Talk:Calypso War

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I've moved the complete song from the main article -- when I have time I will put some excerpts back into the article. I don't think including the entire song is necessary. James Fryer 12:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Written and sung by Rupert Grant (Lord Invader), Patrick McDonald (Macbeth the Great) and Cecil Anderson (the Duke of Iron).

Accompanied by Gerald Clark and His Invaders: Gerald Clark, guitar; Victor Pacheco, violin; Gregory Felix, clarinet; Albert Morris, piano; Hi Clark, bass; Simeon and DeLeon, drums. Also chac-chacs (maracas).

Lord Invader:

Yes, my mother dead and my father disown me What am I to do? My mother dead and my father disown me What am I to do? Now I livin' in this world, I ain't got nobody Not a brother, sister nor cousin family But is war and rebellion when I meet calypsonian My intention is war

Calypso singing is such a technical thing It was not made for one and every to sing How by the heavens can those songsters win Except by necromancy, and that is a sin? My head is like a book that is well compact My tongue like a gun that never yet snap And I'm sorry for the molester who molest Lord Invader My intention is war

Macbeth the Great:

Ladies and gents most respectfully Please accept my complements courteously I must appreciate your loyalty And the patronage that been given to me I start to sing 1928 Today I'm known as Macbeth the Great And I want you to know, my friends, that I master calypso Wherever I go

The Duke of Iron:

Now, I pity their condition, they have no ammunition To fight in this open competition I pity their condition for they have no ammunition To fight in this open competition When it comes to calypso singing Both of them, they're a pair of weaklings Don't they know I'm the Duke of Iron and I command calypsonians Wherever I go?

Lord Invader:

This insolent booby, delirious mule Audacious slum monger, you're out of rule Your abnormal expression worth no while here, and descend at once Pretender, and stop your sneering You gabblous squabbler, illiterate ape Now you are in a terrible scrape And you resemble Manuel Gogo, a foul thief from Tobago

Macbeth the Great:

Men like you who are corrupted and defiled With such dangerous disease, you should be exiled The city council should have you fumigated From the company of man, you should be isolated Ladies and gents, please look at his face And tell me that belong to the human race Don't [talk that this?] representation can fool the population Tell them run away

The Duke of Iron:

Now Lord Invader, please listen to me While I am shaping up your destiny How dare you to approach your superior With your rotten composition that is inferior Don't you know that I am a warrior of royal birth And I will put you six feet under the earth? Don't you see I am the Duke of Iron and I destroy calypsonians Everywhere I go?

Lord Invader:

Once my enemies burn in a track I fought them bravely, I drove them back Some people call me the great Julius Caesar While others call me William the Conqueror It is not for me they have got to fear Is my lancing power that have them dear I'm just like a mystic when I should face these lunatics My intention is war

Macbeth the Great:

When on the battlefield I began to crawl Calypsonian get excited, gallop and bawl Ferocious beast, they fall my prey They remain at my mercy to be killed and slay Listen to me, they are just like a lamb For their worst ammunition can't do me no harm For Macbeth in his power like the Rock of Gibraltar Tell them run away

Lord Invader:

Invader is not bowing to submission But we goin' to finish with this composition

Macbeth the Great:

Listen, my friends, I want you to know That you cannot beat Trinidad for calypso

The Duke of Iron:

And, ladies and gents, accept my compliments I know that you are, accepted our implements So we goin' to end up with this little calypso Because it's getting late

Lord Invader:

So, I goin' to rhyme a verse extemporaneously And show you my singing ability I'm proud and delighted to have you here And to tell you without no care Ladies and gents, I welcome you wholeheartedly And to tell you plain and candidly Lord Invader, a master calypsonian, has gained satisfaction My intention is war

more info at: www.calypsoworld.org