RE: Calling all Mausicans, especially calypso singers, and calypso lovers.

2013-Jan-13-0659Hrs

I woke up this morning thinking of Theodore's e mail to Linda's and her earlier comments.

There was a Song sheet with some calypsos at the Toronto Reunion in 2005... any one kept theirs?

I remember Trevor Davis singing La Porrinden ( inspired by one of our folk songs) and a calypso about Choir practice.  Also Felix "Hot Water" Edinborough with one about  a mosquito.   See what I remember below and fill in the many blanks please.  If everyone send in what they recall we can put some of the songs together.

Also at one of our assemblies  someone did a parody of Just Because ( was this a Jim Reeves song?) which brought the house down.

Was there a calypso with  " another bomb drop!!" ?

Trevor Davis:

La Porrinden: dis string ban ah children ah have here, dey too much for me; dis string ban ah children ah tell yuh, is a trouble tree

dis string ban ah children ah tell yuh, dey too much for me; de whole bunch ah dese little devils , dey want to kill me

one ah dem jus like ah...

dey jus like dey wutless fader... Zandolee  etc and also included a piece in patois : uni quat' cinq, six ti lezards ...dey want to kill me

I do not remember the title of his other calypso but it was generally about the Warden's frustration with us at Choir practice( especially the TENORS!!!)

(chorus, based on Oh Holy Night) :  Fall, fall, fall, fall, fall!  sing up tenors, sing up please

fall, fall, fall, fall , fall, fall,... fall on something beside yuh knees  ( dat's all Folks!)

fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall  .....    ( all I can remember folks)

Hot Water( Progues)  Ah ole mosquito was dying, if yuh see how he children cryin (2)

one a dem name was Wii, he only interested in de will

so he ben down and ask he father to leave him a barrel ah Yellow Fever

Chorus ( father) Ah bite up man in de mornin, ah bite up man in de evenin

Ah sorry for what ah do, yuh know? ah bite up some women too!

Pat Ryan