Parang Jam [Song]

Uploaded by Clynton Mann
PARANG JAM
By Sandra Hamilton

See the light, oh, so bright, all the kissing and loving tonight
All the people out in the street come to hear the sweet parang beat.

[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Music coming down the street
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Hear the sweet parang beat
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Soca music in the air
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Christmas time is everywhere
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]

All the friends come out to play, jamming, jamming all day
Let the rhythm move your feet as we chant down the street.

[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Music coming down the street
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Hear the sweet parang beat
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Soca music in the air
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Christmas time is everywhere
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]

See the night, oh, so bright, all the kissing and loving tonight
All the people out in the street come to hear the sweet parang beat.

[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Music coming down the street
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Hear the sweet parang beat
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya-yay] Soca music in the air
[Ay ya-yay, ay ya yay] Christmas time is everywhere
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]
Compañero, compañero [ahora aquí]

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, Sandra Hamilton.  Wish a parang band would come by me this year. I would switch on every single light in the house, hustle them in out of the snow, lock the door behind them and never let them go.   

"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