jesus.

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, Jah Riley.  

"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

Ah Different Christmas [Song]


Uploaded by Trevor A. Edwards

AH DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS
By Trevor Edwards

We sing because we happy [Ay yay yaye!]
We sing because we're free [Oy yoy yoye!]
We send love to everybody  [Ay yay yaye!]
'Cause Jesus died for you and me. Woh!

This Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

Listen!

I remember long ago when Christmas time came around
All I used to do was get on bad and drink plenty rum
And when I got drunk, I used to act like a clown
I didn't want hear nothing 'bout God or much less He Son.
One night I ended up in a very dark situation
That's when I realise Satan would wipe me out of Creation
All of a sudden I saw a vision inside the station
So I decided to change my life...Hey!

So this Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

Say this Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

Hear this!

I hear some of them say the Gen-X used to be tough
But since he start serving Jesus, the boy getting soft
Allyuh need to understand when enough  is enough
------ to victory 'cause Jesus died on the cross
Say every time you take a life you weaken the nation
My Jesus died and gave His life to give you salvation
Now is the perfect time for you to make preparation
To turn a page and start a new life...Hey!

So this Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

Share love share love share love! Merry Christmas!
Real love, real love, real love! Merry Christmas!
More love, more love, more love! Merry Christmas!
Share love, share love, share love!

Say, I want a piece of ham but I want the ham in peace
I want a piece of bread and I want the bread in peace
Doh leh we vex, vex, vex
Say why we vex, vex, vex?

Ah say, I want a piece of ham but I want the ham in peace
I want a piece of bread and I want the bread in peace
Doh leh we vex, vex, vex
Say why we vex, vex, vex?

'Cause this Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

This Christmas, say we doh want no fighting
This Christmas, say we doh want no gun
This Christmas is all about uniting
Merry Christmas to each and every one!

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, Trevor Edwards  

"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

It's Christmas Everywhere [Song]


Uploaded by Edward Spencer

IT'S CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE

By Kenny J

This song is dedicated to all peoples of the world. 
Merry Christmas from Trinidad and Tobago!

Around this time of year it's Christmas [It's Christmas, Christmas]
We celebrate the birth of Jesus [It's Christmas, Christmas]
He's here, He's here, He's everywhere, since I small I have been told
He's the Son of God, He's our Saviour so it's Christmas all over the world.

Christmas in Libya, [Christmas] in Venezuela, [Christmas]
In Argentina, [Christmas] in South Africa
I tell you it's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere
Christmas in China, [Christmas] Brazil, Grenada, [Christmas]
In Guatemala, [Christmas] Spain and Australia
I tell you it's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere.

I feel the Christmas breeze just blowing [It's Christmas, Christmas]
It fills our hearts with joy just knowing [It's Christmas, Christmas]
In the tropics we're blessed by the sun,  while some countries are so cold
Season's Greetings now to everyone 'cause its Christmas all over the world.

Christmas in Turkey, [Christmas]  all in Germany [Christmas]
Saudi Arabia [Christmas] and Indonesia
It's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere
Christmas in England [Christmas] USA, Japan [Christmas]
Peru, New Zealand [Christmas] Greenland and Poland
It's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Lets celebrate, let's celebrate, let's celebrate, the Lord is great!
Lets celebrate, there's peace on earth, let's celebrate our Saviour's birth

Let's all give love, let's all be happy [It's Christmas, Christmas]
Hail the Blessed Virgin Mary! [It's Christmas, Christmas]
Eat and drink and have a glorious time whether you are young or old
Shower praises to the Mighty King 'cause it's Christmas all over the world.

Christmas in Mexico, [Christmas]  of course Trinbago [Christmas]
St Kitts, Antigua [Christmas] Montserrat, Canada
I tell you it's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere
Christmas in Denmark [Christmas] Iran and Iraq [Christmas]
Chile, Angola [Christmas] and Ethiopia
It's Christmas everywhere, it's Christmas everywhere.

It's Christmas all over the world!
Merry Christmas to each and every one from Trinidad and Tobago!



India, Italy, Colombia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,  Sweden, Haiti, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Martinique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Singapore, Jamaica, Cuba, Costa Rica, Nevis, Zambia...


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, Kenny J,  

"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

This Christmas [Song]


Uploaded by TRiNNiLiCiOUS4LiFE

THIS CHRISTMAS [HOPE]
By Sheldon Blackman ft. Baron

I hope you're loving and I hope you're sharing, I hope you're loving this Christmas
I hope you're loving and I hope you're giving, I hope you're loving this Christmas.

The things that you didn't do, the things that you didn't say for the past year
Take this opportunity to do something right
Take this opportunity to speak the truth. Oh oh oh oh...

I hope you're loving and I hope you're sharing, I hope you're loving this Christmas
I hope you're loving and I hope you're giving, I hope you're loving this Christmas.

Visions for the new year, a mission to love
Receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit to carry on
Sharing peace, understanding and joy to the world. Oh oh oh oh...

I hope you're loving and I hope you're sharing, I hope you're loving this Christmas
I hope you're giving and I hope you're caring, I hope you're loving this Christmas.

I hope you're loving and I hope you're sharing, I hope you're loving this Christmas
I hope you're loving and I hope you're caring, I hope you're loving this Christmas.

Loving, sharing, giving, kissing, hugging...

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, Sheldon Blackman and Baron.  Just beautiful!

"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

Christian Trini Parang [Song]


Uploaded by Nicole Ballosingh

CHRISTIAN TRINI PARANG
By Reverend Nicole Ballosingh Holder

It's a beautiful time of the year when we all want to be of good cheer
But whatever you find yourself doing, remember is Jesus we praising
When you sewing your curtain, just know for certain
When you beat up your black cake, don't make a mistake.

[Jesus is Lord!] When you have no dinero  [?]
[Jesus is Lord!] When you with your amigos
[Jesus is Lord!] Celebra, celebramos [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]
[Jesus is Lord!] Born in a manger
[Jesus is Lord!] Jesus, the Saviour
[Jesus is Lord!] Hallelu, halleluia! [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]

Glory to God in the highest, love, peace and joy and happiness
Let's worship the King in this season and let your light be His reflection
When you making your grocery, remember your duty
Fixing and painting, is Jesus we lifting.

[Jesus is Lord!] When you have no dinero [?]
[Jesus is Lord!] When you with your amigos
[Jesus is Lord!] Celebra, celebramos [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]
[Jesus is Lord!] Born in a manger,
[Jesus is Lord!] Jesus, the Saviour
[Jesus is Lord!] Hallelu, halleluia! [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]

Canta, canta, mi amigos! I know the grocery high. I know the grocery high. No worries, no worries! Pick it up, pick it up!

Celebrate God for His goodness, praise Him for all of His kindness
And wherever you go for this Christmas, make sure you lifting up Jesus.

When you with your family, enjoying the party
When everybody together, tell them remember...

[Jesus is Lord!] When you have no dinero [?]
[Jesus is Lord!] When you with your amigos
[Jesus is Lord!] Celebra, celebramos [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]
[Jesus is Lord!] Born in a manger,
[Jesus is Lord!] Jesus, the Saviour
[Jesus is Lord!] Hallelu, halleluia! [Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]

When you drinking your sorrel, don't make no quarrel
Share with your neighbour, let love bring you closer
When you putting up your light, don't argue with your wife
Teach your children how to give, Christian, that is how we live.

[¡Cristo es Señor!] When you have no dinero [?]
[¡Cristo es Señor!] When you with your amigos
[¡Cristo es Señor!] Celebra, celebramos [¡Cristo es Señor, Señor, Señor!]
[¡Cristo es Señor!] Born in a manger,
[¡Cristo es Señor!] Jesus, the Saviour
[¡Cristo es Señor!] Hallelu, halleluia! [¡Cristo es Señor, Señor, Señor!]

[¡Cristo es Señor!  ¡Cristo es Señor!  ¡Cristo es Señor! Señor, Señor, Señor!
[¡Cristo es Señor!  ¡Cristo es Señor!  ¡Cristo es Señor! Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!

Sweet tune! Christmas, Trini Christmas! Cyah get better than that, man. No cold! 

[Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord]

------ not there, not there! Over there, over there! Bring it 'round!... See why I love you?

[Jesus is Lord, Lord, Lord!]

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, Reverend Nicole Ballosingh Holder. Not everyone is a parrandero and not everyone can understand Spanish so it is wonderful to see soca parang songs about Jesus, the real reason for the season, so that the message is more widely accessible.

"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

Christ in meh Christmas [Song]


Uploaded by Nicole Ballosingh

CHRIST IN MEH CHRISTMAS
By Rev. Nicole Ballosingh Holder

Merry Christmas, everybody! Remember to put Christ in yuh Christmas every year, all year!

Another Christmas in T&T, the hustle and bustle begin
Is Christmas commercial, and shopping sprees, parang and carols to sing
Hearing 'bout painting and pastelle and turning the house upside down
And I hearing 'bout eating and drinking galore but tell me really what Christmas is for?

Just put back Christ in mih Christmas this year
I want Christ in mih Christmas this year
The manger is where it start, so put Jesus Christ in your heart
Gimme Christ in mih Christmas this year.

Look doh get vex, just take out the X
Let Jesus shine, Santa wouldn't mind
If you put back Christ in mih Christmas this year.

Come on everybody, baila! Wooh!!! No-no-no-no-no take out the X! Take out the X, remove it from there! Thank you. That's it, that's it! You now getting the hang of things. Baila everybody, baila!

I hear bout Anita and the Hunter, some want to know where Daisy gone
A whole song 'bout black cake and a paintbrush, even a girl called Yvonne
I hearing about Soca Santa, how he love Christmas down in Trinidad
But you see, he only eating paratha and still there are people that are still very sad.

So put back Christ in mih Christmas this year
I think I want Christ in mih Christmas this year
You see, the manger is where it start, so put Jesus Christ in your heart
Gimme Christ in mih Christmas this year
Child doh get vex, just take out the X
Let Jesus shine, how Santa go mind?
If you put back Christ in yuh Christmas this year.

All right everybody, canta canta! Wooooo! Gloria a Dios! No-no-no roti and egg, no roti and egg! Christ in yuh Christmas That's it, that's it!

Jesus Christ born of a virgin, He came down from heaven to men
He gave His own life for all mankind, restored and redeemed us from sin
Now He is the reason for the season, giving salvation and joy
So let Him be King in your heart and your life, then a true Christmas you will enjoy.

Just put back Christ in yuh Christmas this year
All yuh need is Christ in yuh Christmas this year
I tell yuh the manger is where it start, so put Jesus down in your heart
Put back Christ in yuh Christmas this year

How you go get vex? just take out the X
Let Jesus shine, Santa could never mind
If you put back Christ in yuh Christmas this year.

Child, doh get vex, just take out the X
Let Jesus shine, Santa cyah mind
If  we put back Christ in we Christmas, Christ in we Christmas, Christ in we Christmas this year!

Wooooo! Yeah yeah yeah! Gloria a Dios! That's it, that's it! C-H-R-I-S-T

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, Rev. Nicole Ballosingh Holder, for an excellent message.

"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

¡Ave, O María, Ave! [Song]


Uploaded by Nicole Ballosingh

¡AVE, O MARÍA, AVE!
Performed by Los Cantantes de Jesus

"¡Ave, O María, Ave!" Así dijo el ángel Gabriel
"Tu seras la Santa Madre de tu Dios, Emanuel."
"Tu seras la Santa Madre de tu Dios, Emanuel."

"Hail, Oh Mary, Hail!" So said the angel Gabriel
"You will the Holy Mother of your God, Emmanuel."

Cuando ella fue pensando en su prima Isabel
Llego ángel del cielo a su casa en Nasaret
Diciendo a María, novia de Jose,
"¡Ave! No tengas miedo, Santísima, Ave!"
Diciendo a María, novia de Jose,
"¡Ave! No tengas miedo, Santísima, Ave!"

When she was thinking about her cousin, Elisabeth
An angel from heaven arrived in her house in Nazareth
Saying to Mary, the bethrothed of Joseph,
"Hail, do not be afraid Holy One, Hail!"

Entre todos las mujeres que viven en Israel
María fue escogida así dijo el ángel
"El Padre Soberano quiere que digas sí
Al Espirito Santo para el Cristo venir
."
"El Padre Soberano quiere que digas sí
Al Espirito Santo para el Cristo venir
."

Among all the women living in Israel
Mary was chosen as the angel said,
"The Supreme Father wants you to say yes
To the Holy Spirit so that The Christ will come."


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,  Los Cantantes de Jesus.  

"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

Parang, Parang, Parang [Song]


Uploaded by Gentle Benjamin

PARANG, PARANG, PARANG
By San Jose Serenaders

Parang, parang, parang. Es la Santa Navidad
Parang, parang, parang, Hay gran solemnidad
Parang, parang, parang, Por la festividad
Parang, parang, parang, Aquí en Trinidad.

Parang, parang, parang. It's Holy Christmas
Parang, parang, parang. There is great solemnity
Parang, parang, parang. Because of the Feast
Parang, parang, parang. Here in Trinidad.


Oiga todo el mundo una voz de alegría
Porque ha nacido un hijo a María
Los ángeles del cielo cantan gloria sin igual
Al eterno y al hombre una paz universal
Los angeles del cielo cantan gloria sin igual
Al eterno y al hombre una paz universal.

A joyful voice voice is heard around the world
Because unto Mary a Son has been born
The angels in heaven sing Glory without equal
A universal peace to eternity and to man.


Los pastores del campo han oido la canción
Y dejando las ovejas, hacen adoración
A los lejos del oriente se empiezan a bajar
Los tres reyes magos para el Cristo saludar
A los lejos del oriente se empiezan a bajar
Los tres reyes magos para el Cristo saludar.

The shepherds of the field have heard the song
And leaving the sheep, they do worship
In the Far East the Three Wise Men begin to travel
To greet The Christ.


San José y su esposa quien es la Sant Virgen
De manera milagrosa, nos invitan a seguir
A estrella luminosa que conduce al portal
Adoran a ese Niño quien es la luz imortal
A estrella luminosa que conduce al portal
Adoran a ese Niño quien es la luz imortal.

Saint Joseph and his wife who is the Holy Virgin
Miraculously, we are invited to follow
The bright star that leads to the portal
Where that Child who is the Immortal Light is worshipped.


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, San Jose Serenaders.

"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

¡Vamos, vamos, vamos! [Song]


Uploaded by MrPaulroxx

¡VAMOS,VAMOS,VAMOS!

By Sharlene Flores

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

En la Palestina cerca de Belen | In Palestine near to Bethlehem
En la Palestina cerca de Belen | In Palestine near to Bethlehem
Fue que nació el rey de Israel | The King of Israel was born
Fue que nació el rey de Israel | The King of Israel was born
Fue que nació el rey de Israel | The King of Israel was born.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

A la media noche Maria parió | At midnight Mary gave birth
A la media noche Maria parió | At midnight Mary gave birth
Un hermoso niño, Emmanuel lo llamó | To a beautiful boy whom she called Emmanuel
Un hermoso niño, Emmanuel lo llamó | To a beautiful boy whom she called Emmanuel
Un hermoso niño, Emmanuel lo llamó | To a beautiful boy whom she called Emmanuel.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

A la media noche en Belen se vio | At midnight in Bethlehem was seen
A la media noche en Belen se vio | At midnight in Bethlehem was seen
Una maravilla, el hijo de dios | A marvel, the son of God
Una maravilla, el hijo de dios | A marvel, the son of God
Una maravilla, el hijo de dios | A marvel, the son of God.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Los tres reyes magos bajaron a Belen | The three wise men went to Bethlehem
Los tres reyes magos bajaron a Belen | The three wise men went to Bethlehem
Para adorar ese niño quien es hijo de dios | To worship this child who is the son of God.
Para adorar ese niño quien es hijo de dios | To worship this child who is the son of God.
Para adorar ese niño quien es hijo de dios | To worship this child who is the son of God.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Vamos, vamos, vamos, es hora de partir | We're going, we're going, we're going, it's time to leave
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.
Adorar al Niño que está en Belen | To worship The Child in Bethlehem.

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, Sharlene Flores and Flores de San Jose for this joyful nacimiento.

"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

Corazon [Song]


Uploaded by Gentle Benjamin

CORAZON
By San Jose Serenaders

Hoy me prometes que tu me quieres, que tu me adoras, que tu eres mio
[La la la la-la]
Que siempre, siempre estarás conmigo, solo conmigo, solo a mi lado
[La la la la-la]
Pero pasando muy poco tiempo has olvidado lo prometido ¡Aye!
[La la-la la la-la]
Que mi alma solo queda la pena,  queda el recuerdo que no has cumplido.

You promise me that you love me, that you worship me, that you 're mine
That always, always you will be with me, only me, only me
but soon you have forgotten what you promised Aye!
In my soul remains the pain, remains the memory of what you did not honour.

[Corazon] porque me dices
[Corazon] que tu me quieres
[Corazon] no me prometas
[Corazon] lo que no sientas.
La la-la, la la-la, la la la-la la-la la.
La la-la, la la-la, la la la-la la-la la.

[Sweetheart] because you tell me
[Sweetheart] that you love me
[Sweetheart] do not promise
[Sweetheart] what you do not feel

Mañana vienes arrepentido para decirme que a mi tu vuelves
[La la la la-la]
Que no me olvidas que me has quierido, que siempre sido tu amor primero
[La-la la la-la]
Yo te perdono porque te quiero, porque no puedo darte rendido ¡Aye!
[La la-la la la-la]
Y solo espero que seas sincero todo el amor que me has ofrecido.

Tomorrow you come repentant, to say that to me you are returning
That you have not forgotten me, that you have wanted me
That I have always been your first love
I forgive you because I love you, because I cannot leave you humiliated
And I just hope you are sincere, all the love that you have offered.

[Corazon] porque me dices
[Corazon] que tu me quieres
[Corazon] no me prometas
[Corazon] lo que no sientas.
La la-la, la la-la, la la la-la la-la la.
La la-la, la la-la, la la la-la la-la la.

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, San Jose Serenaders.

"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

Child Protection: We received Call because Child was sent to School with Roti.

The following story is taken from The Star. It examines the factors surrounding the "curious" situation where 41 per cent of the children and youth in the care of Toronto Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are black even though only 8.2 per cent of Toronto’s population under the age of 18 is black.
Why are so many black children in foster and group homes?
A disproportionate number of Toronto-area children in foster and group-home care are black. Advocates are blaming poverty, cultural misunderstanding and racism.
By Sandro Contenta News, Insight Laurie Monsebraaten, Social justice reporter Jim Rankin | The Star | Published on Thu Dec 11 2014.

In the Toronto area, black children are being taken from their families and placed into foster and group-home care at much higher rates than white children.

Numbers obtained by the Star indicate that 41 per cent of the children and youth in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are black. Yet only 8.2 per cent of Toronto’s population under the age of 18 is black.

By contrast, 37 per cent of kids in the care of the Toronto CAS are white, at a time when more than half of the city’s population under the age of 18 is white.

Other figures obtained by the Star indicate the overrepresentation is provincewide.

The gross overrepresentation of black kids in the CAS is like a modern-day residential schools system,” says Margaret Parsons, executive director of the African Canadian Legal Clinic, which advocates on behalf of the province’s 590,000 black residents.

This is another form of racial profiling,” she says. “They’re profiling black parents in a very negative way.”

Patricia knows first-hand how cultural misunderstandings can lead to black children being removed from their homes.

She was shocked when police and a Toronto children’s aid worker came to her tidy bungalow two years ago to say her granddaughters were being taken into care.

Patricia, whose name has been changed to protect the identity of her grandchildren, had been caring for the girls for about a decade, following the death of their mother in Jamaica.



They were living a comfortable life in Toronto. “For the little one, I was the only mother she ever knew,” says the soft-spoken woman.

That all changed in 2012. Her teenage granddaughter, facing suspension at school, told the principal she would be beaten with a baseball bat if her grandmother found out.

She told them I was going to kill her,” says Patricia, who admits she disciplined her granddaughters with a slap now and then, but denies ever having struck the girls with an object.

West Indian children, if something is going to happen, they say: ‘Oh my mother is going to kill me.’ It’s not that her mother is going to kill her. That’s how they speak,” Patricia insists.

Patricia was charged with numerous counts of assault with a weapon, involving multiple incidents. A landed immigrant, she says she was advised by her legal aid lawyer to plead guilty to some charges to avoid possible deportation. In a blur, she agreed.

As a result of her criminal record, she lost her job as a caregiver for the elderly. Unable to pay the mortgage, she lost her home. And her granddaughters.

Everything fell apart,” she says.

Ontario’s 46 children’s aid societies are private, non-profit corporations. They are regulated by the government and have the legal power to take children from their parents for reasons ranging from physical abuse to neglect.

There are about 23,300 children and youth in care in Ontario. Most children are returned to their parents within a year, after some form of help is provided. Those in continued need of protection are made “Crown wards.” In 2013-14, about 7,000 children and youth in Ontario were wards of the government, living in foster care or group homes, and another 1,000 were on the path to joining them.

The government remains their parent until they are adopted or turn 18. However, youth can decide to leave care at age 16.

The Toronto CAS was involved with 11,285 client families in 2013-14. It had 2,155 children in care. Another 624, over the age of 18, continued to get financial support through the agency.

The agency shared its numbers on black children in PowerPoint presentations with police, educators and black community members in private meetings across the city over the past year.

We want to make sure that all of our community partners are comfortable with the data before we release it publicly,” says Toronto CAS spokesperson Rob Thompson. Police and schools are the largest source of CAS referrals, accounting for about 40 per cent of all calls, he says.

The Star spoke separately with people familiar with the presentations. Of children in care in Toronto, 31 per cent were born to black parents. A further 9.8 per cent of children in care had one parent who is black.

Presented with the numbers obtained by the Star, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto confirmed Wednesday that they were accurate.

The data also showed that many of the black children in care were of Jamaican heritage.

Lawyers, black community leaders and child advocates say the overrepresentation of black children is due to cultural misunderstandings and stress and neglect created by poverty. They also believe systemic racism in the child protection system, and within the police and schools, is at play.

We received a call because a child was sent to school with roti,” says Danielle Mitchell, a child protection worker at Peel CAS.

The teacher believed the popular Caribbean flatbread, usually filled with goat or chicken curry, was “not healthy or sustainable for this child,” Mitchell says. “And that’s the school system …”

Corrie Tuyl, manager of Toronto CAS’s north branch, says workers have told her about a school that called with a referral simply because a child was from Jamaica.

Everton Gordon, executive director of the Jamaican Canadian Association, believes police go into black homes with the same bias that results in black youth being racially profiled on the street.

These institutions have problems with black people to begin with,” Gordon says, referring to police and schools. “The minute it’s a black family it sets off alarm bells.”

Front-line CAS workers tend to be young and inexperienced. When they see something that doesn’t conform to life in middle-class, white homes, their reaction is, “Oh my gosh, red flags,” says Danielle Mitchell, a child protection worker at Peel CAS.

A recent provincial survey of about 7,000 Ontario children who have been in care for more than one year shows that about 12 per cent are of African or Caribbean descent. Meanwhile, only about 5 per cent of Ontario’s children under age 18 are from those communities.

A 2012 report by a provincial commission into child welfare found that “the system was not responding effectively to the diversity of Ontario’s population.”

The report noted an increased risk of misunderstandings when child protection officers are called to intervene. Poverty, inadequate housing, language barriers and poor education aggravate the power imbalance these families experience, the report added.

Most children’s aid societies in Ontario don’t collect data on race. The child welfare commission recommended that ethnic background information be captured to assess how the agencies respond to diverse communities. But the government refuses to make capturing that data mandatory in a new computer database. The database will connect all 46 children’s aid societies and standardize how they collect and record information.

The few societies that have that kind of data are reluctant to talk about it.

In the United States, where black and native American children are three times more likely to be in care than white children, race-based data has been collected and publicized for years.

American studies had shown that black parents are no more likely to abuse or neglect their children than white parents. In 2010, a study prepared for the U.S. government found higher rates of child abuse or neglect among black parents.

Researchers concluded the results were influenced by the 2008 recession, which affected blacks more than whites and caused more strain on families. Poverty, it noted, is the strongest predictor of maltreatment rates.

Most children’s aid societies in Ontario don’t keep income statistics on the families they serve. The new provincial database won’t capture that information either. But local CAS officials know poverty is often a factor.

Sometimes people don’t want to make the connection between poverty and child protection,” says David Rivard, chief executive officer for the Toronto CAS. “But there is a correlation. That’s the reality.”

A recent report on child poverty in Toronto co-authored by the agency noted that 41 per cent of children of southern and eastern African heritage are growing up poor — more than three times the rate of children with roots in the British Isles. Meantime, 26 per cent of children whose families are from the Caribbean and 25 per cent from North Africa live in poverty.

Groups serving the black community are trying to bridge the cultural divide that can land children in care. The common use of spanking to discipline children in Africa and the Caribbean, for example, can lead to astonished parents being charged with assault.

Some families have been investigated for yelling at their children, says Gordon of the Jamaican Canadian Association, who witnessed such cases when he worked for Toronto Catholic CAS in the late 1990s.

Gordon says parents who get their backs up when confronted with a CAS worker — “You want to tell me how to raise my kid?” — are branded unco-operative, heightening the chances of the child being removed.

If abuse is suspected, children are assessed by psychologists who are paid by the CAS, and parents have no say. Nor do they have much opportunity to present their stories in court.

A judge often decides to remove a child by summary judgment, a process based on written evidence, largely produced by children’s aid societies.

If you steal a pen, you have a right to a fair trial,” says family court lawyer Thora Espinet. “But you don’t with summary judgment.”

While children’s aid societies try to place children in culturally appropriate homes, it’s not always possible.

Paul Chapman, 23, who works in the provincial child advocate’s office, was 9 years old when he and his six siblings were taken from their struggling single mother. He was placed with white foster parents. On Sundays, he missed big breakfasts with Caribbean dishes, and going to church.

He recalls one dinner when his foster parents served him perogies.

I had no idea what the hell a perogy was. I said I’m not eating that,” says Chapman.

I think a lot of (black) youth struggle,” he says.

It’s because they don’t know who they are. They don’t know what to do. They kind of lose themselves. They lose their identity.”

After the Star began asking about the overrepresentation of black youth in care, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services met with CAS officials, the provincial child advocate and Parsons’ African Canadian Legal Clinic.

Children’s aid officials and the legal clinic late last month submitted a funding proposal for a project to look into why the numbers are so high and how to reduce them.

This cannot be just another study or training program,” Parsons insists. “What I want to see is concrete, substantive change — a reduction in those numbers.

Parsons and other advocates say the numbers won’t go down until family counsellors from their community team up with CAS workers on every protection investigation involving a black child. That’s how Texas, for example, reduced the number of black children and youth in care.

I’m not saying there aren’t kids in our community who should be in care,” Parsons says. “But the first approach for an African-Canadian child should not be apprehension and care. And that’s what the numbers are saying to me right now.”

A pilot project in the Toronto CAS is keeping some youths out of care by referring black families at risk to a counselling service for the black community headed by therapist Sonia Mills-Minster.

The program teaches parenting skills and anger management, and connects families to black community services that deal with mental health and addiction.

Fewer than 10 of the 100 families counselled over the last three years have seen a child go into care, Mills-Minster says. Understanding the culture makes all the difference.

During a “technical briefing” with the Star last month, senior government officials said they are prepared to work with the community on training and best practices for CAS workers who investigate black families. They suggested it might require the kind of culturally sensitive approach used with aboriginal families.

Parsons says provincial leadership and action is vital.

At the end of the day, it is about the welfare of our children,” she says. “Something is amiss. Something is fundamentally wrong and we can’t turn a blind eye anymore.

The reporters on this story can be reached at children@thestar.ca .
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A Note From The Gull


Will comment soon.

"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

Ansiedad [Song]

Uploaded by Clynton Mann

ANSIEDAD
Composed by José Enrique "Chelique" Sarabia
Performed by Daisy Voisin, La Divina Pastora

Ansiedad de tenerte en mis brazos
Musitando palabras de amor;
Ansiedad de tener tus encantos,
Y en la boca volverte a besar.

Anxiety to have you in my arms
Whispering words of love.
Anxiety to possess your charms
And to kiss your lips once again.

Ansiedad de tenerte en mis brazos
Musitando palabras de amor;
Ansiedad de tener tus encantos,
Y en la boca volverte a besar.

Tal vez estar llorando mi pensamiento,
Mis lágrimas son perlas que caen al mar
Y el eco adormecido de este lamento
Hace que estés presente en mi soñar.
Tal vez estas llorando al recordarme
Y estreches mi retrato con frenesí
Y hasta tu oído llegue la melodía salvaje
Del eco de la pena de estar sin ti.

Maybe as I cry out my thoughts
My tears are like pearls falling into the sea
And the sleepy echo of this lament
Makes you present in my dreams.
Maybe you are crying remembering me
And desperately embracing my portrait 
And to your ears will drift this passionate melody
The echo of the sadness of being without you.

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, Daisy Voisin!

"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

Christmas Music on this Blog.

For the convenience of visitors searching the blog for Christmas music, I have extracted the Christmas section from the general index.


A--

Alegria - Daisy Voisin
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Performed by Amanda Salloum
Alla Baja Jesucristo - Familia Rodriguez
Allard, Francisca and Heeralal Rampartap - Parosin
Alma Llanera - Pedro Elías Gutiérrez

Alumbra El Zaguan - Hugo Blanco
Alumbra Luna
 - Los Sindys

Los Alumnos De San Juan - Cantando Gloria
Anda Parrandero - Los Toacdores
Ansiedad - Daisy Voisin
Around My Christmas Tree - Lennox Gray
At Christmas Your Heart Goes Home - Kelwyn Hutcheon
 Aunque - Clarita Rivas
Ay, Ay, Maria - Singing Francine


B--

Baron - Caminante
Baron - Come Go 

Baron - It's Christmas
Baron - It's Christmas Again
Belafonte, Harry - Mary's Boy Child
Bella Trinidad - Leon Coldero
Bendita tu eres - Flores San Jose

Bindley B Sunshine Santa
Black Cake And Sorrel - Da Spirits
Blackman, Nehilet; Marge Blackman & Dixie-Ann - Wonderful Day 
Blackman, Sheldon - Home For Christmas
Blanco, Hugo - Alumbra El Zaguan
Bottle And Spoon - Lord Relator
Bottle and Spoon Jam - Leon Coldero
Bring Drinks - Sprangalang


C--

Caminante - Baron
Cantando Gloria -
 Los Alumnos De San Juan
Chalkdust - Something Salt
Chinee Parang - Damian and Melina Joseph
Christmas Chant 
- Poser
Christmas Chores -
 J Square
Christmas In My Land [Instrumental] - Earl Brooks & friends

Christmas in My Land - Singing Francine
Christmas In T&T - Kelwyn Hutcheon

Christmas In The Cocoa [Spoken Word] - Muhammad Muwakil 
Christmas Is Love - Singing Francine
Christmas Is Yours - Lord Relator

Christmas Lavuey - Los Tocadores
Christmas on Sesame Street - Lord Relator
Cholito Jesus - Los Toribianitos
Coldero, Leon - Bella Trinidad
Coldero, Leon - Bottle And Spoon Jam
Come Go
 - Baron
Coro de Ninos - Fuego Al Canon

Coro Exaudi de La Habana
 - Hanaq Pachap Cusikuynin [Peruvian Hymn]

Crazy - Maria

D--

Da Spirits - Black Cake And Sorrel
Da Spirits - Sweetbread

Dama Antanona [Instrumental] - Los Toacdores
De Parang Now Start - Scrunter
De Whole Hog - Rebuscar

Designer - I love Christmas
Drink Ah Rum - Lord Kitchener



E--
 

Earl Brooks & friends - Christmas In My Land [Instrumental]
Estrellita del Sur - Performed by Las Hermanitas Nuñez 

F--

Familia Rodriguez - Alla Baja Jesucristo
Father Christmas
 - Mighty Spoiler

Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti - Los Tucusitos 
Fernandez, Curt - Nuestra Tradición 
Flores, Sharlene - Sereno, Sereno
Flores San Jose - Bendita tu eres
Fuego El Canon
 - 
Coro de Ninos


G--

Garcia, Colly - Parang In The Sun
El Gavilan - Angel C. Loyola

Grant, Colleen - Latin Parang
Gray, Lennox - Around My Christmas Tree
Gray, Lennox Sha La La
Gutiérrez, Pedro Elías - Alma Llanera
Guarap/Warap -Rebuscar
Gypsy - Caminante 
Gypsy - Sereno Say  


H-- 
Hanaq Pachap Cusikuynin [Peruvian Hymn] - Coro Exaudi de La Habana
Hepburn, Nap - Listen, Mama
Hermanitas Nunez - Estrellita Del Sur

Home For Christmas - Blackman, Sheldon
Home For The Holidays - Mighty Sparrow
Homemade Wine
 - Scrunter
Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah - Singing Francine
 

Hutcheon, Kelwyn - At Cbristmas Your Heart Goes Home 
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Christmas In T&T
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Oh, How I Wish I Were A Child Again

Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Kiss Me For Christmas

-
I--
I Love Christmas 
- Designer
I Love Christmas - Singing Francine
Ibarreto, Gualberto -  Maria Antonia
Ibarreto, Gualberto - El Sancocho
It's Christmas - Baron
It's Christmas Again - Baron

It's Christmas Again - Skhi

J-- 

J Square - Christmas Chores
Joseph, Damian and Melina - Chinee Parang

K-- 
Kiss Me For Christmas
 - Kelwyn Hutcheon

Lord Kitchener - Drink Ah Rum

L--

Latin Parang
 - 
Colleen Grant
Lawkaran, Anand - A Roti in a Sappi

Lawrence, Gene - Sereno, Sereno
Lewwe Meet Up - 
Rembunction

Listen, Mama - Nap Hepburn

Loyola, Angel C. - El Gavilan

M-- 

Macafouchette 
- RemBunction
Madam Jeffrey
 - Scrunter
Maicoo, Susan - Trini Christmas Is The Best
Maicoo, Susan - We Come Out To Dance

Make a Friend for Christmas - Lord Relator

Maria - Crazy
Maria Antonia - Gualberto Ibarreto
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
Mi Burrito Sabanero
 

Miranda, Marcia - That's How Christmas Used To Be
Montano, Machel - Soca Santa

Muwakil,  Muhammad Christmas In The Cocoa [Spoken Word]
Myron B - Parang Festival
Myron B - Talking Parang

N--

El Nacimiento -  Daisy Voisin
Nino Lindo
 - La Rondallita
Niños Cantores de Huaraz - Ronda De Navidad

Nosotros Tenemos - Daisy Voisin
Nuestra Tradición - Curt Fernandez

O--

Oh, How I Wish I Were A Child Again
 - Kelwyn Hutcheon

Ola De La Mar - Tania De Venezuela
-
P--
Paramin
 - Singing Sandra

Parang In The Sun - Colly Garcia

Parang Festival
 - Myron B
Parang, Parang - Singing Francine
Parosin - Francisca Allard and Heeralal Rampartap
Poser - Christmas Chant


R--

Rampartap, Heeralal and
 Francisca Allard Parosin 

Rebuscar - Guarap/Warap
Rebuscar - De Whole Hog
RemBunction - Lewwe Meet Up
RemBunction - Macafouchette
Ribbons Marilyn Williams

Rio Manzanares - Various performers
Rivas, Clarita - Aunque

Lord Relator Bottle And Spoon
Lord Relator - Christmas Is Yours
Lord Relator - Christmas on Sesame Street

Lord Relator - Make a Friend for Christmas
Lord Relator - Saga Boy and Tan Tan in Parang
Lord Relator - Sip And Chat
Ronda De Navidad - Niños Cantores de Huaraz
La Rondallita - Nino Lindo

A Roti in a Sappi - Anand Lawkaran

S--

Saga Boy and Tan Tan in Parang - Lord Relator
Salloum, Amanda - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
El Sancocho - Gualberto Ibarreto
Santa Claus Ent Have No Wife - Mighty Terror
Scrunter - De Parang Now Start
Scrunter - Homemade wine
Scrunter - Madam Jeffrey
Sereno Say - Gypsy
Sereno, Sereno - Sharlene Flores
Sereno, Sereno - 
Gene Lawrence
Sha La La - 
Lennox Gray

Singing Francine - Ay, Ay, Maria
Singing Francine - Christmas In My Land
Singing Francine - Christmas Is Love
Singing Francine - Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah
Singing Francine
 - I Love Christmas

Singing Francine - Parang, Parang
Singing Sandra - Paramin
Sip And Chat - Lord Relator

Skhi - It's Christmas Again
Soca Santa
 - Machel Montano
Something Salt - Chalkdust
Mighty Sparrow - Home For The Holidays
Mighty Spoiler - Father Christmas
Sprangalang - Bring Drinks

Sunshine Santa - Bindley B Sweetbread - Da Spirits

T--

Talking Parang - Myron B, The Incredible
Tania de Venezuela - Ola De La Mar 
Mighty Terror - Santa Claus Ent Have No Wife
That's How Christmas Used To Be - Marcia Miranda
Los Toribianitos - Cholito Jesus
Trini Christmas Is The Best - Susan Maicoo
Los Tocadores - Anda Parrandero

Los Tocadores - Christmas Lavuey
Los Tocadores -
 Dama Antanona [Instrumental]
Los Tucusitos - Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti



V--
¡Viva! - Los Vikingos De San Jose
Los Vikingos De San Jose -  ¡Viva!
Voisin, Daisy - Alegria
Voisin, Daisy - El Nacimiento
Voisin, Daisy Nosotros Tenemos 

W--
 
Warap
We Come Out To Dance - Susan Maicoo
De Whole Hog
 - Rebuscar

Williams, Marilyn - Ribbons
Wonderful Day - Nehilet Blackman, Marge Blackman & Dixie-Ann