Lion and Donkey [Song]

Uploaded by mrprofessor18
LION AND DONKEY
By Mighty Sparrow

Bo Lion and Donkey arguing
The two of them, well who is really king
Bo Lion and Donkey arguing
Between the two of them, who is really king. Hmmm
Well, the argument reach a height
The committee say, "Let them fight."
All but Monkey backing lion
The whole animal kingdom in confusion.

Hear they bawling...

Chorus:
[Beat the man, Lion, buss he head!]
All them animals gone crazy
[Beat the man, Lion, buss he head!]
Even the referee, he and all against Donkey, he bawling
[Beat the man, Lion, buss he head!]
A Donkey is an ass and he have no brain
Lion bite away Donkey tail and had the poor ass in pain.

Lion know Donkey ent easy
So he decide to fight carefully
But the way the crowd encouraging
He get brave and he start to swing. Hmm
A left and a right to head... Woop too!
Upper cut, I say Donkey dead
Donkey tumble down on the floor
Elephant, Goat and Tiger began to roar.

Hear they bawling...

Chorus:
[Lick him down, Lion, lick him down!]
Take yuh paws and rip 'way he belly
[Lick him down, Lion, lick him down!]
Only Monkey crying for Donkey
[Lick him down, Lion, lick him down!]
This time, Lion in a temper only sharing blows
Rip away all of Donkey clothes
And had the whole ass exposed. Ey!

Monkey bawl, "Ey man, ring the bell."
Crapaud say, "For what? Go to hell."
"Well, all right use the secret weapon
And teach a lesson to this damn Lion."
Referee Mr. Unicorn say, "It's a forgone conclusion.
Time to ring the bell really pass,
But a miracle couldn't save your partner ass."

Chorus:
[Knock him out, Lion, knock him out!]
Donkey getting tired and backing
[Knock him out, Lion, knock him out!]
Lion fouling but the referee ent warning
[Knock him out, Lion, knock him out!]
Lion take a stool and really knock him down
Dog and all start to laugh at this
Big naked ass on the ground.

Hear they singing...

In a clinch, Donkey kiss Lion
Calling him a macomere man
Lion get so vex he change up he style
No more bobbing and weaving, he fighting wild
When he had Donkey at arm's length
He pelt a bolo with all his strength
Donkey weave and that was the case
Lion spin, Donkey grab him around he waist.

Hear the referee...

Chorus:
[That is foul, Donkey, that is foul]
Donkey tell the referee, "Yes, I know."
[That is foul, Donkey, that is foul]
"Ho-ho. Maybe, but this is one fowl that could crow!"
[Break, I say, Donkey, break, I say]
Monkey say, "I don't know what is wrong with you.
Wey de hell you talking 'bout, Break, break, break...
And is that he trying to do?"

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, Mighty Sparrow.

"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

The Donkey Dance [Song]

Uploaded by Clynton Mann
THE DONKEY DANCE
By Ronnie McIntosh

Wha de erse? Heh-heh. I sure you know what time it is, I sure.
Is donkey time! Come!
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!] Dance the donkey!
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
This one [Whoa donkey, whoa] is the donkey dance heh-heh, [woah donkey] so leh we dance, heh-heh-heh
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!] dance in time
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Aw-hee, [Whoa donkey] hee haw [whoa, whoa donkey!]
Now this is the dance called the donkey dance
So stop wey yuh doing, leh we gallop and prance
Leh me hear yuh, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Sing it, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Put yuh two fists together with yuh elbow out
And with a forward motion, yuh go start to shout
Start to shout! [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Oh lord! [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Hear what! Spread yuh feet apart with yuh two knees touching
Push yuh bumsee out and yuh hands still clutching
And yuh bawling, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
And yuh bawling, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Now, whip the donkey, whip the donkey, whip the donkey, whip!
Now, whip the donkey, whip the donkey, whip the donkey, whip it!

[Whoa donkey, whoa] whip the donkey, [whoa donkey] yes, man

[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Now wiggle up yuh bumsee, wiggle up yuh bumsee, wiggle up yuh bumnsee
Now wiggle up yuh bumsee, wiggle up yuh bumsee, wiggle yuh bumnsee, heh- heh
[Whoa donkey, whoa] Donkey time [whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa,] Now doh forget what ah tell yuh, [whoa donkey!]
Put yuh two fists together with yuh elbow out
And with a forward motion yuh go start to shout
Leh me hear yuh, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Start to shout, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Come again, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
This is the donkey dance, yuh know that.
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Start to prance, [Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Ah tie mih donkey on top of the hill
And if he ent dead, he dey
Aw-hee, aw-hee, aw-hee, aw-hee
Mih donkey eat, mih donkey sleep
Mih donkey kick with him two hind feet
Mih donkey walk, mih donkey talk
Mih donkey eat with a spoon and fork, heh, aw-hee, aw-hee
I had a little donkey, take it to a lady
Take a piece of charcoal, stick it in he nose hole
Oh lord, mih donkey go dead, mih donkey go aw-hee, aw-hee
Aw-hee, aw-hee.
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!]
Oh yes, of course, if you don't want to do Part One,
You could do Part Two and Part Three, heh-heh
Part Two is, of course, when the lady climb on your shoulder
Yes, gentlemen, heh-heh, and yuh strong? Heh
Put yuh lady on yuh shoulder, yes, heh-heh
And of course Part Three is the lady on your shoulder already, heh-heh,
But she turning 'round, ha-ha
That's it, you know, heh, we call it back to front donkey, heh heh,
Back to front donkey Wey you call it? Back to front donkey, heh,
Back to front donkey, turn 'round, back to front donkey.
Part One, Part Two and Part Three, heh-heh-heh
Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!
Whoa donkey, whoa, whoa donkey!...
Aw-hee, aw-hee, hee-haw...
Ride yuh donkey!

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, Ronnie McIntosh.  

"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

Frisco Donkey [Song]

Uploaded by edward spencer
FRISCO DONKEY
By The Shadow

Frisco sad, sad-sad, Frisco mad, mad-mad
He planted marijuana and he bought a donkey from Arthur
The donkey ate the whole field
And Frisco lost his deal.

That lazy donkey is a crazy donkey
Just eating ganja and drinking water
Frisco donkey is a disco donkey
Whole day he prancing, just dancing-dancing.

Frisco cried and cried and cried but the donkey high, high-high
Frisco could not control him
When he looking for saltfish and dumpling
And when he see Miss ---------, the donkey sending kiss.

That lazy donkey is a crazy donkey
Just eating ganja and drinking water
Frisco donkey is a disco donkey
Whole day he prancing, just dancing-dancing.

Frisco scared, scared-scared but the donkey weird, weird-weird
Frisco went to a party and the donkey kick up the DJ
The donkey wanted calypso
But the music was too slow.

That lazy donkey is a crazy donkey
Just eating ganja and drinking water
Frisco donkey is a disco donkey
Whole day he prancing, just dancing-dancing.

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, Shadow.

"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

Donkey Race [Song]

Uploaded by finetunesTV 
DONKEY RACE
By Lord Melody

When they had the donkey race in New Jersey,
I went as a jockey
When they had the donkey race in New Jersey,
I went as a jockey
I riding since I little, I never bounce up this trouble
From the time the flag fall, the male ent passing the female at all.

Race start at two thirty, one mile is the journey
Seven donkeys on the track - one jinny and six jacks
I riding the jinny, a male jackass near kill me
He jam me to the rail,
I say he must be take me for the female.

This one was shocking, -------------- while the race running
A male donkey run up,  pelting bite at mih stirrup
Grinning he teeth and making a big fuss
I didn't believe the gentleman serious
You doh know the jack put he two front foot on top mih back.

What had me in dread, I notice something resembling a snake head
Wagging up like a zanjee, I say I dead already
Well, if is me this young fella marking, he got hell because I ent winking,
He couldn't get the break
I watching every movement the zanjeee make.

Rendition by King Rudolph

Uploaded by roger ramirez
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, Lord Melody and King Rudolph  

"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

Take a Ride [Song]

Uploaded by cool4rocknroll
TAKE A RIDE
By Mighty Shadow

Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
They tell me you can see the future
You're the person with the vision
If you can really see the future
Can you tell me what will be that will be?

In the future do you see me riding on my big, black donkey
When all dem oil wells are empty and Mister Manning confront me,
"I want a ride, I want a ride, I want a ride, I want a ride."
When the country have small money, you want people ban their belly
Don't watch my donkey, I tell you don't touch my donkey
When the country had big money, you telling me 2020
You want a ride, you want a ride, you want a ride? Take a ride!

Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
They tell me you are just like Noah
You know most things, even ghost things
If you really, really know things
Can you tell me what the future will be?

In the future do you see me riding on my big, black donkey
When all dem oil wells are empty and Mister Manning confront me
"I want a ride, I want a ride, I want a ride, I want a ride."
Will I send him up by Rowley, Mason Hall have plenty donkey
Some curious donkey, mysterious donkey
If you only mention money, they gone with you down the gully
You want a ride, you want a ride, you want a ride? Take a ride!

Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
Papa ------ oy-oy-oy-oy, Papa ------ ey
They tell me you have all the answers
For all questions and suggestions
If you really have the answers,
Can you tell me what will be that will be?

In the future do you see me riding on my big, black donkey
When all dem oil wells are empty and Mister Manning confront me
"You sing on me, eh? you sing on me, you sing on me, you sing on me."
Will I tell him don't dig nothing, this is just a calypso thing
Come watch my donkey, you could even touch my donkey
I don't want to make you angry, you could even ride my donkey
You want a ride, you want a ride, you want a ride? Take a ride!

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, Shadow.

"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

Mr. Honkey [Song]

Uploaded by Roger Ramirez
MR. HONKEY
By Lord Kitchener

Big, big trouble come hear it, it ent me and I 'fraid
A male Donkey fo' day morning, running wild in Cascade
An Englishman was then passing, he say, "Why this Donkey should roam?"
"Poor animal starving." so he decided to take it home.

The Donkey bawl...

"Take me back where you find me, I'm sorry, Mister Honkey
I didn't ask anybody for sympathy, you better make your son take me
I don't want no confusion, so help me, is that I say
The same place you find me, take me right back down dey!"

The Englishman start to tremble, the man frighten for so
To hear a Donkey talking English is no joke, as you know
So he sneak inside of his parlour to make a telephone call
He see the Donkey changing colour and growing tall, tall, tall,

And bawling..

"Take me back where you find me, I'm sorry, Mister Honkey
I didn't ask anybody for sympathy, you better make your son take me
I don't want no confusion, so help me, is that I say
The same place you find me, take me right back down dey!"

More trouble for honkey, the man out of his mind
When he see a big, fat Hen with Chicken running behind
So he run and open the back door, attempting to jump the wall
In the dark, he hear the voice of the Donkey, "Mister, mind you fall!"

"Take me back where you find me, I'm sorry, Mister Honkey
I didn't ask anybody for sympathy, you better make your son take me
I don't want no confusion, so help me, is that I say
The same place you find me, take me right back down dey!"

Poor Englishman bawling, "No! Anything else instead!"
When the Donkey tell him,  "Take off your clothes and lie down in bed."
So he turn and said to the Donkey, "Please tell me, do I have to?"
The Donkey say, "Doh worry, I coming to lie with you."

"Take me back where you find me, I'm sorry, Mister Honkey
I didn't ask anybody for sympathy, you better make your son take me
I don't want no confusion so help me, is that I say
The same place you find me, take me right back down dey!"

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, Lord Kitchener.

"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

Whoa Donkey! [Song]

Uploaded by cool4rocknroll
WHOA DONKEY
By United Sisters

Heh-heh heh-heh, Hear what,  ---------- , gimme some donkey brass
Heh-heh-heh, one more time!
Sisters, sing the thing. [Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
This is the final stage. [Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
No more donkeying around. [Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!] Gimme!
United massive! [Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!] Watch me!

Carnival again, bacchanal in Port of Spain
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey]
Jane climb up on she man back, saying is the soca doing that
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey]
I know you love to wine but not this time, we changing it around
I want to ride, I want to ride. I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride!

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey] We riding!
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey.]

Soca music jamming, man and woman jockeying
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
Man, tell you rider don't fall,
Otherwise that donkey go make she bawl, you know
[Whoa donkey, we whoa-whoa donkey!]
You could rest yuh waist 'cause you up in space
Let your donkey go
I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride!

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey]
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey,]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!] We riding!
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey] We riding!
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

Well, this is the part where the thing get hot.

[Put your woman on top yuh back] Climb on top.
[Put yuh woman on top yuh back] Right to the top.
[Put yuh woman on top yuh back] And doh stop.
Put yuh woman and that is that.
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

[Put your woman on top yuh back] Climb on top.
[Put yuh woman on top yuh back] Right to the top.
[Put yuh woman on top yuh back] And doh stop.
Put yuh woman and that is that.
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

Time come for party to done, dem woman riding 'til morning come
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
All over the dance floor is koki oko evermore
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
Tonight in the fete is ride until yuh wet, climb up on a back
I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride!

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey,
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey, ride yuh donkey,
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey] Donkey galloping!
[Whoa donkey] We riding! [Whoa-whoa donkey] Donkey galloping!

[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey!]

Guess you wondering how come we in this jackass thing?
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
But yet you decide that we have the better ride, giddyup-giddyup-giddyup
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]
From the starting time to finish line, we galloping in style
I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride, I want to ride!

[Whoa donkey] giddyup! [Whoa-whoa donkey!] giddyup!
[Whoa donkey] giddyup, giddyup [Whoa-whoa donkey!]
Giddyup-giddyup,  gallop-gallop...
[Whoa donkey whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey!]
[Whoa donkey, whoa donkey, whoa donkey!] Whoa-whoa donkey,
[Whoa donkey] Whoa [whoa-whoa donkey!] Donkey, whoa.
[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey] Aha, yuh riding nice, aha
You want a little lash in the rear? Take it, take it, take it.
Shuck and ride, shuck-shuck-shuck, ride-ride-ride
Shuck-shuck-shuck, ride-ride-ride. Nice.

[Riding-riding, riding-riding, riding-riding, riding]

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

[Riding-riding, riding-riding, riding-riding, riding]

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

[Riding-riding, riding-riding, riding-riding, riding]

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!]

[Riding-riding, riding-riding, riding-riding, riding]

[Whoa donkey, whoa-whoa donkey!....]

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, United Sisters! This was happiness.

 "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

My Donkey want Water [Song]

Uploaded by TheRealDJGIBBS
MY DONKEY WANT WATER
By MacBeth the Great [1946]

Hold him Joe, hold him Joe!
Hold him Joe but don't let him go!
Hold him Joe, I said, hold him Joe!
Hold him Joe but don't let him go!

Mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
When the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
He went 'round the corner. [Hold him, Joe]

When he's on a journey, he does go straight
You can bet your life, he's a heavyweight
This donkey of mine, he don't like no weight
When you put him in the cart, he never walk ---------.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when mih donkey want water. [Hold him, Joe]

The whole thing, friends, is through jealousy
They want to take mih donkey from me
They want to put my donkey in pound for spite
Just because they know my donkey can fight.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
Mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water. [Hold him, Joe]

Some people say that my donkey bad
Because he came from Trinidad
This donkey of mine, he wouldn't work at all
All he does is break the boards out the stall.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when mih donkey is thirsty [Hold him, Joe]
Yes, mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
When the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Oh yes, the donkey is thirsty [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]

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, MacBeth the Great.  

"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

Donkey City [Song]

Uploaded by TheRealDJGIBS
DONKEY CITY
By Sir Lancelot with Gerald Clark's Caribbean Serenaders [1944]

Ah, I went to Donkey City to exercise mih Donkey
And mih Donkey walked up to a Mule
So the Mule said to the Donkey,
"Saga boy, now don't you molest me
Donkey whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

"'Cause you're nothing but a Donkey, aha
Just a silly old Donkey, aha
And I don't like a Donkey, aha
When it's looking so funny, aha."
So the Mule said to the Donkey,
"Saga boy, now don't you molest me
Donkey, whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

I went to Morvant city with mih Uncle Willy
And mih uncle met a Yankee girl
So the girl said, "Uncle Willy,
Saga boy, now don't you molest me.
Uncle, whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

"'Cause you nothing but a Donkey
Just a silly old Donkey
And I don't like a Donkey
When he ent got no money."
So the girl said, "Uncle Willy,
Saga boy, now don't you molest me
Uncle, whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

So mih uncle Willy feeling rather silly
Whispered sweetly to the Yankee girl,
"Now although I ent got no money
Still in all, I love you, mih honey."
But she said, "No! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

"'Cause you nothing but a Donkey
Just a silly old Donkey, aha
And I don't like a Donkey, aha
When its looking so funny, aha."
So the girl said, "Uncle Willy,
Saga boy, now don't you molest me
Uncle, whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell you."

Now you've heard my story of mih Uncle Willy
Of the Mule, the Donkey and the girl
Now, if you don't like my story,
It's too bad 'cause I got your money
"Uncle, whoa! Don't bother me now, I tell 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, Sir Lancelot.  

"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

Donkey must wear Pants [Song]

Uploaded by TheGuggit
DONKEY MUST WEAR PANTS
By Nap Hepburn

Ey! It was a bacchanalian spree
But for animals only
O lawd, a bacchanalian spree
But for animals only
They had champagne, gin and whiskey
It was the birth night of the Monkey
All animals got invitation
But at the door, they refuse Donkey admission. O lawd!

Chorus:
No Donkey, you cyah come in we spree
Donkey ask them, "Why?"
They say, "You ent dress properly."
No, Donkey, you'd better go to France
If you want to come in we dance,
Go home and pull on your pants.

I stood up outside wondering
Why they wouldn't let Donkey in
He was dress quite socially
Hair and suit all pressed for the party
Donkey curse that night
When they wouldn't let him in, he wanted to fight
Is when he stoop down is then I see
They had a right to refuse the Donkey. O lawd!

Chorus:
No Donkey, you cyah come in we spree
Donkey ask them, "Why?"
They say, "You ent dress properly."
No, Donkey, you'd better go to France
If you want to come in we dance,
Go home and put on your pants!

This time Donkey turning beast
When he saw all his friends in the feast
Ram Goat was in the gathering
Monkey and Elephant started dancing
But what got Donkey blue
When he saw his cousin Mule in there too
They are from the same family
Still that night they refuse the Donkey. O lawd!

Chorus:
No Donkey, you cyah come in we spree
Donkey ask them, "Why?"
They say, "You ent dress properly."
No, Donkey, you'd better go to France
If you want to come in we dance,
Go home an pull on a pants! Ey!

This time fete now in full swing
Still they won't let Donkey in
Donkey stand up in the dew
Shame for so, he don't know what to do
So he came to a conclusion
Right away to break up the function
That night Donkey beat people
From below he waist he drag out he bull pistle. O lawd!

Chorus:
No Donkey, you cyah come in we spree
Donkey ask them, "Why?"
They say, "You ent dress properly."
No, Donkey, you'd better go to France
If you want to come in we dance,
Go home an put on your pants!

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, Nap Hapburn.

"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

Monkey and Donkey [Song]

Uploaded by roger ramirez
MONKEY AND DONKEY
By Lord Christo

Some domestic animals got together recently
And they decided was to hold a party
They sent invitations to Horse and Monkey
But they didn't invite poor Donkey
So Donkey sit down and he start to cry
Asking the Monkey the reason why
But the jokify Monkey with a grin on he face
Only gazing below the Donkey waist.

He tell him:
"Don't cry, Donkey, Donkey, don't cry.
I woulda tell you, boy, but I 'fraid a kick in mih eye
Is not the size of yuh ears as male
Is not your belly, is not your tail, is not your shoe...
Too besides, I ent telling you."

Well, the Donkey really wanted to attend this party
So he keep on proguing the Monkey
But Monkey with his tricky intelligence
Have the Donkey hanging in suspense
So Donkey fretting 'cause he want to know
The reason why he couldn't go
He tell him, "Look, Horse is a fella built just like me
So tell me how come they invite he?"

He tell him:
"Don't fret, Donkey, don't fret
I don't want to tell you and then I have to regret
You and Horse resemble, is true 
But he don't hold the same thing like you.
Is just by a khn and he and all woulda be in the same boat too."

Now the Monkey now have this poor Donkey in trouble
By talking in parable
So he checked on his behaviour and different parts of his body
But he forget something completely
So Monkey watch him and he laugh again
Telling him, "Donkey, man, use your brain!"
Same time a lady Donkey pass
Man, he two ears stand up just like para grass.

He tell him:
"Don't gaze, Donkey, Donkey, don't gaze.
Don't get excited and exercise your bad ways
You can't make the party is true, is because of one thing that you does do
I wouldn't call the name but when you do it,
You does make everybody shame."

Well, I had my suspicions why they didn't invite Donkey
To ruin their social party
But Donkey came to his own decision  to invade without invitation
Monkey tell him,"No, don't do that, I goin' tell you true,
But don't tell them I tell you."
The reason that he gave him was a shock to me
I suspected something different entirely.

He tell him:
"Don't go, Donkey, Donkey, don't go
If you go they go make you shame in front ah the door
I know you goin' take it hard but Donkey, partner, don't feel too bad
You know what they say, 
"They don't like the way how Donkey does bray."

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, Lord Christo.

"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

Donkey Days [Song]

Uploaded by cool4rocknroll

DONKEY DAYS
By Shadow Album: Shadow Enchanted, T&T, 1995 

Back in the days of the pitch oil lamp
When girl was darling, boy was scamp
Stealing mangoes in the dark
The black cock crow and the bulldog bark
Those were the days of the donkey cart
The donkey story breaks my heart
Donkey working all day long
A donkey's work was never done
You think it easy for a poor donkey
To be transport for a family?
He got to tote up the mango
He got to tote up the cocoa
He got to tote up the dry wood
He got to tote up the green wood.

And then big belly man want to jump on his back
Fat belly man want to jump on his back
Thin belly man want to jump on his back
All dem wind belly man want to jump on his back.

Donkey had no rest time, no no, still after sunset time
As soon as he wake up, he had no time for makeup
Because fat bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Black bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Thin bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Wind bumsee boy want to go for a ride

On the poor little donkey [they want a ride]
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
I sorry for the donkey [they want a ride]
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Those were the days of the La Diablesse
The pretty, pretty girl with the long, long dress
She would watch you in your eyes
She would have you hypnotise
Take you down to a lonely place
Show you she cow foot, skin up she face
The only escape for you got to be a miracle.

Donkey never send you to look for girl
Donkey got to come to your funeral
He got to tote up your coffin
All your big belly soften
All your muddy-up sliders
Plus a lot of joy riders

Big belly man want to jump on his back
All dem fat belly man want to jump on his back
Thin belly man want to jump on his back
A lot of wind belly man want to jump on his back.

Donkey had no rest time, no no, still after sunset time
As soon as he wake up, he had no time for makeup
Because fat bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Black bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Thin bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Wind bumsee boy want to go for a ride.

Poor little donkey [they want a ride]
Pretty little donkey [they want a ride]
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

All dem fat bumsee boy
All dem black bumsee boy
All dem thin bumsee boy
All dem wind bumsee boy [they want a ride]

Those were the days of the Jumbie man
They used to come back from down Jumbie land
Face to face with your cousin, Joe
You went to his funeral a long time ago
He stretch out his hand to give you a shake
Is another corner you looking to take
You run so fast, you fall in the grass
More work for the poor jackass.

He got to tote up your body
And fus your big belly heavy
Plus your muddy-up sliders
Plus a lot of joy riders

Big belly man want to jump on his back
Fat belly man want to jump on his back
Thin belly man want to jump on his back
Wind belly man want to jump on his back

Donkey had no rest time, no no, still after sunset time
As soon as he wake up, he had no time for makeup
Because fat bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Black bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Thin bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Wind bumsee boy want to go for a ride
Poor little donkey [they want a ride]
Yeah, yeah, yeah [they want a ride]

All dem fat bumsee boy
All dem black bumsee boy
All dem thin bumsee boy
All dem wind bumsee boy [they want a ride]

Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey, yeah, yeah
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey, yeah, yeah
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey

All dem fat bumsee boy [they want a ride]
All dem black bumsee boy [they want a ride]
All dem thin bumsee boy [they want a ride]
All dem wind bumsee boy [they want a ride]
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey, yeah yeah
Gimme me a ride on yuh donkey
Poor little donkey, yeah [they want a ride]
Poor little donkey [they want a ride]
All dem fat bumsee boy
All dem black bumsee boy...

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 [First posted 5/1/2010

Thank you, Shadow!

These days I cannot seem to get enough of Shadow's "Donkey Days". This world seems to be roiling with a deep unease manifesting in catastrophes, wars and rumours of wars, the "godly" caught left, right and centre with their pants around their ungodly ankles, politicians possessed by a determination to prove to all (who are paying attention) that they are in fact even more ignorant and destructive than we imagined them to be. So maybe "Donkey Days" sums it all up for me. The poor little donkey represents Gaia - groaning creation patiently suffering the unreasonable demands and unthinking assaults we've been increasingly piling on its back. The donkey can also represent all the long suffering citizens of this country and of this world who take and take and take. I've heard about the camel's back and the straw that broke it, but what will it take for the donkey to say, "No more!" So the headphones hug my ears and the volume is at maximum as I listen to "Donkey Days" over and over and over... It is not escapism, I don't think. It is my way of channeling my reflections while reducing the cacophony around me to one unifying, hypnotic rhythm. Everything is connected. I will say again and again that The Shadow's work is pure genius.  

"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

Old Man And The Donkey [Song]

Uploaded by Clynton Mann
OLD MAN AND THE DONKEY
By Mighty Sparrow

Well an old man, a lil boy and a donkey was in some difficulty
Going Tunapuna from Port of Spain where they just complain a bargain
Old and feeble, he decide to ride and had the little boy walking by he side
When he reach by Success Village, the crowd start shouting, "Advantage!"

Old may, ey, you old criminal !
Old man, you ent got no conscience at all !
Get off the jackass, you too damn advantageous!
You on top the ass like a king and the poor little boy walking!

Well, the old man ready to please everybody, right away, jump off the donkey
Lift up the boy, put him on the donkey and he start walking the journey
It made him feel good, although they criticise, he gave up his ride and let them satisfy
When he reach by Morvant junction they start calling him a stupid old man.

Old man, ey, you dotish old fool !
Old man, like you never went to school?
The little boy young, he should be on the ground,
But he on top the ass like a king
And an old man like you walking!

Now the old man decide to please everybody, none of them must ride this donkey
So the next thing he do, he make the boy come down and both of them walking in the sun
Man, they soaking with beads of perspiration, all their ambition is to please everyone
When they reach the Croisee again, the whole of San Juan start to complain.

Old man, ey, ease the load off your feet!
Old man, you have a jackass to ride and beat!
Don't hold the tail ----------- you should be in jail
You behind the ass suffering and a bareback jackass walking!

They made a last try to please everybody, two of them climb on the donkey
But in Champs Fleurs they met some folks up there who found them very unfair
Ring the police now, somebody say, call the SPCA, don't let them get away
---------------- to make bacchanal, charge the old man cruelty to dumb animal.

Well the moral of the story is plain to see
Please yourself because you can't please everybody
Don't be ashamed when them newsmongers call your name
Stay on top the ass like a king
They go talk but you still riding.

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, Mighty Sparrow. Dedicated to the unjustly beleaguered.

"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

Animal Sports Meeting [Song]

Uploaded by roger ramirez
ANIMAL SPORTS MEETING
By Mighty Bomber

Big animal sports up at the Savannah, they invited Bomber
Animal sports up at the Savannah, they invited Bomber
So many events was on the program, I say, "Today is jam session."
But is one thing I can't forget, records tumble and big upset.

Because Donkey beat them in throwing the javelin, two hundred point nine
But when it come to big time cycling, Hog leave them behind
In pole vault and sprinting, Horse beat them by far
But Dog is a giant, he make them look small pulling tug o' war.

The Grandstand pack up with big time officials wearing their initials
R-A-T,  A-N-T  and  F-L-Y, them was rating high
Fowl and Cockroach get in bacchanal and Cockroach injury prove fatal
Bachac police surround the place and they charge the Fowl with a murder case.

Just because Donkey beat them in throwing the discus, but that wasn't all
When it came to Devil take the Hindmost, Cat make them look small
In long, broad and high jumping, Donkey was the star
Still Dog was the giant, he make them look small pulling tug o' war.

If you hear the noise them animal making, like the whole world shaking
Mule and Donkey start to kick one another, Jackass bawling, "Murder!"
Fly start heckling a hairy Spider, calling him "long leg" and "body snatcher"
Corbeau say, "They playing too rough. I don't get involved in such rotten stuff."

Just because Donkey beat them so bad in pole vaulting, if you see the pole!
Spider took a chance in match sprinting, foot break in a hole
In hop, skip and jumping, Crapaud was the star
Still Dog was the giant, he make them look small pulling tug o' war.

When the time was ripe for prize distribution, if you hear confusion
Goat decide to protest the meeting, so Sheep started bleating
Goat was the MC for the evening, and Sheep, the chief judge presiding
So the MC jump up and say, "Dog is the champion athlete today!"

Just because Donkey beat them in throwing the javelin, two hundred point nine
But when it come to big time cycling, Hog leave them behind
In pole vault and sprinting, Horse beat them by far
But Dog remain the giant, he make them look small pulling tug o' war.

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, Mighty Bomber.  

"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