Christmas Nice [Song]

Uploaded by IsDePanInMe CHRISTMAS NICE
By Shadow

Parrandero with their guitar and their cuatro and their bass
And them pretty señorita with their laughter on their face
When them cuatro start to rattle, is like angels coming down
When they pass around the bottle, time to take another one.

Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
María, María, María! The old fellah start to pray
María, María, María! I hope they doh come by me
María, María, María! Not a thing in mih house
María, María, María! Is mih neighbour give me some souse
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet.

When they eat they ham and bread and the liquor in their head
And the cuatro sounding sweeter like if sugar in their finger
Then they coming down the sweet and they sounding double sweet
Then they reach down by the pole, the old man peeping through a hole.

Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
María, María, María! The old fellah start to pray
María, María, María! I hope they doh come by me
María, María, María! Not a thing in mih house
María, María, María! Is the neighbour give me some souse
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet.

Merry Christmas everybody! Merry Christmas everybody!
Merry Christmas every mother! Merry Christmas every father!
Merry Christmas little children!
May the good lord bless and keep them
Pass the whiskey and the plate, this is time to celebrate

Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
María, María, María! The old fellah start to pray
María, María, María! I hope they doh drink mauby
María, María, María! Not a thing in mih house
María, María, María! Is the neighbour give me some souse
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet.

Early, early Christmas morning while a certain cock was crowing
All them hen [men?] down in La Puerta, see them running helter-skelter
Not a chicken in the nest, they know man love chicken breast
So they hiding in the grass, they want to wait 'til Christmas pass.

Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
María, María, María! The old fellah start to pray
María, María, María! I hope they doh come by me
María, María, María! Not a thing in mih house
María, María, María! Is mih neighbour give me some souse
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet
Christmas nice, Christmas sweet.

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, Shadow!

Is Christmas nice? This song is making me think twice.

I listened a few times with a fascination that only increased as I became convinced that there is a whole lot more that I wanted to find in it.  I love Shadow's music and I have commented elsewhere on its mystical quality which finds its perfect camouflage in the apparent simplicity of the beat and the themes which he employs.

Shadow is singing a song about Christmas and parang and he is making no attempt to dance to the beat of the little drummer boy. This is original Shadow impishness with only the vaguest of Christmas patinas applied. The signature Shadow beat is there, the simplicity of the verses and the almost curt kick-it-down-the-hill-and-let-gravity-or-the-universal-heartbeat-take-it delivery. But why do I get the feeling that this is a complaint? Is he singing a Christmas song because he really wants to share the Christmas spirit or because he is unable to resist the temptation to comment on the dissolution which characterises many of the activities and much of the music associated with this season? Is his "Christmas nice, Christmas sweet!" soaked with bitter irony because Christmas is anything but nice or sweet for the sufferers among us whose cupboards are bare?

There is something discordant about this song and I cannot put my finger on what is causing it. I cannot move beyond Shadow's anything but melodious invocation of "Maria, Maria, Maria!!" Is it the cry of the distressed voice of penury under the duress of the sometimes crippling demands of a season that is out of control?

Finally, the lines which are not at all humourous for those who find unbearable the mass slaughter of animals especially at festivals like Christmas:

"Not a chicken in the nest, they know man love chicken breast

So they hiding in the grass, they want to wait 'til Christmas pass."

Trinbagonian Hindus and others who observe vegetarianism as spiritual practice, should be invited to share their beliefs [and recipes] with their omnivorous countrymen. Three of the ancient religions which originated in India - Hinudism, Jainism and Buddhism, all encourage vegetarianism. Wouldn't it be interesting to find out why?

Not too long ago there was a huge outcry in the homeland about the consumption of canine flesh and very few saw the irony. Now that the moratorium on hunting is over, there have been several reports about the butchery that is going on with the wild creatures. And again, the irony is that butchery on an even larger scale is continually going on to produce the slabs of flesh laid out on counters and freezers in our markets and groceries.

Animals are beautiful. They have intelligence. They take care of their children just like us. They have demonstrated that they also are capable of feeling great devotion towards their own and towards us. Just like us they are tormented to insanity by imprisonment and unnatural living conditions. Just like us they are sickened by bad food and drugs. Just like us they also feel terror and pain. If you have from time to time felt a doubt about this knocking at your heart, let it in and give it attention. Always question.

You cannot be blamed for how you were raised but now that you have been given the baton, you can find new trails. Let us give ourselves and the animals a break.

"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

Colibrí navideño [song]

Uploaded by zzLaUrA93zz
COLIBRI NAVIDEÑO
By Niños Cantores De Oriente [Barcelona, Venezuela]

Colibrí navideño cantad con mas armonia
Que al Redentor llegará tu hermosa melodía
Cuando llega la tarde se alegra los corazones
Y el colibri cantará en navidad, en navidad. [Repeat]

Christmas hummingbird, sing most melodiously
So that your beautiful melody will reach The Redeemer
When evening comes hearts are gladdened
And the hummingbird will sing at Christmas, at Christmas.

Mi canto brilla en la aurora,
Es profundo y sin igual,
Mi plumaje es tan bonito
Que reluce en navidad. [Repeat]

My song shines at dawn,
It is deep and unrivaled,
My plumage is so beautiful
How it glitters at Christmas.

Colibrí navideño cantad con mas armonia
Que al Redentor llegará tu hermosa melodía
Cuando llega la tarde se alegra los corazones
Y el colibri cantará en navidad, en navidad. [Repeat]

Cuando le canto a Jesús,
Al pie de su hermosa cuna
Los reyes magos me dicen
Que lindo, es una fortuna. [Repeat]

When I sing to Jesus,
At the foot of His beautiful cradle
The Wise Men tell me
How lovely, it is a treasure.

Colibrí navideño cantad con mas armonia
Que al Redentor llegará tu hermosa melodía
Cuando llega la tarde se alegra los corazones
Y el colibri cantará en navidad, en navidad. [Repeat]

Cuando le canto a ese niño,
Le canto con emoción,
Soy colibrí navideño
Y le canto con el corazón. [Repeat]

When I sing to that Child,
I sing with emotion,
I am the Christmas hummingbird
And I sing from the heart.

Colibrí navideño cantad con mas armonia
Que al Redentor llegará tu hermosa melodía
Cuando llega la tarde se alegra los corazones
Y el colibri cantará en navidad, en navidad. [Repeat]

Spanish lyrics source
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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Niños Cantores De Oriente. Too beautiful for words.

In 2012, I noted with some excitement that the Minister of the People and Social Development at that time, Glenn Ramadharsingh, was in preliminary discussions with Dr Pat Bishop and three musicians from Venezuela about a new and innovative crime-fighting initiative centred around music, art and sports. It was announced that the programme would be based on El Sistema, a publicly financed voluntary sector music education programme in Venezuela and would be tailored to provide youths with an alternative to crime. Without being sidetracked by mentioning the unpleasantness of LifeSport, I would like to know what happened to the music and El Sistema. Can anyone supply details?

"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

Fuego Al Cañon [Song]

Uploaded by Marjorie De Freitas
FUEGO AL CAÑON
Sung by Los Tucusitos [Venezuela]

Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon
Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon.

Fire the cannon, fire the cannon!
To honour our celebration
Fire the cannon, fire the cannon!
To honour our celebration.

Niño chiquitito, niño parandero
Niño chiquitito, niño parandero
Vente con nosotros hasta el mes de enero
Vente con nosotros hasta el mes de enero.

Tiny child, parrandero child
Tiny child, parrandero child
Come with us until January
Come with us until January.

Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon
Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon.

Esta casa es grande, tiene cuatro esquinas
Esta casa es grande, tiene cuatro esquinas
Y en en centro tiene nardo y clavelinas
Y en en centro tiene nardo y clavelinas

This house is big, it has four corners
This house is big, it has four corners
And in the centre are tuberoses and carnations
And in the centre are tuberoses and carnations.

Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon
Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon

San José y la Virgen, la mula y el buey
San José y la Virgen, la mula y el buey
Fueron los que vieron al Niño nacer
Fueron los que vieron al Niño nacer.

San José and the Virgin, the mule and the ox
San José and the Virgin, the mule and the ox
They were the ones who witnessed the birth of The Child
They were the ones who witnessed the birth of The Child.

Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon
Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon.

Esta casa es grande, tiene cuatro aleros
Esta casa es grande, tiene cuatro aleros
Y en en centro tiene los aguinalderos
Y en en centro tiene los aguinalderos

This house is big, it has four eaves
This house is big, it has four eaves
And in the centre are the singers
And in the centre are the singers.

Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon
Fuego al cañon, fuego al cañon
Para que respeten nuestro parrandon.

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Los Tucusitos, for this joyful rendition of an old favourite.

"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

La Mujer Favorecida [Song]

Uploaded by Wayne Jagdeo
LA MUJER FAVORECIDA
By Alicia Jaggasar

Aaaaaye....

[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Ya ya-ya ya-yaye]

En esta ocasión yo le digo esta cancion a la Virgen María, una mujer que es divina
[Aye-ya-yay, aye-ya-yay]
Yo canto con alegria en este momento por la Virgen María, la madre de todo el mundo.

Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay, aye-ya-yay]
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida.

Aaaaaye....

La mujer de las rosas con amor y fe doy gracias a dios por la Virgen del Valle
[Aye-ya-yay, aye-ya-yay]
Cada noche, cada dia ruege con ella por ----- en ella una madre tan bonita
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay, aye-ya-yay]
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida.

Aaaaaye....

Entre los mujeres, La Inmaculada, Reina de los cielos y Reina de la tierra
[Aye-ya-yay, aye-ya-yay]
En esta ocasión estoy contenta llenar su corazon con amor y alegria.

Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay, aye-ya-yay]
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida.

El galeron, el galeron de mi corazon
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida
El galeron, el galeron de mi corazon
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida
Una mujer que es divina, la mujer favorecida.

[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
[Ya ya-ya ya-yaye]

Aaaaaye....

[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay, Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
El galeron, el galeron de mi corazon
[Aye-ya-yay yay-yay Aye-ya-yay yay-yay]
El galeron, el galeron de mi corazon.


Translation into English

At this time I sing this song to the Virgin Mary, a woman who is divine
I sing with joy in this moment for the Virgin Mary, the mother of all the world.

Chorus:
A woman who is divine, the woman favoured.

The Lady of the Roses with love and faith I thank God for the Virgin of the Valley
Every night, every day I pray with her  ----- in her such a beautiful mother.

Among all women, The Immaculate, Queen of Heaven and Queen of the Earth
On this occasion I am happy to fill her/your heart with love and joy.

The galeron, the galeron of my heart...

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 Alicia Jaggasar for this beautiful galeron dedicated to the Mother of the Christ. As I listen I imagine the original Divina Pastora, in heaven being joined by our Daisy, her bouquet held aloft as she proudly steps out dancing to announce her homeland from which this tribute ascends. ¡Aaaaaaye, Santísima Trinidad, Ayee, ayeee!

"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 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

Parranda Fina [Song]

Uploaded by Joel Peters
PARRANDA FINA
Performed by Los Muchachos del Agua

Somos Muchachos del Agua cantando parranda fina
Porque ya llega la hora, la hora de Nochebuena
Somos Muchachos del Agua cantando parranda fina
Porque ya llega la hora, la hora de Nochebuena.

We are Muchachos del Agua, singing good parang
Because Christmas Eve is arriving.

Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina.

Onward and upward singing good parang.

En Trinidad cantamos parranda con gusto y alegría
------------- durante la Nochebuena
Con cuatro y guitarra, violin y con bandola
Con bajo y maracas tocamos parranda fina.

In Trinidad, we sing parang with gusto and joy
----------- during Christmas Eve
With cuatro and guitar, violin and bandola
With banjo and maracs, we play good parang.

Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina.

Cantamos manzanares, cantamos el joropo
Cantamos la gaita, cantamos aguinaldo
Cantamos en Rio Claro, Puerta Espana y San Fernando
Cantamos parranda fina en Tabaquite y Gasparillo.

We sing manzanares, we sing joropos
We sing gaitas, we sing aguinaldos
We sing in Rio Claro, Port of Spain and San Fernando
We sing good parang in Tabaquite and Gasparillo.

Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina.

Ya compiten en Arima parranderos con su musica
Cantando del nacimiento del Hijo de Maria
Ya compiten en Arima parranderos con su musica
Cantando del nacimiento del Hijo de Maria.

Now parranderos compete with their music in Arima
Singing about the birth of the Son of Mary.

Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina.
.
Y cuando yo muera, yo muero con alegría
Porque yo sé en la Nochebuena el gente cantan parranda fina
Que viva, que viva, que viva parranda fina
Parranda con alegría hasta el día en que yo muera.

And when I die, I die happy
Because I know on Christmas Eve people are singing good parang
Long live good parang!
Parang with joy until the day I die.

Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina
Arriba y más arriba cantando parranda fina.

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 Muchachos del Agua. ¡Viva la parranda fina!

"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

Sangre Grande [Instrumental]

Uploaded by William Calliste

SANGRE GRANDE performed by Moonlight Serenaders ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Moonlight Serenaders.  Home!!!

"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

Mi Negrito [Song]

Uploaded by William Calliste
MI NEGRITO
By Gloria Alcazar

Yo estoy muy enamorado de un negro que es muy saleroso
Sus labios son como la miel y su amor que mi enloquece
Yo estoy muy enamorado de un negro que es muy saleroso
Sus labios son como la miel y su amor que mi enloquece.

I am so much in love with a black man who is very charming
His lips are like honey and his love drives me crazy
I am so much in love with a black man who is very charming
His lips are like honey and his love drives me crazy.

Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero
Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero.

Oh, black man, give me a kiss, without your love I'll die

Ese negro me quiere mucho y me enriquece con su beso
Dios querra que sea así y que nunca nos separemos
Ese negro me quiere mucho y me enriquece con su beso
Dios querra que sea así y que nunca nos separemos.

This black man loves me and enriches me with his kiss
God wills it so that we will never be separated
This black man loves me and enriches me with his kiss
God wills it so that we will never be separated.

Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero
Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero

Oh, black man, give me a kiss, without your love I'll die.

Si te vas mi negrito lindo, ay, por Dios que yo mi muero
Sin te no vale vivir ese ruego que no me dejes
Si te vas mi negrito lindo, ay, por Dios que yo mi muero
Sin te no vale vivir ese ruego que no me dejes.

If you go away black man, by God, I will die
Without you life is not worth living, this plea is that you would not leave me.
If you go away black man, by God, I will die
Without you life is not worth living, this plea is that you would not leave me.

Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero
Ay negrito, dame un besito que sin tu amor yo me muero

Oh, black man, give me a kiss, without your love I'll die.

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, Gloria Alcazar.

I never heard this song performed live by the composer but I have loved its delicious sweetness from the very first time that I heard it many, many years ago. Thanks so much to William Calliste for uploading it so that it can be shared by the world.

Gloria Alcazar

Gloria Alcazar, long deceased, was a Venezuelan who came to Trinidad to learn English and eventually ended up getting married and living here. She was the lead singer with San Jose Serenaders and made an unforgettable contribution to the parang in this country.

"Says Lennox [Flores], “We were looking for a lead singer. My brother Wayne was travelling on the train and saw this girl, Gloria Alcaza, on the train with a cuatro. He approached her and she agreed to sing with us. I had a problem – how would Trinidad accept this change from male to lead female; no women were singing then, they were just following and clapping in the background, carrying the rum and coffee.

“We brought in Gloria, it was said that she grew up in Maracaibo, but was Trinidadian. She had more of a Venezuelan accent so the other bands said this girl is not a Trini and so cannot be allowed to compete. At first the judges thought the whole group were Venezuelans and we placed last. Gloria brought the Venezuelan influence, folk songs, and the group of young teenagers singing with proper Spanish, caused a frenzy. People started to sit up and take notice. I am sure that her proper pronunciation influenced future generations of parang singers.” SOURCE

Sharlene Flores was her successor and among all the gifts that Sharlene has shared with us, she is also to be thanked for being the living Ark who in her art has preserved some of Gloria's style of singing for the future. Sharlene "recorded a five-track LP, one of which she composed and arranged entitled “Recuerdos” (Memories) in tribute to the late Gloria Alcazar, whom she loved dearly." SOURCE

I am never sure how to translate "negrito" into Trinbagonian English, since we do not formally address a person [not directly anyway] by his or her colour and on those occasions when it is attempted among strangers, there is always the risk of offending. It is different among friends because I have heard good friends affectionately addressing each other by their skin colour or ethnicity - Black man, Indian, white man, Carib, Chinee, Potogee, Spanish, etc. Sometimes these names stick and become nicknames.

In this song, "negrito" is definitely a term of endearment. As mentioned above, the composer, Gloria Alcazar, was Venezuelan and "negrito" is not automatically a racial slur in that country or in Latin America. I have encountered the words negra, negrita, negro and negrito in several of their songs, including love songs.

"In Brazil and Portugal, negro is the most respectful way to address people of Black African descent, with preto [portuguese for black] sometimes being considered politically incorrect or a racial slur...

"For example, one might say to a friend, "Negro ¿Como andas? (literally "Hey, black one, how are you doing?"). In this case, the diminutive negrito can be used, as a term of endearment meaning pal, buddy or friend. Negrito has come to be used to refer to a person of any ethnicity or color, and also can have a sentimental or romantic connotation similar to sweetheart, or dear in English...

"In Chile, where people of African descent are few, negro or negra is used in colloquial contexts to refer to dark skinned people of any race and, by itself, does not represent an insult." SOURCE

Unless the one being addressed asks you to do so, just assume wherever you find yourself in the world, that persons do not want to be perceived as a colour before all else.

"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