Merry Christmas Everyone [Song]

Uploaded by Rem Bunction
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
By the Soca Parang Serenaders

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

I never see a parang side so
Going house to house by people that they ent know
I join the band in front by Sharon
And when I reach the door, we started singing this one.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

I join the band not just for Christmas cheer
I hear it have plenty Spanish woman living down here
I looking for wife, me ent have no shame
So I moving with the band, playing the game.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

Well, I reach and I feeling great [oh ya yea]
What a feast, I full up a plate [oh ya yea]
I go sing, I go sing, I go sing some parang [oh ya yea]
And I bring, yes I bring, yes I bring the gang.

Merry, merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry, merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

Every year I does make mih barrel of rum
But this year I decide that I ent making none
I paranging hard with no liquor
And every house I hit, I drinking out the chaser.

So Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

The fellas pass by me and they tief everything
But I ent get horrors, 'cause I love mih paranging
I decide to fall in and join the session
Dis one only telling me how he love Spanish woman

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

I join the band 'cause I 'fraid for people to come by me
'Cause I ent clean up yet, I doh want nobody see
My rooms ent paint up, mih curtains ent wash
So I going house to house looking for mih paintbrush.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

I was on the corner when the parang band pass
I say I go follow them to get some drinks in mih glass
The parang was easy, it wasn't no fuss
And when they strike it up, I join in with the chorus.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.

Merry, merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration.
So Merry Christmas everyone!
Peace and love, joy and celebration...

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, Soca Parang Serenaders!

Merry Christmas everyone! Peace and love, joy and celebration.

"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

Soca español [Song]

Uploaded by edward spencer
SOCA ESPAÑOL
By Baron

Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Oy yoy yoy, soca español
Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español.

I met a Consuela down Venezuela
A señorita from Tucupita
We start to bailar to el music of soca
How she was moving, she had me bawling.

Sí sí sí, señorita, soca español
Sí sí sí, mi muchacha, soca español
Soca en la mañana, soca en la tarde
Soca en la fiesta, soca en la calle.

Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Oy yoy yoy, soca español
Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español.

The senorita pick up my guitar
Strumming the soca sweeter than ever
She had me frantic, the pace was hectic
She had me wassy, and if you hear me.

Sí sí sí, la señora, soca español
Sí sí sí, bella niña, soca español
Soca buen bueno, socal caliente
Soca muy bonito, soca dulce, dulce.

Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Oy yoy yoy, soca español
Ay yaye yaye-yaye , Chihuahua, me gusta la manera tu soca
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español.

Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Oy yoy yoy, soca espanol
Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí, soca español.

Hot was the music, so was Consuela
Such was her magic in Venezuela
The way she hold me and she unfold me
I done with English, and talking Spanish.

Sí sí sí, Consuela, soca español
Sí sí sí, ----- chica, soca español
Soca muy celebra, soca estupendo
Soca a la banda, soca a tiempo.

Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Oy yoy yoy, soca espanol
Ay yaye yaye-yaye caramba, me gusta la manera tu soca
Sí sí sí, soca español
Sí sí sí...

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, Baron.

"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

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

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

Ansiedad [Song]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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A Note From The Gull


Thank you, Daisy Voisin!

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

Christmas Music on this Blog.

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

CHRISTMAS MUSIC

A--

Alegria - Daisy Voisin
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Performed by Amanda Salloum
Alla Baja Jesucristo - Familia Rodriguez
Allard, Francisca and Heeralal Rampartap - Parosin
Alma Llanera - Pedro Elías Gutiérrez
Alumbra El Zaguan - Hugo Blanco
Alumbra Luna - Los Sindys
Los Alumnos De San Juan - Cantando Gloria
Anda Parrandero - Los Toacdores
Ansiedad - Daisy Voisin
Around My Christmas Tree - Lennox Gray
At Christmas Your Heart Goes Home - Kelwyn Hutcheon
 Aunque - Clarita Rivas
Ay, Ay, Maria - Singing Francine

B--

Baron - Caminante
Baron - Come Go 
Baron - It's Christmas
Baron - It's Christmas Again
Belafonte, Harry - Mary's Boy Child
Bella Trinidad - Leon Coldero
Bendita tu eres - Flores San Jose
Bindley B - Sunshine Santa
Black Cake And Sorrel - Da Spirits
Blackman, Nehilet; Marge Blackman & Dixie-Ann - Wonderful Day 
Blackman, Sheldon - Home For Christmas
Blanco, Hugo - Alumbra El Zaguan
Bottle And Spoon - Lord Relator
Bottle and Spoon Jam - Leon Coldero
Bring Drinks - Sprangalang

C--
Caminante - Baron
Cantando Gloria - Los Alumnos De San Juan
Chalkdust - Something Salt
Chinee Parang - Damian and Melina Joseph
Christmas Chant - Poser
Christmas Chores - J Square
Christmas In My Land [Instrumental] - Earl Brooks & friends
Christmas in My Land - Singing Francine
Christmas In T&T - Kelwyn Hutcheon
Christmas In The Cocoa [Spoken Word] - Muhammad Muwakil 
Christmas Is Love - Singing Francine
Christmas Is Yours - Lord Relator
Christmas Lavuey - Los Tocadores
Christmas on Sesame Street - Lord Relator
Cholito Jesus - Los Toribianitos
Coldero, Leon - Bella Trinidad
Coldero, Leon - Bottle And Spoon Jam
Come Go - Baron
Coro de Ninos - Fuego Al Canon
Coro Exaudi de La Habana - Hanaq Pachap Cusikuynin [Peruvian Hymn]
Crazy - Maria

D--
Da Spirits - Black Cake And Sorrel
Da Spirits - Sweetbread
Dama Antanona [Instrumental] - Los Toacdores
De Parang Now Start - Scrunter
De Whole Hog - Rebuscar
Designer - I love Christmas
Drink Ah Rum - Lord Kitchener


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

F--
Familia Rodriguez - Alla Baja Jesucristo
Father Christmas - Mighty Spoiler
Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti - Los Tucusitos 
Fernandez, Curt - Nuestra Tradición 
Flores, Sharlene - Sereno, Sereno
Flores San Jose - Bendita tu eres
Fuego El Canon - Coro de Ninos

G--
Garcia, Colly - Parang In The Sun
El Gavilan - Angel C. Loyola
Grant, Colleen - Latin Parang
Gray, Lennox - Around My Christmas Tree
Gray, Lennox - Sha La La
Gutiérrez, Pedro Elías - Alma Llanera
Guarap/Warap -Rebuscar
Gypsy - Caminante 
Gypsy - Sereno Say  

H-- 
Hanaq Pachap Cusikuynin [Peruvian Hymn] - Coro Exaudi de La Habana
Hepburn, Nap - Listen, Mama
Hermanitas Nunez - Estrellita Del Sur
Home For Christmas - Blackman, Sheldon
Home For The Holidays - Mighty Sparrow
Homemade Wine - Scrunter
Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah - Singing Francine 
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - At Cbristmas Your Heart Goes Home 
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Christmas In T&T
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Oh, How I Wish I Were A Child Again
Hutcheon, Kelwyn - Kiss Me For Christmas

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

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

K-- 
Kiss Me For Christmas - Kelwyn Hutcheon
Lord Kitchener - Drink Ah Rum

L--
Latin Parang - Colleen Grant
Lawkaran, Anand - A Roti in a Sappi
Lawrence, Gene - Sereno, Sereno
Lewwe Meet Up - Rembunction
Listen, Mama - Nap Hepburn
Loyola, Angel C. - El Gavilan

M-- 
Macafouchette - RemBunction
Madam Jeffrey - Scrunter
Maicoo, Susan - Trini Christmas Is The Best
Maicoo, Susan - We Come Out To Dance
Make a Friend for Christmas - Lord Relator
Maria - Crazy
Maria Antonia - Gualberto Ibarreto
Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
Mi Burrito Sabanero 
Miranda, Marcia - That's How Christmas Used To Be
Montano, Machel - Soca Santa
Muwakil,  Muhammad - Christmas In The Cocoa [Spoken Word]
Myron B - Parang Festival

Myron B - Talking Parang

N--
El Nacimiento -  Daisy Voisin
Nino Lindo - La Rondallita
Niños Cantores de Huaraz - Ronda De Navidad
Nosotros Tenemos - Daisy Voisin
Nuestra Tradición - Curt Fernandez

O--
Oh, How I Wish I Were A Child Again - Kelwyn Hutcheon
Ola De La Mar - Tania De Venezuela
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P--
Paramin - Singing Sandra
Parang In The Sun - Colly Garcia
Parang Festival - Myron B
Parang, Parang - Singing Francine
Parosin - Francisca Allard and Heeralal Rampartap
Poser - Christmas Chant

R--
Rampartap, Heeralal and Francisca Allard - Parosin 
Rebuscar - Guarap/Warap
Rebuscar - De Whole Hog
RemBunction - Lewwe Meet Up
RemBunction - Macafouchette
Ribbons - Marilyn Williams
Rio Manzanares - Various performers
Rivas, Clarita - Aunque
Lord Relator - Bottle And Spoon
Lord Relator - Christmas Is Yours
Lord Relator - Christmas on Sesame Street
Lord Relator - Make a Friend for Christmas
Lord Relator - Saga Boy and Tan Tan in Parang
Lord Relator - Sip And Chat
Ronda De Navidad - Niños Cantores de Huaraz
La Rondallita - Nino Lindo
A Roti in a Sappi - Anand Lawkaran

S--
Saga Boy and Tan Tan in Parang - Lord Relator
Salloum, Amanda - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
El Sancocho - Gualberto Ibarreto
Santa Claus Ent Have No Wife - Mighty Terror
Scrunter - De Parang Now Start
Scrunter - Homemade wine
Scrunter - Madam Jeffrey
Sereno Say - Gypsy
Sereno, Sereno - Sharlene Flores
Sereno, Sereno - Gene Lawrence
Sha La La - Lennox Gray
Singing Francine - Ay, Ay, Maria
Singing Francine - Christmas In My Land
Singing Francine - Christmas Is Love
Singing Francine - Hurray, Hurray, Hurrah
Singing Francine - I Love Christmas
Singing Francine - Parang, Parang
Singing Sandra - Paramin
Sip And Chat - Lord Relator
Skhi - It's Christmas Again
Soca Santa - Machel Montano
Something Salt - Chalkdust
Mighty Sparrow - Home For The Holidays
Mighty Spoiler - Father Christmas
Sprangalang - Bring Drinks
Sunshine Santa - Bindley B Sweetbread - Da Spirits

T--
Talking Parang - Myron B, The Incredible
Tania de Venezuela - Ola De La Mar 
Mighty Terror - Santa Claus Ent Have No Wife
That's How Christmas Used To Be - Marcia Miranda
Los Toribianitos - Cholito Jesus
Trini Christmas Is The Best - Susan Maicoo
Los Tocadores - Anda Parrandero
Los Tocadores - Christmas Lavuey
Los Tocadores - Dama Antanona [Instrumental]
Los Tucusitos - Un Feliz Ano Pa Ti


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

W-- 
Warap
We Come Out To Dance - Susan Maicoo
De Whole Hog - Rebuscar
Williams, Marilyn - Ribbons
Wonderful Day - Nehilet Blackman, Marge Blackman & Dixie-Ann