Donkey Can't Wine [Song]

Uploaded by Edward Spencer
DONKEY CAN'T WINE
By Mighty Sparrow

Animal beauty competition, you go hear confusion
Jackass and Tiger, Goat, Pig and Lion, listen to confusion
Who tell them to let Monkey judge?
Monkey have an old personal grudge
From since in the days they make him bring water as the ugliest man,
Since then Monkey bitter.

So he throw out Peacock, he say he too vain
And disqualified Lion with his long flowing mane
But he watching at Donkey in one particular spot
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Monkey say, "Look at beauty this fella got!"
He give Donkey first, second and third and the judge tell Lion flat,
"Hmm, if you was the king of the beasts, you would be toting that!"

Silence, the whole place get silent, Hog watching Elephant
Spellbound, everybody spellbound, all man start to look 'round
Tiger say, "You rude and you fast! What beauty you see in Jackass?
You sit down with a wicked grin on your face
How the hell you could give Donkey all three place?""

But he throw 'way Peacock, he say he too vain
And disqualified Lion with his long flowing mane
Hmmn, but he watching at Donkey in one particular spot
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Monkey say, "Look at beauty this fella got!"
He give Donkey first, second and third and then he tell Lion flat,
"Hah, if you was the king of the beasts, you would be toting that!"

"Robbery!" Crapaud say, "You rob me! I've dressed up so lovely."
"Somebody should shoot you, come in here with a corkscrew."
Is now common Dog start to bark, call Monkey a sex maniac
Pig say, "If is sex, I must be in line.
Donkey have the goods but donkey can't wine."

So he throw out Peacock, he say he too vain
And disqualified Lion with his long flowing mane
But he watching at Donkey in one particular spot
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Monkey say, "Look at beauty this fella got!"
He give Donkey first, second and third and then he tell Lion flat,
"If you was the king of the beasts, you would be toting that!"

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 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

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!
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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

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

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

Cat Party in the Sky [Song]

Uploaded by roger ramirez
CAT PARTY IN THE SKY
By Lord Kitchener

A sky party was given deliberately
To kill cat, birds' biggest enemy
All the birds in the town, they all agree
Lend him some feathers, let him fly to the journey
But when they reach to a certain height
Poor cat nearly faint with fright
Corbeau say, "I ent want no row.
Cat, we want the thing that we lend you now!"

Meow!!

Cat say, "I ent think you acting fair."
Fowl say, "It ent me invite you here."
Goose and duck start to laugh, "Quack-quack-quack!"
"We want all we feathers back!"

Parrot start to talk in parable
Making cat feel more miserable
"Some people really give me the headache
They like to give but to receive, they cannot take."
Cat say, "If is me you mean,
Mister Parrot, you ent got to rub it in."
Parrot say, "I done talk mih thing,
And who the cap fit, they could draw the string."

Meow!!

Cat say, "I ent think you acting fair."
Fowl say, "It ent me invite you here."
Goose and duck start to laugh, "Quack-quack-quack!"
"We want all we feathers back!"

Bluebird vex and talking in a rage,
"Cat will attack you even when you in your cage
If you fly 'round a house for piece of bread
Cat waiting like a shark to snatch your head,
He eat we young and he suck we egg
No use he grumble, no use he beg.
We go make him an example
And give him a taste of his own medicine."

Meow!!!

Cat say, "I ent think you acting fair."
Fowl say, "It ent me invite you here."
Goose and duck start to laugh, "Quack-quack-quack!"
"We want all we feathers back!"

Doctor bird say, "Is my sweet ambition
To pass sentence on cat, that hooligan.
We fool you with a bogus sky party
You didn't know that this was your destiny.
Gimme them feathers immediately
And is up to you with your return journey
You could jump if you is expert
But remember you is ten thousand miles from earth!"

Meow!!!

Cat say, "I ent think you acting fair."
Fowl say, "It ent me invite you here."
Goose and duck start to laugh, "Quack-quack-quack!"
"We want all we feathers back!"

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

Dove and Pigeon [Song]

Uploaded by edward spencer

DOVE AND PIGEON
By Lord Nelson

Dove and Pigeon were two good companions
I say, Dove and Pigeon were two good companions
But because of jealousy they both start to disagree
So Pigeon call a contest to prove to Dove that he is best.

I didn't have to figure, I knew Dove was smarter
Pigeon sure he had Dove covered
So he decide they would eat some pepper
He say, "One thing you must remember.
Eat all you want, don't ask for water."
Dove smile and said, "Agree."
And they both flew on the pepper tree.

Dove start to sing:
"Coo coo coo-coo bansimande
Netty yetty bansimande, wayo wayo bansimande
You mustn't say, 'eeshhhha', you mustn't say, 'eeshhhha'
And nobody shouldn't say, 'eeshhhha, eeshhhha, eeshhhha'."

This time Dove eating and singing,
Bouncing, flapping his wing
Pigeon sure how he winning,
Eating like a champ, won't say a thing
Then all the birds gather 'round to see what was going on
Still Pigeon kept up the pace,
Confident he go win the race.

Singing:
"Coo coo coo-coo bansimande
Netty yetty bansimande, wayo wayo bansimande
You mustn't say, 'eeshhhha', you mustn't say, 'eeshhhha'
And nobody shouldn't say, 'eeshhhha, eeshhhha, eeshhhha'."

Friends, I know you won't believe me
But Sparrow was there, if I lie just ask he
When the pepper start to burn Pigeon
He spin round twice, Bip! he fall down
Dove start to jump up with glee up and down the pepper tree
He said, "Now take a tip from me.
Our friendship done because of jealousy."

Still singing;
"Coo coo coo-coo bansimande
Netty yetty bansimande, wayo wayo bansimande
You mustn't say, 'eeshhhha', you mustn't say, 'eeshhhha'
And nobody shouldn't say, 'eeshhhha, eeshhhha, eeshhhha'."

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 Nelson. Sweet and simple from a time long past, "a tone which is now forever fled."

BOOKENDS

Time it was

And what a time it was, it was

A time of innocence

A time of confidences.

Long ago it must be

I have a photograph

Preserve your memories

They're all that's left you.

--Simon and Garfunkel

"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

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! Man, I love you!

"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

Mule And Cobo [Song]

MULE AND COBO
By Young Killer

Big joke you'll hear, just take it cool
This happen with the cobo and a mule [Cobo is Trinispeak for corbeau]
Big joke you'll hear, just take it cool
This happen with the cobo and a mule
The mule feel tired so he lie down
Cobo think he dead, he fly down on the ground
Hungry like fire, ah fus he want to eat
Chook he head by the tail to test the meat.

Chorus:
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind.

Standing by Cobo Town
When I saw that the mule was coming down
Top speed, the tail up in the air
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Well, I couldn't believe what I seeing
Behind the mule tail the cobo was flying
Friends, look I laugh, I nearly dead
Seeing the cobo and I cannot see the head.

Chorus:
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind.

The mule turn, he head for Frederick Street
Well, is inside a store he get defeat
They hold him, they band him up with twine
And all this time the cobo lock behind
Friends, Mister Fletcher start to bawl
"What is this inside my store at all?
People breaking down my store to see
A cobo head, oh lord, inside a mule belly!"

Chorus:
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind
[Brigadip brigadip, the mule running]
As if he flying with the cobo lock behind.

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, Leon Roach for this rendition of Killer's disturbing/fascinating "Mule and Cobo". I have no idea how these calypsonians got their inspiration. I couldn't come up with this story in a million years. I am very familiar with corbeaux and I know that vultures in general begin their feasts at natural orifices and the softest parts of carcasses, which include the "nether regions". But how do you move from this knowledge to visualising a mule running for its life with a corbeau attached? I remain torn between feeling distressed for the poor mule and being amazed by the scene. Since I cannot be sure if the corbeau is there willingly or locked against his will in a sphincter clench, I don't know what to feel for the miserable bird.

"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