Carnival in Trinidad

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It's Music</B></div> <bR> <div> Nothing captured the spirit of Carnival for us better than the song "Trini To The Bone" by David Rudder & Carl Jacobs.  We chipped and whined all night long during J'ouvert (explained below) to this song and we heard it played everywhere.  This came as close to a Trini Anthem as their national anthem.  We have included the words to the song at the bottom of this page.</div> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-722/trini_2_de_bone.asx" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <bR> <div> Music is the primary ingredient of Carnival.  Music genres proliferate, but perhaps none more than Soca and Calypso.  "Soca is a relatively new form that appeared early in the nineteen seventies. Then, it was calypso to which Indian rhythms had been generously added. There continues to be experimentation and innovation with rhythms, instruments and arrangements in this form. New variations reflect the influence of rhythm and blues, and the Jamaican reggae and dub in the dance hall Soca, for instance."  For a detailed explanation of the many musical genres that can be found at Carnival, click<A HREF="http://trinimusic.com/music.php3#soca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://trinimusic.com/music.php3#soca"><U> here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Top 4 Soca / Calypso Tunes for Carnival 2003</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="748" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#9999FF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>Rank</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Song</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Artist</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Can be heard on...</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div>  <B>Is Carnival</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Destra Garcia & Machel Montano</B> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>On </B><A HREF="more_carnival.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Carnival"><U><B>More Carnival</B></U></A><B> Web Page</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 71 WIDTH="71"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Display</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Faye-Ann Lyons</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Display" won the Trini Carnival Road March song -> most played song by all the bands.</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><bR> <div> <B>On</B><A HREF="trinidad.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trinidad"><U><B> Trinidad </B></U></A><B>Web Page</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Mad Man</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Machel Montano</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="256" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Trini 2 d Bone</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>David Rudder & Carl Jacobs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>On this web page</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Compare the above table with the one below.  Obviously 3 songs, Is Carnival, Trini to d Bone and Display are considered to be the best.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><B>op 4 Dance Tunes</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="748" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#9999FF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> <B>Rank</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Song</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Artist</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Can be heard on...</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 71 WIDTH="71"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Display</B> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>Fay-Ann Lyons</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>"</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Display" won the Trini Carnival Road March song -> most played song by all the bands.</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><bR> <div> <B>On</B><A HREF="trinidad.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trinidad"><U><B> Trinidad </B></U></A><B>Web Page</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Ah Home</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div>  <B>Iwer George</B> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="256" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="71"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Trini To The Bone</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>David Rudder & Carl Jacobs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><div> <B>On this Web Page</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="71"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="132"><div> <B>Is Carnival</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Destra Garcia & Machel Montano</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>On </B><A HREF="more_carnival.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Carnival"><U><B>More Carnival</B></U></A><B> Web Page</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Carnival - The Event</B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="top_of_page"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Each year Trinidad and Tobago launches into the biggest outpouring of energy and creativity ever witnessed.  It is not just a two day parade. Events and activities leading up to this culmination called "Carnival" is the focus of the entire society.  Starting a year ahead of time, ever increasing amounts of energy are expended as the time for Carnival nears.  More calypsos are played, steel bands fill the air and bandleaders promote their costumes.  Like much of the food and music traditions, Carnival dates back to the origin of the islands' multicultural roots.  Long ago in ancient Rome, Dionysus, the god of wine, vegetation, new growth and survival, was honored with a Spring festival.  It traditionally took place before the Lenten observances in the Christian religious calendar when things of the "flesh" were prohibited.  The word Carnival derives from the Latin words "carne vale" meaning "farewell to flesh."  Introduced into Trinidad in the late 1700's by the French, Carnival has evolved from the elaborate masquerade balls to the present spectacle of the streets.  Each group of immigrants adding its own touch.  It has evolved into a nationwide party with calypso and steel pan reflecting the country's multiethnic nature.  It is a kaleidoscope of color, cultures and artistry, that has influenced all creeds, races and classes.  It is truly an event not to be missed and a must to experience at least once in a life time. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Loosely adapted - courtesy of Jesse James.</FONT></div> <div> For more on Carnival, Click<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.carnaval.com/cityguides/trinidad/trincarn.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.carnaval.com/cityguides/trini"><U><B>Here</B></U></A></div> <div> To see the 2003 Calendar of Events, Click <A HREF="http://www.tntisland.com/events2003.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tntisland.com/events2003.html"><U><B>Here</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Major Events Leading Up To and Culminating in "Carnival"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Note:  Film clips will take about 10 minutes to download at 56KB)</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="684" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0000CC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 47 WIDTH="195"><div> <I><B>Event</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> <I><B>Description</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>of event</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> <I><B>Click on Image</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><I><B>to see film clip</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 177 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Mas Camp and Pan Yards</B></div> <bR> <div> The movie clip to the right shows the final product of what we saw being constructed while visiting the Mas Camp.  Yes, that is a man dressed in costume at the bottom of the costume</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><bR> <div> This is a behind the scenes look at  what Carnival the spectacle that it is.  At the Mas Camps, one gets to see close-up how the costumes are made.  The Pan Yard is where you can experience steel pan music in the raw as they practice for the competitions.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div>  <a href="HTMLobj-565/Agony_of_Xtacy.mov" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-565/agony_of_the_Xtacy01.jpg" alt="Agony of the Xtacy - film clip" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> More than 20' high  - Schizo, The Agony of Xtacy - film clip</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 279 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Calypso Tents</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Calypso/Kaiso as a music Genre</B></div> <bR> <div> There are several versions of the origin of the calypso that emerged as an identifiable genre towards the end of the nineteenth century in Trinidad. However it appears that the calypso represents a mixture of several folk songs in the African tradition. In its original functions - to praise or deride, to comment or to relate.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> There is no other art form that defines T&T like calypso.  It is a combination of social and political commentary all set to a lively rhythm.  These tents are often irreverent, a debating ground for everything from love to lust, politics and scandal.  Often, you cannot understand all the words, but you definitely get the message.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The reigning national calypso monarch and calypso queen Singing Sandra </B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Singing Sandra - Calypso Winner 2003 (Picture  Only)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bfafc80.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >Singing</FONT> "For Whom the Bell Tolls"</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Viey La Cou</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> This is the patois of "Old Yard" an d is pure street theater, island style - a treat in terms of seeing true old-time Carnival arts.  Viey La Cou was a folk fair that was started up by the theater folk as a means of keeping alive some of the Carnival's finest theatrical practices.  None displayed this better than the wedding march.  One can see carious characters from folklore and even society portrayed.   Each year may be different but the focus is on "The Old Style."   One can expect to see: Midnight Robbers, devils, imps, roving minstrels, Pierrot Grenade, Dame Lorraines, Jammettes, Jumbies, Wedding marches, stick fights, etc.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div>  <a href="HTMLobj-584/P7140002.MOV" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-584/P7140011.JPG" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> Blue Devils - film clip</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-585/P7140016.MOV" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-585/P7140017.JPG" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> Wedding March - film clip</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 338 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Extempo</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> This is the art of singing extemporaneously  on any given topic.  It is a difficult art to master and very few singers possess the skill to compose the verses with little to no prep time.  The competitors duel with each other in and extempo "war."  It is a fantastic battle where each of the competitors try their best to outdo each other.  Many relish these off-the-cuff performances asserting that only the truly skilled can compete in this arena. For US  trained ears, unaccustomed to the Trini accent and nuances, it may be difficult to capture all the action and especially the punch lines.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> No film clips available</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 288 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Panorama</B></div> <bR> <div> The Champion Steel Pan Band for 2003 was <B>Exodus</B> featured in the movie clip on the right.</div> <bR> <div> Place - Band - Tune - POINTS </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1st Exodus - "Pandora" - 476 Champions </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2nd Trinidad All Stars - "Pandora" - 471 </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3rd Phase II Pan Groove - "Music in We Blood" - 468 </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4th Renegades - "Iron Man" - 462 </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5th Pan Knights - "Ah Home" - 455.5 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> This is the zenith of achievement for the steel band.  12 of the country's best steel bands gather after a series of grueling elimination competitions to compete for the title of Panorama Champion.  This is the primary goal of all steel bands.  Typically, each steel band is composed over a hundred players and the volume, tone, syncopation and rhythm must be heard to fully appreciate the art form that steel band playing has achieved</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> </div> <div> Exodus Steel Pan - film clip</div> <bR> <div> Exodus then assumed the entertainment portfolio as winner of a special 40th anniversary competition staged at Dimanche Gras and champion of the national panorama contest, treating an enthusiastic audience to the songs that won them those titles "Tourist Leggo" and "Pandora" (respectively). </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 498 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>J'ouvert</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="25096710.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Dan & Vicki the morning after</div> <div> (Dan has already taken off his "splashed" clothes</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="25296710.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Showering on the dock before we dare step on the boat</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> This means "Day break" or day open when anything goes!  It is the "official" start of carnival and begins at 4:00AM on Carnival Monday.  It is the time for creatures of the night -bats, devils, imps and dirty people.  (The last category is the one we participated in...as a Desert Rat)  Part of the ritual of J'ouvert is that no one avoids being painted and/or muddied.  It is you duty upon seeing a clean person to ensure that they are liberally baptized in paint, mud, oil and/or whatever other detritus might be generally available, including as a worse case scenario your rum punch if that is all you have handy.  There are organized bands (like the one we participated in - Desert Rats) which have big trucks with music, "beverages"  and security or one can free wheel it going through town and mixing with various bands and street side spectacles.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><bR> <bR> <div> No film clips available</div> <div> <B>(We dared not bring our good cameras)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="258fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Halliday Girl and Dakare - we survived J'ouvert!</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Dimanche Gras</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> This show is the Grand Finale of all the seasons competitive shows, the Calypso Monarch, the King and Queen Costume competitions and Pan Band competitions featuring songs from previous eras.  There are also performances by the Panorama champions, Extempo champions, Junior Monarchs and others.  It is the showpiece of T&T music, dance and song.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> </div> <div> Pan Knights - film clip</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 432 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>Parade of Bands</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>George Bailey Band of the Year 2003:</B></div> <bR> <div> Large - Legends - Bedazzled</div> <div> Medium - Trini Revelers - Gathering of the Tribes</div> <div> Small - Tribal Connections - Warriors of the Great Plains</div> <div> Mini - Rosalind Gabriel - Land of the Humming Bird</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="215"><div> The Parade of Bands or "Pretty Mas" is a two day affair and it takes place on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.  This is where the band leaders creativity and style is showcased.  Hundreds of thousands of costumed revelers throng through the streets of Port of Spain, the capitol of Trinidad, dancing, chipping and whining  (See last entry in column to the right) their way to Carnival music, with the parade crossing the final stage at the Queens Park Savanna in the middle of town.    To do J'ouvert and the Parade of Bands is a true test of anyone's' stamina.</div> <bR> <div> For the fourth time in five years, the band Legends led by Mike Antoine and Ian Mc Kenzie won the Band of the Year title. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <a href="HTMLobj-615/P7220069.MOV" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-615/DSCN0426.JPG" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> Carnival Intensity - film clip</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-624/P7220042.MOV" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-624/DSCN0447.JPG" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> Old Sailors Band - film clip</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-701/Whining.mov" target="_blank"><img src="HTMLobj-701/DSCN0418.JPG" height="113" width="150"></a>  </div> <div> Whining Example - film clip</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 41 WIDTH="195"><div> <B>More?</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> More Pictures, more Canival</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> <B>Click </B><B>here</B></div> <div> (Pictures Only)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Below is our favorite Trini song</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Trini To The Bone -- David Rudder & Carl Jacobs</B></div> <div> (Click <A HREF="http://www.nvo.com/triniradio/trinidictionary/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nvo.com/triniradio/trinidicti"><U>Here</U></A> to see Trini Dictionary for Help with words in this song)</div> <bR> <div>  [intro] Islands in the sun</div> <div>  Islands in the fun</div> <bR> <div> [verse 1]</div> <div> Welcome, welcome one and all </div> <div> to de land of fete </div> <div> Trini to bone, Trini to de bone </div> <bR> <div> When it come to bacchanal, </div> <div> well they can't beat we yet </div> <div> Trini to bone, Trini to de bone </div> <bR> <div> Sweet women parade abundantly </div> <div> De brendren dey full ah energy </div> <div> Some people say God is a Trini </div> <div> Paradise and all convincingly</div> <bR> <div> God gave us a spirit firery</div> <div> Nothing in the world doh bother we</div> <div> Look ah smart man gone with we money</div> <div> We still come up and smash up the party.</div> <bR> <div> [chorus] </div> <div> (Sweet sweet T and T) Oh how I love up dis country </div> <div> (Sweet sweet T and T) No other place I rather be </div> <div> (Sweet sweet T and T) Oh how I love up meh country </div> <div> (Sweet sweet T and T) All dis sugar can't be good for me </div> <bR> <div> [sub-chorus] </div> <div> (Oh oh) From Toco to Caroni (Oh oh) </div> <div> Maravel to Sans Souci (Oh oh) </div> <div> From Scarborough to Coco Reef (Oh oh) </div> <div> Profiling on Fredrick Street [chorus] </div> <bR> <div> [verse 2] </div> <div> All these years I spent abroad in de cold, longing to be home </div> <div> Trini to bone, trini to de bone </div> <div> God I prey that some sweet day, I will no longer have to roam </div> <div> Trini to bone, Trini to de bone </div> <div> De problems we have are plain to see </div> <div> We prove we could stand de scrutiny </div> <div> All and all, a true democracy </div> <div> How we vote, is not how we party </div> <div> There's no place like home some people say </div> <div> Though some have to leave to make their way </div> <div> But in their hearts I know their destiny </div> <div> To come back home and big up they country </div> <bR> <div> [chorus] </div> <bR> <div> [sub-chorus] </div> <div> (Oh oh) From Couva to Signal Hill </div> <div> (Oh oh) Arima to Charlotteville </div> <div> (Oh oh) Matelot down to Port-A-Spain </div> <div> (Oh oh) We playin' mas sun or rain </div> <bR> <div> [chorus] </div> <bR> <div> [bridge] </div> <div> (rudder chant) </div> <div> Look ah Trini gyal dey, she breaking away </div> <div> Tobago gyal, oh what a bacchanal </div> <div> De men dem wild, de wickedest style </div> <div> De gyal look back, dey on de attack</div> <div> De style just change, man re-arrange </div> <div> De fete gone clear, cause nothing can compare to a Trini rising </div> <div> Oh no no, nothing can compare to a Trini rising </div> <bR> <div> [verse 3] </div> <div> As crazy as we might seem to be </div> <div> We still fight to be a family Indian, </div> <div> African or a Chinee Serian, French-Creole and Portugese </div> <div> We vex with a spirit fiery </div> <div> Some people say God is a Trini </div> <div> Sweet women parade abundantly </div> <div> Now de problem is plain to see </div> <bR> <div> [chorus] </div> <bR> <div> [sub-chorus] </div> <div> (Oh oh) West Mooring to Locirot </div> <div> (Oh oh) From Sando to Mayaro </div> <div> (Oh oh) 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