List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences
The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon.
American presence in Trinidad and Tobago
"Base (The)" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 2]
"Brown Skin Gal" - "Brown Skin Girl" (1933), King Radio [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
"Chaguaramas Issue (The)" (1959), Mighty Cypher [ 10] [ 11]
"Dock Site Baby" (1945), Lord Invader [ 12]
"Gimme Back Me Dam Kimona" (1951), Mighty Growler [ 4] [ 8]
"Green Fig" - "Mary, I am Tired and Disgusted" (1942), Lord Kitchener [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
"No Nationality" (1946), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 2] [ 8]
"Pam Palaam" - "Soldiers and the Mopsies of Pam Palam (The)" (1944), Roaring Lion [ 8] [ 14]
"Roosevelt in Trinidad" - "FDR in Trinidad " (1936), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 13] [ 10] [ 17] [ 12]
"Rum and Coca-Cola " (1944), Lord Invader [ 3] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 16] [ 10] [ 15] [ 21] [ 8] [ 9] [ 22] [ 11] [ 12]
"Soldiers Came and Broke Up My Life (The)" (1945), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 4] [ 24] [ 12]
"What You Doing in My Gallery" (1945), Growling Tiger [ 4] [ 25]
"We Want Back Chagaramas" (1959), Nap Hepburn[ 16] [ 14]
"Yankee Dollar" (1946), Lord Invader [ 3] [ 4] [ 24]
"Yankee Harvest Is Over" (1945), Lord Beginner [ 6]
"Yankee’s Back" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 23]
"Yankees Gone" - "Jean and Dinah " (1956), Mighty Sparrow [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 18] [ 26] [ 7] [ 1] [ 27] [ 20] [ 16] [ 10] [ 15] [ 21] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 22] [ 11]
"You Can't Tell the Old from the Young" (1955), Lord Beginner [ 8] [ 23]
Aspirations / Dreams
Christmas period
"Bring de Scotch for Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
"Christmas Coming" (1977), Chalkdust [ 31]
"Christmas Greetings" (1966), Lord Kitchener [ 31]
"Christmas Is a Joyful Day" (1937), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 31]
"Christmas Is Yours, Christmas is mine" (1981), Lord Relator
"Christmas Morning the Rum Had Me Yawning" (1939), Lord Beginner [ 23] [ 31]
"Christmas Nice" (1999), Mighty Shadow
"Christmas Time is Near" (1961), Lord Creator [ 31]
"Father Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
"Father Christmas" (1959), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"It’s Christmas" (2009), Baron [ 14]
"It’s Christmas again" (2010), Baron [ 14]
"Jingle Bells Calypso" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Merry Christmas to You" (1961), Lord Creator [ 31]
"Neighbour Oye" (2018), Baron
"Oh What a Christmas" (2018), Crazy
"Paint Brush (De)" (1993), Kenny J.
"Paramin" (2008), Singing Sandra
"Parang Soca" (1979), Crazy [ 5]
"Party for Santa Claus (A)" (1973), Lord Nelson [ 31]
"Santa" - "Miss Santa" (1961), King Solomon[ 7]
"Sip and Chat" (1981), Lord Relator[ 29]
"Something Salt" (1977), Chalkdust [ 31]
Corruption / Criminality
The Mighty Shadow
"Ah Digging Horrors" (1975), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 32]
"Ah Doh Rhyme" (2005), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"Ah Feeling Shame" (2009), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Ah Not in Dat" (2009), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Angry Land" (2017), Gypsy
"Apocalypse" (1981), Delamo[ 10] [ 2] [ 32]
"Apology (The)" - "No Apology" (1995), Cro Cro[ 13]
"Baboo Lala" (1938), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 14] [ 34]
"Bad Impression (A)" 1965, Lord Kitchener [ 2]
"Ballad of Gorrie" (1934), Lord Executor [ 8]
"Bandit Factory (The)" (2006), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"Bernard" (1974), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Black Man Killing Black Man" (1993), Black Stalin
"Cat O’Nine Tails" - "Old Time Cat-O-Nine" -"Bring Back the Cat O'Nine Tails" (1945), Lord Invader [ 8] [ 23] [ 35] [ 12]
"Caught in the Whirlwind" (2017), Karene Asche[ 14]
"Cleansing Fire" (2017), Singing Sandra
"Cock O’Halloran" (1967), Mighty Clipper[ 2]
"Collateral Damage" (2004), Kizzie Ruiz[ 33]
"Corporal Holder" (1904), Lord Inventor[ 8] [ 4]
"Corporal Holder" (1904), Pharaoh[ 8]
"Corporal Punishment" (1947), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Corruption in Common Entrance" (1988), Cro Cro[ 20] [ 13] [ 22]
"Dis Place Is Nice" - "Trinidad is Nice" (1975), Brother Valentino[ 1] [ 2] [ 36] [ 32]
"Dole Chadee Say" (2000), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Equal Justice" (2006), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 33]
"Essence of Love (The)" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Every Shadow" (1985), Scrunter
"Face Reality" (2004), Cro Cro[ 10]
"Family Size Coke" (1950), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (2003), Singing Sandra [ 33]
"Good Citizen" (1971), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 32] [ 28]
"Ground Zero" (2002), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 33]
"Harold Change your Mind" (1940), Mighty Growler [ 12]
"Head in the Flower Pot" (1965), Lord Brynner [ 31]
"Hell’s Yard and George Street Conflict" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 5]
"High Cost of Living" (1957), Mighty Sparrow [ 26] [ 13]
"Hills Thrills (The)" (2015), Shirlane Hendrickson[ 33]
"Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow [ 27] [ 10]
"How to Stop Delinquency" - "How to Curb Delinquency" (1966), Mighty Leveller[ 37] [ 2] [ 31] [ 32]
"Hunt is On (The)" (2012), Duane O’Connor[ 33]
"In the Dew and Rain" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 12]
"Jail Dem" (2002), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Jail Them" (2002), Bally[ 33]
"Jericho" (1978), Lord Kitchener [ 5]
"Justice" (2020), Kurt Allen[ 33]
"Kamla the Greatest" (2011), Crazy [ 33]
"Law Is an Ass (The)" (1979), Short Pants[ 27] [ 19] [ 1]
"Licensed Forearm" (1994), Luta[ 13]
"Lip Service" (2017), Rondell Donawa[ 33]
"Look How Trinbago Gone" (2013), All Rounder
"Madman’s Rant" (1996), David Rudder [ 2]
"Mano Benjamin" (1964), Mighty Composer[ 31]
"Mirror Mirror" (2005), Skatie[ 33]
"Money" (1980), Black Stalin [ 32]
"Money Eh No Problem" (1978), Lord Shorty [ 5] [ 1] [ 2] [ 32]
"Money is King" (1935), Growling Tiger [ 4] [ 5] [ 7] [ 37] [ 16] [ 38] [ 8] [ 35] [ 12]
"Murder Frenzy" (2020), Chalkdust [ 33]
"Nature’s Plan" (1984), Johnny King[ 7] [ 13] [ 39] [ 32]
"No Bacchanal" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 2]
"Not de Land" (2013), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"Nothing Ain’t Strange" (1975), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 32] [ 10]
"One Day Without a Murder" (2020), Singing Sandra
"One to Hang" (1973), Lord Kitchener [ 40]
"Panama" (1988), David Rudder [ 10] [ 28]
"Peace Seeker" (2015), Sean Daniel[ 33]
"Peddlers" (1958), Lord Melody [ 20]
"Pirates of Paria" - "Pirates in the Gulf of Paria" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Police Doing it Too" (1963), Young Killer[ 31]
"Police Get More Pay" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1]
"Policeman" (1936), Young Pretender [ 8] [ 31]
"Race Track Scandal" (1955), Mighty Sparrow [ 26]
"Run the Gunslingers" (1959), Lord Caruso[ 7] [ 41] [ 30]
"Sam P" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 10]
"Savage" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs
"Scape Fox (The)" (1987), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard" (1938), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 42] [ 43] [ 44]
"Shortcut Society" (2001), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Sly Mongoose " (1925), Lionel Belasco [ 1] [ 8] [ 35] [ 9] [ 45] [ 6] [ 12]
"Sodom & Gomorrah" (1982), Delamo[ 2]
"Stanley Abbott" (1974), Lord Kitchener [ 40]
"Staying Alive" (1987), Black Stalin
"Take the Number" (1979), Scrunter[ 46] [ 1] [ 47]
"Take Over" (2019), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Tell the Authorities" (2007), Twiggy[ 33]
"Ten Feet Ah Rope" (2003), Heather McIntosh[ 33]
"Ten to One Is Murder" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 1] [ 4] [ 28]
"Thelma Haynes Story" (1957), Lord Melody
"Treasury Scandal" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 13] [ 38] [ 17] [ 8]
"Twenty Years n' Twenty Strokes" (1989), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Unsolved Murders" (1965), Mighty Bomber [ 31] [ 2]
"We Living in Jail" (1984), Penguin[ 13]
"Western Rodeo" (2002), Gypsy [ 33]
"Who Is in Charge" (1995), Sugar Aloes [ 13]
"Who to Call" (2019), Brian London[ 33]
"Witness" (2001), Brother Resistance [ 33]
"Year of the Child (Shakuntala)" (1979), Cardinal
"Year for Love" (2018), Voice[ 33]
Culture - Calypso / Carnival evolution
"A Calypsonian" (2010), Brian London[ 33]
"Ah Put on My Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust [ 1] [ 48] [ 32] [ 49]
"Ancient Rhythm" (2003), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 33]
"Bahia Girl" (1986), David Rudder [ 28] [ 50] [ 30]
"Banning of Records (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 27] [ 6] [ 37] [ 1] [ 16] [ 34] [ 10] [ 17]
"Bomber’s Dream" (1964), Mighty Bomber [ 1]
"Brass Crown" (1957), Lord Superior[ 16] [ 35]
"Calypso Cricket" (1988), Chalkdust [ 49]
"Calypso Music" (1987), David Rudder [ 51] [ 10] [ 49]
"Calypso Rising" (1992), David Rudder [ 13] [ 52]
"Calypso War" (1958), Mighty Terror [ 23] [ 35]
"Can’t Buy Extempo" - "Yuh Cyar Buy One" (2009), Contender[ 33]
"Caribbean Spirit" (1988), Gypsy
"Carnival Boycott" (1957), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 16] [ 28] [ 35]
"Carnival Road March" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Carnival Is the Answer" (1989), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 13] [ 2]
"Category My Donkey" (2004), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad (The)" (1938), Lord Executor [ 6] [ 17]
"Chalkie the Mailman" (2006), Chalkdust [ 51]
"Chalkie the Teacher" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Champions" (2018), Turner
"Chutney Soca" - "Chatnee Soca" (1987), Drupatee [ 53] [ 13]
"Cooperation" (1966), Calypso Rose [ 53] [ 54]
"Cultural Controversy" - "Carnival Controversy" (1987), Singing Francine
"Culture" (1988), Tambu[ 13]
"D’Blueprint" (2012), Mistah Shak[ 33]
"Dat Eh Good Enough" (2011), Ras Shorty I [ 50]
"Dat Soca Boat" (1979), Mighty Shadow [ 14]
"Dem Judges" (2006), Brother Mutada[ 33]
"Don’t Destroy Calypso Music" (1995), The Mighty Duke [ 13]
"Don’t Stop the Carnival" - "Doh Stop the Carnival" (1939) - Lord Invader [ 55] [ 10]
"Ducking" (2015), Fadda Fox[ 20]
"Everliving Calypso" (2007), Brother Mudada[ 33]
"Excursion to Grenada" (1938), Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 6] [ 12] [ 44]
"Five Rules of Calypso (The)" (2001), Brother Valentino[ 36]
"Flag Woman" (1976), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 1] [ 30]
"Guests of Rudy Vallee" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 13] [ 44]
"Her Majesty" (1978), Calypso Rose [ 1] [ 48] [ 28]
"High Mass" (1998), David Rudder [ 7] [ 33] [ 52]
"History of Carnival" (1935), Atilla the Hun [ 5] [ 6] [ 1] [ 8] [ 17] [ 12]
"How’s Dat" (2012), Chalkdust [ 14]
"How to Sing Calypso" (1982), Chalkdust [ 14]
"How to Win the Crown" (2019), Chalkdust [ 1]
"If the Priest Could Play" (1967), Mighty Cypher [ 7] [ 48]
"Iron Band (The)" (1945), Atilla the Hun [ 14]
"J’Ouvert Barrio" (1935), Roaring Lion [ 56] [ 23]
"Jam (De)" (1980), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 32]
"Juba Doo Bai" - "Juba Dubai" (1977), Chalkdust [ 7] [ 1]
"Jump and Wave" (1995), Cro Cro[ 13] [ 35]
"Kaiso Gone Dread" (1991), Black Stalin [ 5]
"Kaiso Kaiso" (2006) - Luta[ 33]
"Kaiso Music" (1996), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Kaiso Power" (1986), Chalkdust
"Kaiso Sick in the Hospital" (1993), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 13]
"Land of Calypso" - "Trinidad, the Land of Calypso" (1950), Roaring Lion [ 27] [ 35] [ 29]
"Last Jour Ouvert" (1987), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Last Year’s Happiness" (1966), Mighty Terror [ 1] [ 48] [ 9]
"Long Live Calypso" (1973), Lord Superior[ 13] [ 33]
"Love Yuh Own" (1991), Ella Andall[ 53]
"Man Want to Dance" (1986), Chalkdust [ 27]
"Mas" (1965), Lord Melody [ 48] [ 10]
"Mecca (The)" (1987), Brother Mudada[ 7]
"Meet Superblue" (2009), Fay-Ann Lyons [ 33] [ 30]
"Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust [ 51]
"Misconceptions" (1993), Chalkdust [ 37] [ 13]
"Mr. Bissessar" (1988), Drupatee [ 13]
"My Purpose" (2019), Brian London[ 33]
"No Entry" (2020), Maria Bhola[ 33]
"No Part Time Lover" (1986), Black Stalin [ 13]
"Nobody Cares" - "They Don't Care About We" (2001), Black Stalin
"No Smut for Me" (1976), Chalkdust [ 1]
"Old Time Calypso" (1998), Lord Kitchener
"One for the Savannah" (1992), Chalkdust [ 14]
"One More Officer" (1989), David Rudder [ 35]
"One Song" (2007), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Our Cultural Heritage" (1972), Chalkdust [ 31]
"Outcast (The)" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 3] [ 7] [ 1] [ 19] [ 10] [ 35]
"Pack up Your Things and Go" - " Pack Yuh Bags" (1998), Luta[ 27] [ 10]
"Piranha" (2012), Tiny[ 33]
"Play Me" (1977), Maestro[ 1]
"Play My Music" (1978), Brother Mudada
"PM’s Sex Probe" (1974), Lord Shorty [ 10]
"Politicians Love Calypsonians" - "Politicians Love Calypso" (1999), Manchild[ 10]
"Poor, Pious and Proud" (2014), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Questionable Canon" (1948), Atilla the Hun [ 16]
"Rainorama" (1973), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 46] [ 20] [ 28] [ 30]
"Rate Rate Ray" - "Ra Tiray Tiray" (1941), Lord Invader [ 5] [ 6]
"Real Bandits" (2016), Helon Francis[ 33]
"Reply to the Ministry" (1969), Chalkdust [ 27] [ 51] [ 1]
"Respect the Calypsonian" (1988), Gypsy [ 27] [ 37]
"Respect the Thing" - "Respect the Ting" (1982), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Rhythm of a People" (1997), Gypsy [ 13]
"Road (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 30]
"Scrunting Calypsonian" (1978), Trinidad Rio[ 7]
"Seeking Sparrow's advice" (2013), Duane O’Connor[ 13] [ 33]
"Shame Mr. Shak" (2012), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"She Want Me To Sing in She Party" - "Sing in She Party" (1987), Scrunter[ 13]
"Sixty-Seven" (1967), Lord Kitchener [ 1] [ 30]
"Soca Warriors" - "Soca Warrior too" (2007), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Sparrow Come Back Home" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 23] [ 48] [ 28]
"Spirit of Carnival" (2016), Devon Seale[ 33]
"St. Joan of Arts" (2008), Chalkdust
"Stage Gone Bad" (2020), Kes (band) & Iwer George[ 33] [ 30]
"Sumintra" (1988), Rikki Jai [ 13]
"Telephone Call" (1974), Chalkdust [ 31]
"Tempo" - "Gimme More Tempo" (1977), Calypso Rose [ 1] [ 13] [ 30]
"Tension" (1988), Mighty Shadow
"Tent Is it (The)" (2001), Chalkdust [ 51]
"They Couldn't Stop the Masquerade" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 6]
"They Don’t Like the Government" (2000), Crazy [ 33]
"They Don’t Make Them Like Me Anymore" (1991), Lord Pretender
"They Put Me So" (2019) - Chalkdust [ 51] [ 33]
"Too Much Quacks" (1986), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 13]
"Too Much Tempo" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Too Young to Soca" (1986), Machel Montano [ 13] [ 33] [ 28]
"Trinidad Carnival" (1974), Lord Superior[ 36]
"Trinidad Loves to Play Carnival" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 23] [ 43] [ 12]
"True Calypsonian" - "True True Kaisonian" - "True True Calypsonian" (1966), Lord Pretender [ 27] [ 13]
"Two Chords & Leston Paul" (1988), Chalkdust [ 19]
"Ubiquitous and Kaiso" (1944), Atilla the Hun [ 34] [ 5] [ 8]
"Uncle Sam Own We" (1978), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 32]
"Vagabond" (2015), Ricardo Drue[ 20]
"Vincentian Calypso King" (1963), Lord Blakie[ 31] [ 35]
"You Can’t Judge Culture" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Yuh Mad or Wha" (2006), Bunji Garlin
"Warrior" (1977), Calypso Rose [ 14]
"Wedding of the Century" (2014), Chucky[ 33]
"What Is an Obscene Calypso?" (1944), Lord Pretender [ 6]
"What Is Calypso" (1968) - The Mighty Duke [ 51] [ 7] [ 19] [ 42] [ 36] [ 34]
"What’s Wrong With Me" (2000), Mighty Shadow [ 33]
"What the Hell You Want" (1987), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Where Kaiso Went" (2004), Brother Valentino[ 33]
"Who Next" (1972), Chalkdust [ 31] [ 10]
"Why I Sing" (2012), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"Why Milo" (1975), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Why We Attack" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Wild Indian" (1945), The Duke of Iron [ 23]
Lord Invader, The Growler, Atilla the Hun and Roaring Lion (1943) - Calypso22
"Alexander the Murderer" (1960), Lord Melody [ 5] [ 1]
"Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande Tomorrow Night" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini [ 5]
"Asteroid" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 34] [ 8]
"Bad Johns" (2001), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Belmont Jackass" (1960), Lord Melody [ 13] [ 23]
"Bull Pistle Gang" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 2]
"Calypso Invasion" (1945), The Duke of Iron [ 23]
"Calypso War" (1946), Lord Invader , Macbeth the Great, The Duke of Iron [ 14]
"Corbeau Flying High" (1958), Lord Melody [ 23] [ 10]
"Cowboy Melo" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 4]
"Cowboy Sparrow" (1959), Lord Melody [ 13] [ 23]
"Don’t Touch Me" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 1]
"Executor Doomed to Die" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 13]
"Executor the homeless man" (1937), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 23]
"Fire and Brimstone" (1936), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 23]
"Fowl Thief Melo" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"Hangman’s Cemetery" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 1]
"Horse Race" - "Sparrow Melody Horse Race" (1962), Lord Melody [ 23]
"In the Morning" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 5] [ 12]
"Loretto" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Madame Dracula" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"Mamaguille" - "Mamaguy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 17] [ 8]
"Malnutrition Songsters" (1937), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"March" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Marjorie" (1960), Lord Melody [ 23]
"Melody Lie" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"More the Merrier (The)" (1993), Mighty Sparrow [ 13]
"My Reply to Houdini" (1937), Lord Executor [ 4] [ 6] [ 8]
"No Royal Jail" (1961), Lord Inventor[ 23]
"On His Blindness" (1952), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 4]
"Picong Duel" (1957), Mighty Sparrow & Lord Melody [ 23]
"Renegades" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 4]
"Reply to Melody" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 13] [ 23] [ 10]
"Rope" (1972), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 48]
"Royal Goal" - "Royal Jail" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 1] [ 28] [ 30]
"Soca Pressure" (1985), Mighty Sparrow [ 13] [ 28]
"Song No. 99" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23]
"Sparrow’s Nose" - "St. Lucian Women" (1960), Lord Melody [ 23]
"Sparrow’s Sister" (1959), Lord Melody [ 23]
"Sugar for Pan" (1986), Mighty Terror [ 14]
"Texilia" (1936), King Radio & Growling Tiger [ 6]
"They Say I Reign Too Long" (1938), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 49]
"Three Calypsonians" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"Trouble in Arima" (1954), Lord Kitchener [ 4] [ 5] [ 7]
"Turn Back Melo" - "Turn back Melody" (1960), Lord Melody [ 5] [ 1]
"Ugliness" (1961), Mighty Dougla [ 23]
"What They Get, They Will Take" (1963), Lord Blakie[ 31]
"War" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Lord Caresser & Roaring Lion & Lord Executor [ 6] [ 1] [ 8] [ 17]
"War" (1979), Crazy [ 4]
"War Declaration" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 4] [ 6] [ 17]
"Yuh Cyar Buy Extempo" (2009), Contender
Culture Icons (Calypso / Carnival / Pan )
"Ah Miss de Bards" (2014), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Ah Thief it from Kitch" (1974), Chalkdust [ 31]
"Atilla’s Pen" (2011), Kurt Allen[ 13] [ 33]
"Before You Gone" - "Before you gone Birdie" (2016), Macomere Fifi
"Black Stalin Say" (2013), Kurt Allen[ 13] [ 33]
"For Kitchener's Sake" (2000), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 13]
"Formula" (2019), Pharaoh[ 33]
"Godfather (The)" (2001), Mighty Bomber [ 33]
"Hammer (The)" (1986), David Rudder [ 14] [ 16] [ 28] [ 29]
"Heroes" (2001), Denyse Plummer [ 13] [ 33]
"Is Wot" (2022), David Rudder
"Kaiso Kaiso" (2006), Luta[ 13]
"Kitchener Say" (2001), Defosto
"One for Bertie" (2013), Helon Francis[ 33]
"One More Kitchener" (2000), Defosto[ 33]
"Pretender's Reminder" (2015), Mistah Shak[ 27] [ 33]
"Sartorial Elegance" (2007), Duane O'Connor[ 33]
"Spree Simon" - "Tribute to Spree Simon" (1975), Lord Kitchener [ 1] [ 48] [ 30]
"Tribute to Kitchener" (2000), Lord Relator[ 13] [ 33] [ 36]
"Tribute to Singing Sandra" (2021), Ajamu
"Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin [ 14] [ 13]
"Tribute to Winsford Devine" (2010), Crazy [ 33]
"Trinity is My Name" (1994), Delamo[ 13]
"Will (The)" (1982), Scrunter[ 7] [ 13]
"Wot Time it is" (2022), Aaron Duncan
"Little Gal, Mother is Calling You" (1938), Al Phillip Iere Syncopator[ 44]
"Archie Boulay" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 14] [ 31] [ 56] [ 17] [ 12]
"Bayonet Charge by the Laws of the Iron Duke" (1914), The Duke of Iron [ 12] [ 6]
"Bois" (2014), Mistah Shak[ 33]
"Carnival Celebration" (1956), Small Island Pride[ 5] [ 35]
"Clear the Way When the Bamboo Play" (1938), Lord Caresser [ 16] [ 23] [ 35]
"Congo Bara (Prisonier levez)" - "Kongo Bara (Pwizonnyé Lévé)" - "Congo Barra" (1935), Keskidee Trio[ 6] [ 5] [ 56] [ 8] [ 17] [ 35]
"Don’t Break it I Say" (1936), King Radio , Roaring Lion , Growling Tiger [ 12]
"Fire Brigade - Water the Road" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 56] [ 5] [ 35]
"Man Man Biscoe" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 17]
"Native Trinidad Kalenda" (1914), Jules Sim[ 12] [ 6]
"Reine Maribone (La)" - "Larenn Maribone" (1939), Atilla the Hun [ 56] [ 23]
"Sergeant Brown" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 9] [ 6]
"Scorpion" (1939), Atilla the Hun [ 56] [ 23]
"Ten Thousand to Bar Me One" (1939), Lord Invader [ 6] [ 35]
"They Want Fo’ Come Kill me" - "Dey Want to Come Kill me" (1936), Keskidee Trio[ 6] [ 8]
"When I Dead Bury me Clothes" (1962), Growling Tiger [ 35] [ 23]
"Zingue Tala" - "Zing Gay Ta La La" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 56] [ 31] [ 23] [ 43]
Steelpan - Renegades
"Bass Man" (1974), Mighty Shadow [ 13] [ 30]
"Beat Of a Steelband (The)" - "Steelband (The)" (1946), Lord Kitchener [ 14] [ 13] [ 6] [ 9] [ 12]
"Bottle and Spoon" (1981), Lord Relator[ 13]
"Carenage Water" (1942), Lord Invader [ 6] [ 12]
"Dustbin Cover" (1977), Crazy [ 36]
"Engine Room (The)" (1993), David Rudder [ 28]
"Guitar Pan (The)" (1997), Lord Kitchener [ 14] [ 28]
"Iron Man" (1990) - Lord Kitchener [ 14] [ 28]
"Mister Pan Maker" (1987), Black Stalin [ 14] [ 13] [ 2]
"Music Pan" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
"No Pan" (1979), Lord Kitchener [ 13]
"Pan Gone" - "Steelband Gone" (1973), Black Stalin [ 32] [ 14]
"Pan in A Minor" (1987), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 28]
"Pan in Danger" (1985), Merchant[ 7] [ 19]
"Pan on the Moon" (2009), Scrunter[ 33]
"Pan Rising" (2011), Denyse Plummer [ 52]
"Pan Talent" (1965), Mighty Terror [ 7]
"Pan Woman" (2008), Singing Sandra
"Play Mr Pannist Play" (1994), Defosto
"Play One" - "Pan Shootout" (1979), Black Stalin [ 1] [ 48] [ 2]
"Retrorama" (2011), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Steel and Brass" (1973), King Wellington[ 7]
"Steelband Clash" (1953), Lord Blakie[ 7] [ 20] [ 36] [ 30]
"Steelband Jamboree" - 2Pan Jamboree" (1966), Mighty Terror [ 1] [ 48]
"Steel Band Music" (1964), Lord Kitchener [ 31] [ 36]
"Symphony on the Street" (1998), Lord Kitchener
"Tribute to Clive Bradley" (2006), Defosto[ 33]
"Tribute to Pan Pushers" (2001), Lord Blakie[ 33]
"War 2004" (2004), Defosto[ 33]
Culture - Other
"Ann Sheridan" (1947), Atilla the Hun
"Ban the Hula Hoop" (1959), Mighty Striker [ 1] [ 48]
"Bebop Calypso" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 9]
"Bionic Man" (1977), Maestro[ 7]
"Bobby Sox Idol" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23]
"Calypso Be Bop" (1957), Lord Flea & his Calypsonians[ 23] [ 28]
"CNN Society" (1995), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Evening News" (1959), Lord Creator [ 10] [ 11]
"From Naipaul to Shame" (2002), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"Get Off the Radio" (1982), Lancelot Layne [ 32]
"Hulk" (2018), Blaxx
"It's the Rhythm we Want" (1939), King Radio [ 12]
"Jitterbug" (1941), King Radio [ 57] [ 23]
"Kalo Gee Bull Bull" (1974), Lord Shorty [ 5]
"Kuch Gadbad Hai" (1985), Babla & Kanchan [ 5]
"Pussy Galore" (1962), Young Growler[ 15]
"Rumba Dance" (The) (1936), Roaring Lion [ 57] [ 23]
"Sanford & Son" (1981), Mighty Sparrow [ 13]
"Shakespeare Quotations" (1958), Lord Christo[ 34]
"Suzi-Qu" (1940), Roaring Lion [ 57] [ 23]
"Teenage Bossa Nova Girl" (1963), Lord Hummingbird[ 15]
"Tarzan" (1959), Mighty Spoiler [ 48] [ 23]
"Tun Tun" (1982), Mighty Power[ 13]
"Vice in Your Own Head" (1957), Lord Creator [ 23]
Drugs
Economy / Poverty
"Ah, Gertie" (1937 ), Lord Caresser [ 38] [ 23]
"Ah Tired Do That" (1988), The Mighty Duke
"Bargee Pelauri" (1936), Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 38] [ 23] [ 13]
"Capitalism Gone Mad" (1983), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 32] [ 28]
"Commission’s report" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 13] [ 23] [ 5] [ 8] [ 37] [ 16] [ 38]
"Cyar Take Dat" (1996), Brother Resistance [ 13]
"Devaluation" (1969), Chalkdust
"Dollar and the Pound (The)" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
"Five Year Plan" (1939), Atilla the Hun [ 37] [ 25] [ 38] [ 35]
"Flood (The)" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Food Distribution" (1947), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Food Prices" (1980), Lord Relator[ 27] [ 48]
"Four Cents a Day" (1947), Atilla the Hun [ 35] [ 8]
"Full Extreme" (2017), Ultimate Rejects[ 33] [ 30]
"Here Now and Long Ago" - "Iere Now and Long Ago" (1935), Atilla the Hun & Lord Beginner [ 31] [ 13] [ 38]
"I Don’t Know How the Young Men Living" (1937), Lord Executor [ 37] [ 31] [ 38]
"Landlord and Bailiff" (1934), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 23]
"Laughing in the Ghetto" (2000), Pink Panther[ 13]
"Make Them Alright" (1983), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Miss Mary’s Advice" (1938), Growling Tiger [ 23] [ 38]
"Mr. Nankivell’s speech" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 13] [ 38] [ 8]
"Mr. Robinson and Lockjoint" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1]
"Neurosis of the Rich" (1975), Mighty Sparrow [ 32] [ 28]
"No Doctor, No" (1957), Mighty Sparrow [ 37] [ 18] [ 1] [ 10]
"No Madame" (1971), Calypso Rose [ 53] [ 28]
"No More Bench and Board" - "No mo' bench and board" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini [ 5]
"No Vacancy" (2006), Brian London[ 33]
"Pay as You Earn" - "Paye" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 27] [ 1] [ 20] [ 10] [ 2] [ 30]
"Piece of the Action" (1976), Black Stalin [ 10] [ 32]
"Plant de Land" (1980), Lord Shorty [ 29]
"Port of Spain Gone Insane" (1986), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Poverty Is Hell" (1994), Mighty Shadow [ 7]
"Rich Man Poor Man" (1960), Lord Brynner [ 7]
"Rip Off" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Run Something" - "Piece of the Action" (1976), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 31]
"Sea Water and Sun" (1986), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 2]
"Send your Children to the Orphan Home" (1936), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 38]
"Shop Closing Ordinance" (1937), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 13] [ 38] [ 43]
"Strike (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 38] [ 43]
"Single Tone" (1932), Lionel Belasco [ 23]
"Tax Them" (1958), Lord Superior[ 27]
"Trinidad Money" - "Trinidad Dollar" (1979), Chalkdust [ 32]
"Trinidad the Godfather" - "Trinidad: The Caribbean Godfather" - "Trinidad Godfather (The)" (1980), Mighty Swallow[ 13] [ 2] [ 32]
"Try a Screw to Get Through" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 23] [ 38]
"Voices From the Ghetto" - "Crying in the Ghetto" (1999), Singing Sandra [ 7] [ 37] [ 53] [ 41]
"Wah Yuh Doing" (2017), Chuck Gordon[ 33]
"Where Was Butler?" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 13] [ 38]
"Worker’s Appeal" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 4] [ 16] [ 43] [ 17] [ 35]
"You Can’t Get Away From the Tax" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 37] [ 1] [ 10]
Education
"Another Day in Paradise" (1997), David Rudder [ 10] [ 2]
"Back to School" (1979), Bill Trotman (Trinidad Bill)
"Change the System" (1995), Cro Cro[ 13]
"Child Training" (1969), Mighty Composer[ 7]
"Contribution" (2002), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"Dan Is the Man in the Van" - "Dan Is the Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 1] [ 42] [ 28] [ 22]
"Doh Waste it" (2010), Aaron Duncan[ 33]
"Down the Road" (1938), Growling Tiger [ 5] [ 38]
"Education" (1967), Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 28] [ 35]
"Education Is Key" (2017), Massive[ 33]
"Empowerment" (2001), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"English Language (The)" (1950), Roaring Lion [ 14] [ 34]
"English Language (The)" (1952), Mighty Spoiler [ 34]
"Generation Next" (2016), Mistah Shak[ 33]
"Ghetto of the Mind" (2009), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 33]
"Go Daniel" (1949), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Idle Company" (1987), Gypsy [ 14] [ 13]
"Little Black Boy" (1997), Gypsy [ 7]
"No Child Shall Be Left Behind" (2010), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"No Respect" (2008), Singing Sandra
"Obey the Highway Code" (1965), Lord Magic[ 7]
"Only the Fools" (2003), Heather McIntosh[ 33]
"Parables" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Remember" - "Ma and Pa" (1962), Lord Creator [ 7]
"School Days" - "Happy School Days" (1973), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 48] [ 35]
"To be an Icon" (2017), All Rounder
"Too Many" (2016), Gypsy [ 33]
"Trinidad English" (1954), Lord Alligator[ 34]
"Wash Your Hands" (1950), Roaring Lion [ 23]
"Watch the Mixture" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14]
"We Pass that Stage" (1974), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1] [ 48] [ 28]
"West Indian Alphabet" (1074), Tradewinds[ 49]
Environment
Family relations
"Ah Love my Nani" (2014), Sharleene Boodram
"Chinese Children Calling Me Daddy" - "Chinese Children" (1950), Mighty Terror [ 7] [ 1] [ 23] [ 21] [ 24] [ 35]
"Dead Beat" (2018), Lady Watchman[ 33]
"Family" (1981), Lord Nelson
"Freddo" (1939), Atilla the Hun [ 31] [ 23]
"Gal Come Home With Me" (1941), Atilla the Hun [ 31] [ 25]
"He Not Dead Yet" (1962), King Fighter[ 7]
"I Need a Man" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 12]
"Mama Popo" - "Doh Beat Mama Popo" (1959), Lord Brigo[ 7]
"Marriage (The)" (1997), Black Stalin
"Mother and Daughter" (2016), Macomere Fifi
"Mother-in-law" (1967), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Mother’s Love (A)" (1941), Mighty Destroyer [ 7] [ 23]
"Mother’s Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Nobody Ain’t Go Know" (2007), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Obey" (1979), Lord Brigo[ 1]
"Par Quiea Mweh" - "Pa Kwiyé Mwen" (Don't Call Me) (1990), Mighty Sparrow [ 56]
"Precious" (1991), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Shame and Scandal in the Family " - "Shame and Scandal" (1943), Sir Lancelot [ 14]
"Shame and Scandal in the Family " - "Wau Wau" (1962), Lord Melody [ 19] [ 48]
"Stay Giving Praises" (1981), Black Stalin [ 2]
Feminism
Calypso Rose at Womex Awards - 2016
"Abatina" (2016), Calypso Rose [ 33]
"Ah Do Come So" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Ah Done with Dat" (1980), Signing Diane[ 53] [ 1] [ 47] [ 59]
"Black Woman" (1991), Ella Andall[ 53]
"Bye Bye Blakie" (1969), Calypso Princess[ 1]
"Careful What Yuh Ask For" (2011), Karen Asche[ 33]
"Caribbean Man" (2000), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 35]
"Caribbean Woman" (1997), Shirlane Hendrickson[ 2]
"Carnival Ooman" (1992), David Rudder [ 35]
"Coming Back to What" (2013), Marvellous Marva[ 33]
"D’Signs" (2008), Spicey[ 33]
"Debbie" (1975), Singing Francine[ 53]
"Die With My Dignity" - "Die With Dignity" - "Dignity" (1987), Singing Sandra [ 7] [ 37] [ 53] [ 47]
"Do Dem Back" (1974), Calypso Rose [ 53]
"Do so Eh Like So" (1965), Lord Brigo[ 1]
"Don’t Put your Hand on meh Property" (1980), Twiggy[ 53] [ 47] [ 59]
"Engagement Ring" (1970), Calypso Rose [ 53] [ 1]
"Equaliser (The)" (1998), Singing Sandra [ 53] [ 41] [ 10]
"Learn from Arithmetic" (2017), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"Leave Me Alone" (2016), Calypso Rose [ 60] [ 61] [ 54]
"Love me or Leave me" (1953), Lady Iere[ 35] [ 31] [ 1]
"Me Eh Fighting" (2009), Bally[ 47]
"Me No Want No Married Man" - "Me No Want" (1993), Calypso Rose [ 53] [ 28]
"Miss Pam" (1993), Calypso Rose [ 53]
"No More Hard Work" (1998), Singing Sandra [ 35] [ 41]
"Pepper Pepper" (1989), Drupatee [ 21] [ 10]
"Pressure" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs[ 35]
"Raperman Coming (The)" - "Raperman" - "Sexy Employers" (1984), Singing Sandra [ 53] [ 41]
"Rocket in Yuh Pocket" (1992), The Mighty Duke [ 3]
"Romeo" (1055), Lord Kitchener [ 34] [ 23]
"Run Away" (1978), Signing Francine[ 53] [ 1] [ 21] [ 59]
"Stone Cold Dead in the Market " - "He Had It Coming" - "Murder in the Market" - "Payne Dead" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 13] [ 15] [ 8] [ 43]
"Survey (The)" (2018), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Throw Me Down" (1990), Drupatee [ 53]
"Woman Is Boss" - "Who’s the Boss?" - "The Boss" (1988), Denyse Plummer [ 53] [ 13] [ 47] [ 59]
"Woman Is Not the Weaker Sex" (1941), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 27] [ 8]
"Woman on the Bass" (1980), Scrunter[ 7] [ 46] [ 62]
"Woman Rising" (1991), Easlyn Orr[ 53]
"Women of the Land" (1979), Poser[ 1]
"Women Their Own Worst Enemy" (2001), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"Yes Darling" (1987), Tambu[ 53] [ 47]
"You No Need Dem" (1993), Calypso Rose [ 53]
"You’re Hurting Me" (1994), Bernadette Paul[ 53] [ 59]
"Young Girls Break Away" (1927), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 6]
Food / Drink
"Callaloo Tonic" (1965), Mighty Terror [ 35]
"Chinese Food" (1964), Lord Blakie
"Chip Chip Water" (1941), King Radio [ 23]
"Hot dogs Made their Name" - "Hot Dog Hot Doggie" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini [ 43]
"Hurry, Hurry, Come for Curry" (1984), Dave 'Booker' Martin
"Ice Man (The)" - "Ice Ice" (1960), Lord Melody [ 5] [ 7]
"Leave me Alone Dorothy" (1940), Mighty Destroyer [ 12]
"Mango Vert" - "Manngo Vé"(1912), Lovey's String Band [ 23] [ 56] [ 15]
"Marajhin Cousin" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Pepsi-Cola" (1947), Lord Invader [ 6]
"Rum More Rum" (1951), Lord Beginner Lord Beginner[ 23] [ 9]
Grandstanding / Boasting
"All Season Man (De)" (1979), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Bois Bandé" - "Bwa Bandé" (1968), Mighty Sparrow [ 56]
"Bullpistle" (1977), Maestro
"Dread Wizard" (1979), Mighty Shadow
"Drunk and Disorderly" - "Natasha" (1972), Mighty Sparrow [ 20] [ 48] [ 28] [ 30]
"Du Du Yemi" (1977), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 10]
"Dutch Romance" (1989), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 28]
"Go Far It" (1945), King Radio [ 12]
"I Can Make More Love Than Romeo" (1939), Roaring Lion [ 34]
"Iron Duke in the Land" (1914), Julian Whiterose [ 13] [ 6] [ 15]
"More they Try to Do Me Bad (The)" (1938), Lord Caresser [ 23] [ 21] [ 24] [ 12] [ 44]
"No Kind ah Man At All" (1973), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 28]
"Papa Chunks" (1941), Roaring Lion [ 7]
"Portuguese Dance" (1947), King Pharaoh[ 35]
"Radio Fifty Wives" (1936), King Radio [ 8] [ 6]
"Sock It to Me" (1970), Lord Kitchener [ 10]
"Sweet Like Sugar Cane" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Village Ram (The)" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 63] [ 5] [ 10] [ 28] [ 35]
"We Ain’t ‘Fraid Nobody" (1936), Roaring Lion , Growling Tiger , King Radio [ 12]
"Whop Whap" (2018), All Rounder
"Woop Wap" (1964), The Mighty Duke [ 1] [ 35]
Health
"Ah Fraid de AIDS" (1988), Mighty Sparrow [ 3]
"Asian Flu" (1958), Mighty Wrangler[ 23]
"Awakening" (The) (2021), Crazy [ 33]
"Backyard Jam" (2021), Farmer Nappy[ 33]
"Better Days" (2021), Patrice Roberts [ 33]
"Bush Medicine" (1971), Lord Relator[ 64]
"Doh JackAss the Scene" (2021), Devon Seale
"Ebola Scare" (2015), Myron B[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Amery Brown[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Brian London[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), His Majesty Baker Jr (First of the chain)[ 33] [ 65]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Josef Paty[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Michelle Henry[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Raymond Ramnarine[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Roger Mohammed[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Singing Sandra [ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Stacey Sobers[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Terri Lyons[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Lady Watchman[ 33]
"Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Queen Victoria[ 33]
"Fighting AIDS" (2005), Adesh Samaroo [ 33]
"H.I.V" (2001), Mighty Shadow [ 33]
"How I Spent My Time at the Hospital" (1938), Lord Executor [ 23] [ 44]
"Jaws" (1977), Lord Kitchener [ 14]
"Melancholy" (2021), Nailah Blackman [ 33]
"Ms Corona" (2020), G String[ 33]
"Negative to Positive" (1992), Bryan Bumba Payne[ 3]
"Pandemic" (2021), Brother Mudada
"Vaccine or Not" (2021), Kurt Allen[ 33]
"Weed Woman" (1952), Bill Rogers [ 23] [ 9]
"What Corona Do" (2021), Contender[ 33]
Humour / Puns / Smutty
(Portrait of Calypso, between 1938 and 1948) - Lord Invader
"60 Million Frenchmen" (1996), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Ah Fraid Pussy Bite Me" (1987), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"All Fool’s Day" (1958), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"Arabian Festival" (1964), Lord Blakie
"Ash Wednesday" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Bam See Lam Bay" (1936), Roaring Lion [ 12]
"Barrack Room Scandal" (1953), Mighty Panther [ 35] [ 23] [ 31]
"Big Bamboo" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Ballad of Hulsie X" (1988), David Rudder [ 28]
"Bedbug Song (The)" (1953), Mighty Spoiler [ 7] [ 5] [ 1] [ 10]
"Bitin Insex" (2002), Ronnie McIntosh
"Blind Cricket" (2014), Angela Ash[ 49]
"Body Wine" (2011), All Rounder[ 14]
"Bodyline" (1936), King Radio [ 49] [ 31]
"Bois Bande" (1973), The Tradewinds[ 49]
"Bomber’s Sister" (1960), Mighty Bomber [ 1]
"Booboo Man" - Mama Look at Bubu - "Mama Look a Boo Boo" (1955), Lord Melody [ 7] [ 19] [ 20] [ 15] [ 10]
"Bowl mih" (2011), Sanell Dempster & Buffy[ 49]
"Bus Conductor (The)" (2001), Poser
"Carlton, the Peeping Tom" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 23] [ 35]
"Cat Brain" (1954), Mighty Spoiler [ 23] [ 48]
"Cat-O-Nine" (1962), Count Zebra & the Seasiders[ 15]
"Centipede in the Bikini" (1967), Lord Blackhat
"China Man" (1971) Lord Christo[ 31]
"Chinese Accident" (1963), Lord Blakie
"Chinese Cricket Match" (1956), Mighty Dictator [ 23] [ 5] [ 35]
"Chinese Football Match" (1998), Trinidad Rio
"Cock Can’t Stand Up (The)" - "One Foot Cock" (2007), Crazy [ 35]
"Coldness of the Water" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 12]
"Congo Man" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 27] [ 7] [ 1] [ 10] [ 42] [ 64] [ 35]
"Congo Man" (2008), Machel Montano [ 42] [ 28]
"Congo Pepper" (1977), Maestro
"Convoy" (1940), The Duke of Iron [ 5]
"Corn Plum Plum" (1979), Lord Laro
"Cover yuh Head" (1991), Speedy[ 49]
"Creature From the Black Lagoon (The)" (1957), Lord Melody [ 48]
"Cricket Commentary" (1978), Crazy [ 49]
"Cricket Series" - "Female Cricket Series" (1972), Mighty Bomber [ 49]
"Cricketer (The)" (2016), Snakey[ 49]
"Curry Tabanca" (1987), De Mighty Trini[ 21]
"Deputy" - "Deputy Essential" (1982), Penguin[ 13] [ 30]
"Dingo Lay" - "Dingolay" - "Dingolay Oy" (1935), Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 30] [ 12]
"Don’t Bowl meh too Hard" (1998), Karla Gonzales[ 49]
"Doctor Beckles" (1967), Lord Canary[ 31]
"Doctor Bird" (1988), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Dr. Kitsch" - "Needle (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 35]
"Doggie" (2002), Anslem Douglas
"Dollar Wine" (1991), Colin Lucas[ 10]
"Donkey City" (1942), Sir Lancelot [ 6] [ 19]
"Dumb Boy and Parrot" (1962), Lord Christo[ 23]
"Electrician (The)" (1975) - Crazy [ 14]
"Emelda’s Nightmare" - "Lemme Go Emelda" (1959), Young Killer[ 21]
"English Society" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Exchange No Robbery" (1961), Mighty Dougla [ 23] [ 15]
"Family Confusion" (1962), Mighty Dougla [ 23]
"Fat Pussy Cat and Rat" - "Papa Rat" (2010), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Feeling It" (1984), Baron [ 14] [ 33]
"Female Cricketer (The)" (1948), Mighty Dictator [ 49]
"Female Woodcutter" (1965), Mighty Terror [ 35]
"Fire in Me Wire" - "Fire in Meh Wire" - "Fire" (1967), Calypso Rose [ 27] [ 7] [ 36]
"For Cane" - "Goin Fo' Cane" (1972), Gypsy [ 27] [ 7] [ 1] [ 5]
"Fork in Napkin" (2011), D-Daz
"Fountain of Youth" (1960), Mighty Spoiler [ 1] [ 48]
"Fresh Water Yankee" (1969), Mighty Cypher [ 31]
"Frozen Chicken" - "Frozen Chicken Chest" - "Chicken Chest" (1957), Lord Christo[ 23] [ 30]
"Garlic Sauce" (2012), All Rounder[ 14]
"Gemma on the Ferris Wheel" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Gimme the Ting" - "Gimme de Ting" (2000), Lord Kitchener [ 14]
"Go Down" (2013), All Rounder
"Grandfather’s Clock" (1960), Mighty Striker[ 36] [ 31]
"Greatest Love (The)" (1998), Puppet Master[ 35]
"Green Fowl" - "Have you Ever Seen a Green Fowl Yet?" (1946), Mighty Killer[ 8] [ 45]
"Grinding Massala" (1958), Mighty Killer[ 31] [ 8] [ 5] [ 35] [ 45]
"Gumbo Lai Lai" - "Gombo Lai Lai" - "Gumbo Li Li" (1928), Lord Executor [ 5] [ 6] [ 8]
"Handyman (The)" (1968), Lord Kitchener [ 35]
"Hit It" (1981), Mighty Gabby [ 49]
"Hold de Pussy" - "Hold de Pussy Cat" (1967), Lord Blakie[ 20] [ 36]
"How to Prevent Horn" (1974), Lord Shorty [ 50]
"Hungry Man from Clapham" (1937), Bill Rogers [ 23] [ 9]
"I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More" (1976), Roaring Lion [ 31]
"In a Calabash" (1950), Mighty Killer[ 8] [ 35] [ 30]
"Iron Man (De)" (1964), Mighty Zandolie[ 31] [ 22]
"It’s Traditional" (1975), The Tradewinds[ 49]
"Joan and James" - "Five Little Popos" (1964), Mighty Bomber [ 7] [ 48] [ 36]
"Jonah and the Bake" (1957), Lord Melody [ 48] [ 5]
"Jook for Jook" (1968), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Killer Bees" (1992), Lord Kitchener [ 28]
"King Liar" (1977), Lord Nelson [ 7] [ 1] [ 34] [ 29]
"Kitch: Small Comb, Scratch Me Head" (1950), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Laziest Man (The)" - "Lazy Man" (1961), Mighty Dougla [ 7] [ 48]
"Lick Down me Nani" "Car Lick Dowm me Nani (The)" - "Careless Driver" (1992), Drupatee [ 21] [ 10]
"Lie" (2007), Singing Sandra
"Lignum Vitae" (1925), Sam Manning [ 23]
"Little Drummer Boy (The)" (1978), Lord Kitchener [ 1]
"Lizard (The)" (1969), Mighty Sparrow [ 14]
"Looking for Cups" (1991), Trinidad Rio
"Lucy Garden" (1998), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 63]
"Lying Excuses" (1987), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Mad People on a Train" (1967) – Mighty Prowler
"Mad Scientist" - "What the Scientist Say" (1962), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"Mama Me Belly Ah Hurt Me" (1945), Lord Beginner [ 12]
"Man Family" - "Too Much Man Family" (1967) - Mighty Zandolie[ 7] [ 10]
"Man For Kim" (1976), Lord Shorty [ 1] [ 50]
"Mango Tree" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener [ 1]
"Mango Vert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 13]
"Manjhay" - "Manjé" (1989), Mighty Sparrow [ 56] [ 28]
"Marabella Wedding" (1935), Growling Tiger [ 6] [ 8]
"Marajhin Cousin" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Meh Number is 68" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Merchant of Venice" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[ 31] [ 34]
"Mr Herbert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 35]
"Ms McCarthy party" (1981), King Wellington[ 5]
"Missing Ball (The)" - "Guardian Contest (The)" (1939), King Radio [ 6]
"Mount Olga" (1947), Lord Kitchener [ 27] [ 1] [ 16] [ 5]
"Music Farm" (1997), Machel Montano & Xtatic[ 28]
"My Donkey Want Water" (1945), Macbeth the Great [ 23] [ 10]
"My Pussin" (1965), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 1] [ 30]
"Mystery Band" (1993), Lord Kitchener [ 28]
"My Boy Joey" (1965), Mighty Beaver
"Nanny" (1986), Scrunter[ 21] [ 10]
"Nanny Revival" (1993), Becket[ 21] [ 10]
"Night Cricket" (1960), Lord Tanamo [ 49]
"Night Food" (1955), Bedasse (with Calypso Quintet)
"No Job Suits Striker" - "Can’t Find a Job to Suit Me" (1958), Mighty Striker [ 48] [ 13]
"No More Calaloo" – "I Don’t Want No Calaloo" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 6] [ 5] [ 12]
"No Toilet in Town" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Old Lady you Mashing my Toe" (1941), Mighty Growler[ 12]
"Once Upon a Time" (2003), Mighty Bomber
"One Day Cricket" (1977), All Rounder[ 49]
"Out the Fire" (1937), Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 12]
"Palet" (2005), Calypso Rose [ 35]
"Picking Sense From Nonsense" (1955), Mighty Spoiler [ 48] [ 49]
"Paul Yer Mudder Come" - "Paul Yuh Mother Come" (1990), Crazy [ 19] [ 33]
"Pogo Stick" (2000), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Pounding Rice Fine" (1952), Mighty Spitfire
"Pussy Cat" (2019), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Queen’s Canary (The)" (1956), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"Ramgoat Batism" (1949), Wonder[ 30]
"Sally Sally Water" (1937), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 8] [ 17] [ 12] [ 6]
"Saltfish" (1976), Mighty Sparrow [ 33] [ 28]
"Saltfish Price" (1968), Lord Companero[ 31]
"Saving That for Company" (1973), Lord Nelson [ 1]
"Saxophone No.2" (1953), Lord Kitchener [ 23]
"Screws" (1989), Becket[ 49]
"Sell the Pussy" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Severe Licking" (1971), Baron [ 7]
"Simpson" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Soca in the Shaolin Temple" (1981), Blue Boy
"Soft Man" (1984), Penguin[ 13] [ 35]
"Soul Chick" (1973), Lord Funny[ 7]
"Sparrow Dead" (1969), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Stickman (De)" (1966), Mighty Zandolie[ 31] [ 35] [ 22]
"Stroke it" (2001), Red Plastic Bag [ 49]
"Stuttering Mopsy" (1970), Lord Brigo[ 31]
"Supposin'" (1964), Mighty Composer[ 7]
"Sweet Mama Ring-Ding-Ding" (1925), Sam Manning [ 12]
"Talking Baby" (1984), All Rounder[ 14]
"Talking Backwards" (1953), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"Taxi Driver" - "Taxi Driver in Venezuela" (1956), Small Island Pride[ 1] [ 5]
"Tick Tick (Story of the Lost Watch)" (1951), King Radio [ 9] [ 23]
"Tie Tongue Mopsey" (1946), Lord Kitchener [ 5] [ 6] [ 8] [ 45]
"Turn Around Baby" (1945), Roaring Lion [ 6]
"Twin Brother" (1959), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"Uncle Jo’ Gimme Mo'" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Virginia’s Alzheimer" (2013), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Wash Pan Wash" (1933), King Radio [ 8] [ 6] [ 30]
"Webster’s Dictionary" - "Trinidad Dictionary" (1969), Mighty Conqueror[ 14] [ 36] [ 34]
"Well Spoken Moppers" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 1] [ 35]
"Whip (De)" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[ 31]
"Why me Neighbor Vex with Me" (1927), Railway Douglas[ 35] [ 23] [ 6] [ 8]
"Wicked Cricket Match" - "Single Wicket Competition" (1968), Lord Canary[ 49]
"Wife and Boat" (1974), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Willie Dead" (1998), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"You Don’t Need Glasses to See" (1945), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 8]
Jump up / Carnival dancing / Bacchanal
Machel Montano (Reggae Awards 2007)
"Advantage" (2011), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 30]
"Ah Feeling" (2015), Lead Pipe & Saddis[ 20]
"Ah Tell She" (1979), Poser[ 5] [ 33] [ 30]
"Bacchanal Time" (1993), Superblue [ 30]
"Band of the Year" (2006), Patrice Roberts & Machel Montano [ 33] [ 28] [ 30]
"Big Truck" (1997), Machel Montano [ 13] [ 28] [ 30]
"Black Man Feel Like Party" - "Black Man Come to Party" - "Ah Feel to Party" (1991), Black Stalin [ 7] [ 29]
"Brown Sugar" (1979), Lord Melody [ 48]
"Can You Feel It" (2016), Aaron Duncan[ 33]
"Carnival Come Back Again" (2000), Iwer George[ 33]
"Carnival Coming" (1979), Count Robin
"Caribbean Party" (1993), David Rudder [ 2]
"Come Leh We Jam" - "Soca Jam" (1978), Calypso Rose [ 30]
"Dead or Alive" (2005), Shurwayne Winchester [ 33] [ 30]
"Differentology " (2013), Bunji Garlin [ 33]
"Display" (2003), Fay-Ann Lyons [ 33] [ 30]
"Do the Iwer/Butterfly/Shadow/Wave" (1995), Colin Lucas[ 10]
"Endless Vibrations" (1974), Lord Shorty [ 13]
"Ethel" (1981), Blue Boy[ 13] [ 30]
"Face to Face" (1988), The Mighty Duke
"Famalay" (2019), Machel Montano , Skinny Fabulous & Bunji Garlin [ 33] [ 30]
"Fantastic Friday" (2013), Superblue [ 33] [ 30]
"Fever" (1975), Lord Kitchener [ 1] [ 48]
"Follow the Leader" (1997), Nigel Lewis[ 35]
"Footsteps" (1998), Wayne Rodriguez[ 30]
"Free Up" (1989), Tambu[ 13] [ 30]
"Get On" (2008), Fay-Ann Lyons [ 33] [ 30]
"Get on Bad" (2015), Machel Montano [ 35]
"Give Me Pressure" (1989), Mighty Shadow
"Hard Fete" (2023), Bunji Garlin [ 30]
"Hot Hot Hot " (1982), Arrow [ 13] [ 66] [ 35]
"I Dare You" (2008), Destra [ 35]
"It’s Carnival" - "Carnival" (2003), Machel Montano & Destra [ 10] [ 28]
"Jab Jab" (1992), Superblue [ 13] [ 30]
"Jumbie" - "Ah See You" (2005), Scrunter
"Jumbie" (2007), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 28] [ 30]
"Jump and Wave" (1994), Preacher[ 30]
"Jump in the line " (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 9] [ 12]
"Jump Up" (2009), Byron Lee [ 35]
"La La Jam" - "La La" (1976), Lord Nelson [ 7]
"Let the Music Play" (1990), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Like a Boss" (2015), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 30]
"Look De Band Coming" (2004), Shurwayne Winchester [ 33] [ 30]
"Lucy" (2015), Destra [ 20]
"Mama Dis Is Mas" (1964), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 30]
"Margie" (1970), Lord Kitchener [ 1] [ 30]
"Mas in Madison Square Garden" (1971), Lord Kitchener [ 1] [ 13] [ 30]
"Miss Mary" (1974), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 48]
"Miss Tourist" (1968), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 10] [ 30]
"Move" (1991), Black Stalin [ 10]
"Moving (To the Left)" (1996), Nigel Lewis[ 13] [ 30]
"My Parade" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
"Nani Wine" (1989), Crazy [ 21] [ 10]
"No No We Eh Going Home" (1990), Tambu[ 30]
"Oh Yay" (2016), Olatunji [ 33]
"Ola" (2015), Olatunji [ 20] [ 33]
"Outa Space" (1999), Machel Montano & Beenie Man [ 28]
"Palance" (2010), JW & Blaze[ 33] [ 30]
"Party Done" (2015). Angela Hunte & Machel Montano [ 20]
"Phenomenal" (2015), Benjai[ 20]
"Play your Mas" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 10]
"Pump Up" - "Carnival Come Back Up" (2000), Superblue [ 33] [ 30]
"Pump Yuh Flag" (2012), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 30]
"Rack Me Rack Me" (1985), Rootsman
"River (De)" (1999), Sanell Dempster[ 28] [ 30]
"Rock it" (1985), Merchant
"Sing Ram Bam" (1987), Gypsy [ 14]
"Soca Kingdom" (2018), Machel Montano & Superblue [ 33] [ 30]
"Soca Movin’ On" (2008), Erphaan Alves [ 33]
"Stranger" (2001), Mighty Shadow [ 33] [ 10] [ 30]
"Take Your Clothes off" (1993), Spice & Company
"This Party is It" (1988), Tambu[ 30]
"Toronto Mas" (1972), Mighty Sparrow [ 10] [ 35]
"Tourist Leggo" (1976), King Short Shirt[ 7] [ 2]
"Trinidad" - "Right Hand" (2002), Naya George[ 33] [ 30]
"Turn Up" (2017), Bunji Garlin [ 33]
"Two Days to Go" - "Two to Go" (1988), Lord Kitchener
"Waiting on the Stage" (2016), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 30]
"Wine on a Bomsie" (1993), Rikki Jai [ 35]
LGBTQ
Machismo / Misogynist
"Bad Woman" (1934), Roaring Lion [ 6]
"Bajan Girls" (1928), Macbeth the Great[ 35]
"Blood Is Thicker than Water" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Bottom in de Road" (1998), Iwer George[ 22]
"Both of Them" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 31] [ 28]
"Caroline" (1926), Lord Melody [ 6]
"Child Father" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Cuff Dem Down" (1974), Mighty Sparrow
"Dog Bite You" (1978), Lord Kitchener
"Dolly Doray" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[ 31]
"E Pete" - "I Piti" (1976), Lord Shorty [ 56]
"Gu Nu Gu" (1979), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 42] [ 10]
"Indrani" (1972), Lord Shorty [ 7] [ 13] [ 5]
"I Want to Join in Matrimony" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Jagabat Women" (1960), Mighty Bomber
"Jamaica Woman" (1962), Lord Kitchener [ 15]
"Jean Marabunta" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 63]
"Keep the City Clean" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Learn to Cook" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 35] [ 14]
"Levez Mako" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 56]
"Loving Woman Is Waste of Time" (1950), The Duke of Iron [ 23]
"Lulu" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Madame Khan" (1938), Lord Caresser
"Man Centapee" - "Man Centipede" "Man Santapee" - "Female of the Species (The)" (1943), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 24] [ 8] [ 12]
"Man Like to Feel" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Man Smart (Woman Smarter) " - "Woman You Can't Fool My Man" (1936), King Radio [ 6] [ 13] [ 10] [ 8] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
"Man with the Pepper Sauce Is Boss (The)" - "Pepper Sauce" (1987), Mighty Swallow
"Maraval Girls" (1937), Growling Tiger [ 44]
"Mary Ann" - "Marianne " - "All Day All Night" (1945), Roaring Lion [ 7] [ 27] [ 5] [ 24] [ 8]
"May May" - "Mae Mae" (1960), Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 1] [ 28] [ 35] [ 30]
"Modern Girl (The)" (1945), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 8]
"Monica Doo Doo" (1960), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Mr Rake and Scrape" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 10]
"Mrs. Harriman" (1972), Lord Kitchener [ 31]
"Mr. Walker" (1968), Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 28]
"My Troubles with Dorothy" (1938), Lord Executor [ 56] [ 23]
"Netty Netty" - "Nettie Nettie" - "Can’t Stand the Diggings" (1937), Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 27] [ 1] [ 34] [ 8] [ 30]
"No Money No Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Nothing for Nothing" - "Give to Get" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Obeah Wedding" - "Melda" (1966) - Mighty Sparrow [ 7] [ 1] [ 42] [ 64] [ 28] [ 35] [ 30] [ 22]
"Old Men Come Back Again" (1939), King Radio [ 23] [ 31]
"Pretentious Women" (1964), Young Growler
"Raphaela" (1960), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Rats (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 23] [ 38] [ 43]
"Raycan" (1977), King Short Shirt [ 7]
"Sa Sa Yay" - "Sa Sa Ay" - "Sa Sa Yé"(1969), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 56] [ 10] [ 28] [ 30]
"Shake up" - "Shake Up Shake Up" (1977), Lord Brigo[ 1]
"Sixteen Commandments" (1963), Lord Shorty [ 1]
"Smoke a Cigarette" (1957), Lord Kitchener [ 23]
"Spend Your Money Wise" (1962), Nap Hepburn[ 23]
"Stranger Man" (1985), Becket[ 49]
"Sugar Plum" (1978), Mighty Shadow [ 1]
"Susan Monkey Walk" (1924), Sam Manning [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Teaser" (1990), Becket[ 35]
"Teresa" (1960), Mighty Sparrow [ 7]
"Thirteen Year Old Mabel" (1956), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Thunder" - "Is Thunder" (1987), The Mighty Duke [ 7] [ 35] [ 30]
"Treat ‘em Rough" (1951), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 31]
"Twenty to One" (1974), Lord Kitchener [ 10]
"Ugly Woman" - "Marry an Ugly Woman" - "Give an Ugly Woman Matrimony" (1934), Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 19] [ 10] [ 15] [ 8] [ 9] [ 45]
"Vincentian Doreen" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Wife and Mother" (1954), Lord Kitchener [ 1]
"Women and Money" (1962), Mighty Conqueror[ 7]
"Women Police in England" (1951), Mighty Terror [ 23]
"Women Will Rule the World" (1935), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 27] [ 12]
"Young Man’s Slave" (1934), Atilla the Hun [ 9] [ 23]
"You Can’t Get Anything Out of Me" (1928), Sam Manning [ 6]
"You Gotta Give Away" (1979), Singing Diane (written by Lord Kitchener )[ 1]
National identity - Emigration
"B.G. Blues" (1928), Sam Manning [ 6]
"Barbados Blues" (1925), Sam Manning [ 6] [ 12]
"Bouncing Baby Boy" (1928), Sam Manning [ 6]
"Brain Drain" (1968), Chalkdust [ 27] [ 1] [ 10]
"Buggy Wuggy in California" (1947), King Radio [ 6]
"Caribbean Parkway" (1993), Chalkdust [ 2]
"Cold in the Winter" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 11]
"Englerston Blues" (1925), Sam Manning [ 12]
"Far from Home" (2016), Calypso Rose [ 29]
"Food From the West Indies" (1950), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 10] [ 11]
"Get Out" (2020), Tobago Crusoe[ 33]
"Gin and Coconut Water" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23]
"Guyanese Come Back Home" (1967), King Fighter[ 2]
"Home’s Delight" (1925), Sam Manning [ 12]
"Jamaica Farewell " (1966), Lord Creator
"London is the Place for Me " - "Windrush" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 37] [ 67] [ 10] [ 28] [ 11]
"Lorraine" (1981), Explainer[ 7] [ 13]
"Mas in Brooklyn" (1969), Mighty Sparrow [ 2] [ 35]
"Me One Alone" (1956), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 35]
"Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer [ 68]
"New York Subway" (1946), Lord Invader [ 6]
"No More Taxi" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Nora" (1950), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 10] [ 58] [ 9] [ 11] [ 12]
"Not Tonight" (2014), Pink Panther[ 33]
"Prodigal" (1996) - DeLamo[ 49]
"Prodigal Son" (2013), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Stay Home West Indians" (1959), King Fighter[ 2] [ 31]
"Sweet Jamaica" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 10] [ 28] [ 9] [ 11] [ 12]
"Uncle Sam’s Policy" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Underground Train (The)" (1950), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 58] [ 9] [ 11] [ 12]
"Wahbeen and Grog" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"We Could Make it if we Try" (1987), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 28]
"West Indian Blues" (1938), Jack Sneed[ 12] [ 23]
"West Indians in England" (1959), Azie Lawrence[ 15]
"Windrush Coming Down" (2020), Clivus[ 33]
National identity - Immigration
"Bad Kamawad" (1992), Mighty Pep[ 2]
"Columbus Lied" (1989), Mighty Shadow
"False Papers" (2014), Bodyguard[ 27]
"Immigration Problems" (1972), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Indian Girls with Creole Names" - "Indian Women with Creole Names" - "Indian People with Creole Names" - Indians Adopting Creole Names (1950), Mighty Killer[ 27] [ 8] [ 14] [ 35]
"Indo Law Na Say So" (1959), Lord Inventor[ 23]
"Landing of Colombus" (1926), Lord Executor [ 6] [ 8]
"Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer [ 27] [ 37] [ 67] [ 49]
"Send Them Back" (1960), Lord Blakie[ 2] [ 35]
"Small Island" (1945), Lord Invader [ 5] [ 2] [ 12]
"Take Me to Trinidad" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Too Botheration" (1938), Mighty Growler [ 23] [ 38] [ 12]
National identity - Pride & hope
"A Nation 31 Years Old" (1994), Delamo[ 13]
"As a Nation Forges On" (1988), Denyse Plummer [ 13]
"Belle Trinidad (La)" 1937, Atilla the Hun [ 25] [ 23] [ 35]
"Beautiful Land of Iere" (1938), Growling Tiger [ 31] [ 14] [ 35]
"Change" (2018), Helon Francis[ 33]
"Charming Trinidad" (1939), Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 57]
"Foreigner" (1978), Lord Nelson
"God Bless Our Nation" (1967), Lord Baker[ 7] [ 2] [ 10] [ 11]
"Great Nation" (2018), Myron B[ 33]
"Holidays in Trinidad" (1967), Mighty Cypher [ 31]
"I Am" (2019), Erphaan Alves [ 33]
"I Believe" (2015), Chucky[ 33]
"I Stand for Trinbago" (2008), Singing Sandra
"Jamaica is the Place to Go" (1955), Charlie Binger[ 15]
"Land of the Humming Birds" (1928), Sam Manning [ 6]
"Lend a Hand" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"National Pride" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14]
"National Pride" (2002), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"National Unity" (1996), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Oh Land of Mine" (2006), Crazy [ 33]
"Our Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 11]
"Paradise" (2016), Helon Francis[ 33]
"Paramaribo" (1937), Lord Caresser [ 38] [ 23]
"Sing for the Land" (1985), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Soulful Calypso" (1977), Maestro
"Sweet Trinidad" (2009), Lord Funny[ 35]
"They Can’t Beat We" (1989), Chalkdust [ 14]
"This Land is Mine" (1990), Drupatee [ 52]
"Trini to the Bone" (2003), David Rudder [ 27]
"Vision of T&T in 2010" (1998), Mystic Prowler[ 52]
"We Is We" (1972), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 64]
"We’re Ten Years Old" (1972), Chalkdust [ 31]
"Where Are your Heroes" (1973), Tradewinds[ 49]
News events - West Indies
"Abu Bakr Take Over" (1991) Preacher[ 13]
"Ah Wo" (1980), Valentino[ 2]
"Bandsman Shooting Case" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Bargee (The)" (1925), Sam Manning [ 9] [ 12]
"Barking Beef" (2005), Shalleika Hazell[ 33]
"Beyond the Boundary" (1993), M’ba[ 13]
"Black Miss Universe (The)" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Cadavers" (1985), Mighty Gabby [ 22]
"Caroni Close Down" - "Caroni Close Dong" (2004), Adesh Samaroo [ 33]
"Cipriani's and Bradshaw’s Death" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 13]
"Claude" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Clause Four" (1987), Mighty Trini
"Cock Fight" (1969), Mighty Sparrow King Radio [ 10]
"Country Club Scandal" (1933), King Radio [ 27] [ 38] [ 8]
"Cubana Crash (The)" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Curfew Time" (1971), Lord Kitchener [ 13]
"Do you Want a Watchman" (1994), Watchman[ 13]
"Doc Secret Wedding" - "The Doc’s Wedding" (1959), Growling Tiger [ 14] [ 10]
"Drama Island" (2011), David Rudder [ 33]
"Duke and Duchess of Kent (1935), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 13] [ 10] [ 17] [ 11]
"Dynamite" (1934), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 23] [ 44]
"Fire Fire" - "Calypso Coup" (1991), Bally[ 13]
"Freaking Streaking" (1980), The Mighty Duke [ 20]
"Get Something and Wave" (1991), Superblue [ 13] [ 10] [ 35] [ 30] [ 22]
"Good Will Flyers" (1934), Atilla the Hun [ 14] [ 31] [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Graf Zeppelin" (1934), Atilla the Hun [ 4] [ 6] [ 7] [ 16] [ 8]
"Guest List (The)" (2020), Michelle Henry[ 33]
"Hang Him" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Hosay Massacre (The)" (2021), George Rampersad
"Hoosay" (1991), David Rudder [ 10]
"Is Butler Married" (1948), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Jack" - "Dah Beach is Mine" (1982), Mighty Gabby
"Jamaica Hurricane" (1951), Lord Beginner [ 6]
"Janelle ‘Penny’ Commissiong" (1978), Lord Kitchener [ 13]
"Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning [ 6]
"Looting in B.G." (1962), Mighty Cypher [ 2]
"Mama, Call the Fire Brigade" (1957), Houdini[ 35] [ 23]
"Maxi Dub" (1993), Bally[ 46] [ 13]
"Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Ministry of the Road" (2014), Machel Montano [ 33] [ 30]
"Not in Here" (2020), Duane O’Connor[ 33]
"Not Martin" (2020), Makenda Marius[ 33]
"Oh Grenada" (2014), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Oil Cyar Spoil" (2019), Tamika Darius[ 33]
"Out de Fire" (1957), Lord Flea [ 15]
"Post Another Letter For Thelma" (1952), Mighty Spitfire[ 69] [ 13] [ 30]
"Saga of the PRA" (1984), Valentino[ 2]
"Say a Prayer for Abu Bakr" (1991), Cro Cro[ 13]
"Skyscraper" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Some Came Running" (1976), Maestro
"Telco Poops" (1978), Mighty Penguin[ 69]
"Traffic Jam" (1987), Gypsy [ 14]
"Treasury Fire" (1933), Lord Beginner [ 5] [ 6] [ 24]
"Tribute to Princess Margaret" (1958), Mighty Striker [ 48] [ 36]
"Trinidad Hurricane" (1933), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23] [ 13]
"Vincent Brown the Magistrate" - "Kenneth Vincent Brown" (1930), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 27]
"We Shall Rise Again" (2005), Super P[ 33]
"Welcome to Chinatown" (2020), Signing Sonia[ 33]
"Who in de Zoo" (2012), Contender[ 33]
"Wounded National Pride" - "Manningitus" (2011), Chalkdust [ 33]
News events - World
"1990" (1990), David Rudder [ 13]
"20th Century" (2000), Andre Williams[ 49]
"Aid Haiti" (2010), Kizzie Ruiz[ 33]
"Ben Lion" (2002), André Tanker [ 33]
"Birth of Ghana" (1956), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 16] [ 10] [ 9] [ 11]
"Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (The)" (1953), Roaring Lion [ 10] [ 11]
"Crown Heights Justice" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 13] [ 28]
"De Infidel" (2010), Short Pants[ 33]
"Doh Touch Me President" (1999), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Double Ten" (1946), Lord Kitchener [ 5] [ 8] [ 45]
"Down to the Bone" (1992), Cheryl & Colors[ 2]
"Edward the VIII" - "King Edward the VIII" - "Love, Love Alone" (1937), Lord Caresser [ 5] [ 1] [ 6] [ 10] [ 24] [ 38] [ 21] [ 14] [ 43] [ 11] [ 12]
"Festival of England" - "Festival of Britain" - "Festival of London" (1950), Lord Kitchener [ 10] [ 9] [ 11]
"French President Visit Great Britain (The)" (1950), Preston Coleman[ 23] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
"His Majesty King George the 6th Coronation" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 31] [ 10]
"I Was There at the Coronation" - "I was There" (1953), Young Tiger [ 23] [ 13] [ 10] [ 11]
"Innocent Jimmy" (1989), All Rounder[ 46] [ 13]
"Jonestown Massacre" (1979), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning [ 13] [ 23]
"Lindbergh Baby (The)" (1937), Lord Executor [ 43]
"Magistrate Try Yourself" - "Magistrate Try Himself" (1958), Mighty Spoiler [ 1]
"Man on the Moon" (1969), Lord Cobra y Los Pana Afros[ 15]
"Megan my Dear" (2020), Terri Lyons[ 33]
"New Orleans" (2006), Brother Mudada[ 33]
"New York City Blackout" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Nigerian Registration" (1955), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"O.J. Simpson" - "Juice Is Loose (The)" (1996), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Phillip My Dear" - "Man in de Bedroom" (1983), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 46] [ 42] [ 10] [ 11]
"Potatoe" (1993), David Rudder [ 13]
"Prince Rainer" (1956), Lord Invader [ 23]
"Professor Carver" - "Tribute to Professor Carver" (1943), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Roosevelt Opens the World Fair" (1939) Wilmoth Houdini [ 23] [ 43]
"Royal Divorce" (1996), Mighty Sparrow [ 13]
"Ruby" - "Missing Baby (The)" (1955), Mighty Sparrow [ 23]
"Russian Satellite" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 37] [ 1] [ 13]
"Shaka Shaka" - "Shaka" (1988), Bally[ 13]
"Skylab" (1979), Charlie's Roots[ 1]
"Tantie Merle" (1979), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Terrorism Gone Wild" (1986), Calypso Rose [ 13]
"War of Worlds" (2018), Ras Commanda[ 33]
Politics West Indies - Before Trinidad's Independence (1962)
"Abraham Lincoln Speech at Gettysburg" (1960), Growling Tiger [ 10] [ 11]
"Adrian Rienzi" (1938), Atilla the Hun
"Britain, Give us our Freedom" (1950), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 35]
"Christmas Eve Night on Quarry Street" (1946), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 35]
"Class Legislation" (1920), Cromwell The Protector[ 19] [ 8] [ 6] [ 16] [ 64] [ 35] [ 45]
"Cooks in Trinidad (The)" (1930), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Dalley's Report" (1948), Atilla the Hun [ 8]
"Daniel Must Go" (1950), Growling Tiger [ 1] [ 16]
"Doctor Make your Love" (1959), Lord Melody [ 32] [ 23] [ 10]
"Don’t Blame the PNM" (1958), Mighty Striker [ 1] [ 13] [ 10] [ 35]
"General Election" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
"Governor Jerningham" (1898), Lord Persecutor[ 1] [ 6] [ 27] [ 16] [ 63] [ 34] [ 8] [ 5] [ 45]
"Governor’s Resignation (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 13] [ 38] [ 17]
"Honorable Captain Cipriani" (1929), Lord Beginner [ 8]
"I Ain’t Butler" (1938), King Radio [ 8]
"King George’s Silver Jubilee" (1935), Lord Beginner [ 6]
"Labour Situation in Trinidad (The)" (1939), Growling Tiger [ 6] [ 16]
"Leave the Dam Doctor" (1960), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 26] [ 1] [ 10] [ 32] [ 28] [ 35]
"Million Dollar Jail" (1947), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 14] [ 8]
"Present Government" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1] [ 10]
"Sedition Law" (1940), King Radio [ 37] [ 13] [ 38]
"Water Scheme Workers" (1934), Growling Tiger [ 16]
"We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher" (1938), Lord Executor [ 37] [ 38] [ 43]
"We Want a Trinidadian" - "Cipriani" (1925), Lord Executor [ 8] [ 16]
"Wear Your Balisier" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 10] [ 35]
"Advice to West Indians" (1939), Growling Tiger [ 70]
"Capital Site" (1958), Lord Melody [ 23] [ 10] [ 11]
"Caribbean Connection" (1988), Merchant[ 13] [ 2] [ 70]
"Caribbean Unity" - "Caribbean Man" (1979), Black Stalin [ 3] [ 27] [ 7] [ 1] [ 20] [ 10] [ 2] [ 21] [ 32] [ 64] [ 70]
"Cry of the Caribbean" (1992), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Cry of the West Indies" (1968), Young Killer[ 70]
"Expedite Federation" (1933), Atilla the Hun [ 2] [ 8] [ 70]
"Federal Site" (1959), Wrangler[ 31] [ 23]
"Federated Islands" (1956), Mighty Bomber [ 10] [ 2] [ 70] [ 11]
"Federation" (1957), King Fighter[ 10] [ 2] [ 70] [ 11]
"Federation" (1951), Lord Beginner [ 2] [ 9] [ 70]
"Federation" (1957), Lord Kitchener [ 2] [ 23] [ 9] [ 70]
"Federation" - "We Are as One" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 26] [ 27] [ 7] [ 18] [ 1] [ 20] [ 16] [ 10] [ 2] [ 28] [ 35] [ 29] [ 70] [ 22]
"Federation" - "What’s Federation" (1956), Small Island Pride[ 2] [ 70]
"Federation Calypso" - "Ah Glad for Federation" (1958), King Striker[ 10] [ 31] [ 70] [ 11]
"Grenada Crisis" - "Grenada Must Join" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 2]
"Montego Bay Conference" (1947), Atilla the Hun [ 2] [ 16] [ 8] [ 70]
"One Caribbean" (1994), David Rudder [ 2] [ 70]
"Referendum" - "Jamaican Referendum" (1962), Lord Laro[ 2] [ 70]
"Save the Federation" (1965), Lord Nelson [ 31]
"Take Your Meat of my Rice" (1967), Lord Kitchener [ 2]
"Trinidad Have Federation Already" (1956), Atilla the Hun [ 2] [ 8] [ 70]
"West Indian Federation" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 23] [ 6] [ 35] [ 70]
"West Indies Get Together" (1952), Roaring Lion [ 9]
Politics (West Indies) - From Trinidad independence (1962)
Mighty Gabby
"3 Bo-Rats" (1988), Cro Cro[ 20] [ 13]
"A Nation’s Calypso" - "Our Nation’s Calypso" (1962), Lord Brynner [ 10]
"Abu Bakr" (1991), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Advice to the Boss" (2016), Cro Cro[ 33]
"Ah Can’t Bury Williams" - "I Can’t Bury Eric Williams",(1999), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 37]
"Ah Fraid Karl" (1972), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 1] [ 10]
"Ah Lost Roy" (2002), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Ah Put on Me Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust [ 51]
"Ah Ready to Go" (1998), Sugar Aloes [ 53]
"All Yuh Look for Dat" (1996), Cro Cro[ 27]
"Aloo Sing" (2013), De Fosto[ 33]
"B.G. War" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 2]
"Bad John Willie" (1980), Chalkdust [ 10]
"Balance (The)" (2003), Mystic Prowler[ 33]
"Balance Wheel" (1982), Calypso Rose [ 10]
"Barking Dogs" (1973), Brother Valentino[ 10] [ 34] [ 32]
"Better Days" - "Better Days Are Coming" (1984), Black Stalin [ 20]
"Betty Goaty" (1982), Penguin[ 10]
"Break Down Party" (1980), Black Stalin [ 10] [ 2] [ 32]
"Bring the Ayatollah" - "Ayatollah" (1980), Chalkdust [ 32]
"Boat Road" (2016), Myron B[ 33]
"Boots" (1983), Mighty Gabby [ 13] [ 22]
"By Other Men’s Fault" (2016), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Call Dem Out" (2014), Brian London[ 33]
"Call to Prayer (The)" (2017), Queen Victoria
"Castro No not Trinidad" (1963), Lord Christo[ 4]
"Cricket Commentary" (1994), Red Plastic Bag [ 49]
"Cuba" (1994), David Rudder [ 2]
"Democracy in Haiti" (1995), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 13]
"Haiti" (1988), David Rudder [ 2] [ 22]
"Chambers" (1980), Explainer[ 37]
"Chamber Done See" (1985), Plain Clothes[ 66]
"Chauffeur Wanted" - "New Driver Cannot Drive (The)" (1989), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 13]
"Check the Foundation" (2006), Luta[ 33]
"Clear Your Name" (1974), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 14] [ 10]
"Crapeaud Revolution" - "Crapaud Revolution" (1981), Scrunter[ 10]
"Deaf Panman" (1974), Lord Relator[ 10] [ 32]
"Dey Lucky Ah Have Children" (1988), Chalkdust
"Diary of a Mad Man" (2011), Calypso Prince[ 33]
"Doctor Ent They" - "De Doctor Eh Dey" (1965), Lord Blakie[ 1] [ 10] [ 2] [ 32]
"Dread Man" (1976), Maestro[ 10]
"Eric Loves Me" - "Eric William Loves Me" (1980), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 10] [ 32]
"Eric Williams Dead" (1988), Chalkdust
"Eye Problem" (2010), Chalkdust [ 33]
"F.D.A.T" (2014), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Fishmonger" - "Chalkie the Fishmonger" (2004), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Final Send Off" (2017), Cro Cro[ 33]
"From Then to Now" (1987), Mighty Shadow [ 10]
"Game Show Politics" (2013), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Get to Hell Outa Here" - "Get to Hell Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1] [ 10] [ 2] [ 34] [ 32]
"Goat Mouth Doc" (1972), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 10]
"Good Driving" (1994), Luta[ 13]
"Good Manning Mr Manning" (1992), Rootsman[ 5] [ 37]
"Grenada" - "Under Siege" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Grenada Man" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Guest List (De)" (2014), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow [ 27] [ 10] [ 32]
"Hostage" (2017), Vigilanté
"I Carmona" (2017), Devon Seale
"I Eric Eustace Williams" (1982), Crusoe[ 10]
"I in Town Too Long" (2005), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"I Love You" (2007), Maria Bhola[ 33]
'In Just Six Years" (2003), Skatie[ 33]
"Independence" (1962), Mighty Dougla [ 10]
"Independence" - "Trinidad and Tobago Independence" - "Independence Calypso" - "Our Nation" (1962), Lord Brynner [ 13] [ 11] [ 49]
"Independence of Beautiful Bahamas" (1973), Lord Hummingbird[ 11]
"Independent Jamaica" (1977), Lord Creator [ 10] [ 13]
"Jamaica’s 1st Anniversary" (1963), Lord Creator [ 11]
"Jubilation" (2002), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"Just So" (2003), Chalkdust [ 33]
"Kicksin in Parliament" (1979), Explainer[ 1]
"Last Election" (1967), Mighty Cypher [ 1] [ 48] [ 10]
"La Trinity" - "Don’t Cry for Me" (1990), Denyse Plummer [ 53] [ 29]
"Let the Games Begin" (2000), Brother Valentino[ 33]
"Let the Jackass Sing" (1974), Chalkdust [ 27] [ 51] [ 10]
"Luta’s Advice" (2010), Heather MacIntosh[ 33]
"Madness" - "St Ann’s" (1987), David Rudder [ 10]
"Manning Must Go" (2010), Crazy [ 27]
"Massa Day Must Done" - "Massa Day Must Done" (1974), Chalkdust [ 31] [ 51]
"Moo Moo Talking" (1996), Third Eye
"More Mad than Me" (2017), Myron B[ 33]
"Mr Panday Needs Glasses" (1997), Watchman[ 13]
"Mr Trinidad" (1974), Maestro[ 37]
"My Corn Tree" (2017), Kurt Allen
"My Hart and I" (2009), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 33]
"My Humble Plea" (1985), Devon Seale[ 27] [ 33]
"My Way of Protest" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"New Portrait of Trinidad" (1972), Black Stalin [ 1] [ 29]
"No Winners" (2002), Denyse Plummer [ 33]
"Not a damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Kitchener [ 13] [ 35]
"Not a Damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Pretender [ 13]
"On Turning 50" (2012), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"One Day" (1986), Natasha Wilson[ 33]
"Only Games" (2018), Jahson I Am[ 33]
"Our Model Nation" - "Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 27] [ 1] [ 16] [ 63] [ 2] [ 10] [ 28]
"Picture Picture" (2006), Skatie[ 33]
"Plight of My People" (2017), Lady Gypsy[ 14]
"PNM Loves Me" - "Somebody in PNM Loves me" (1973), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 32]
"PNM March" (1977), Lord Kitchener
"Political Lightning" (2012), Bunny B[ 33]
"Political Sin Phony" (2013), Kurt Allen[ 33]
"Political Wonder" (1970), Mighty Bomber [ 10] [ 32]
"Portrait of Trinidad" (1965), Mighty Sniper[ 27] [ 7] [ 1] [ 2] [ 36] [ 32] [ 10] [ 35] [ 29] [ 11]
"Positive Vibrations" (1990), Sugar Aloes [ 35]
"Ram the Magician" - "Ram D’ Magician" (1984), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Reflections" (2008), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"Reflections of Our Late Prime Minister" (1981), De Fosto[ 10]
"Respect God’s Voice" (2016), Devon Seale[ 33]
"Road Bad (The)" (2016), Chalkdust [ 33]
"Road Protest" - "D’Asphalt" (2013), Mistah Shak[ 33]
"Rose (The)" (1985), Chucky Gordon[ 27] [ 33]
"Rowley Letter (The)" - "Letter to Keith Rowley" (2003), Chalkdust [ 51]
"Rowley Rowley" (2018), Tigress[ 33]
"Sailing" (1987), Mighty Trini[ 13]
"Selwin in the Garden Hiding" - "Adam in the Garden Hiding" (1996), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Shango Vision" (1977), Chalkdust [ 1] [ 48] [ 32]
"She’s Royal" (2012), Sugar Aloes [ 27] [ 33]
"Sinking Ship (The)" (1986), Gypsy [ 27] [ 7] [ 37]
"Snake in the Balisier" (1983), Mighty Shadow
"Solomon Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1] [ 10] [ 2] [ 32]
"Some Body Mad" - "Somebody Mad" (1973), Chalkdust [ 27] [ 51] [ 10] [ 32]
"Spranger’s Story (A)" (2013), Tobago Chalkie[ 33]
"Steel Beam" - "We Like it So" (1981), Mighty Sparrow [ 13] [ 28]
"Strange Case of Madam Occhahontas and the Westminster Dreadlocks (The)" (1996), David Rudder [ 13]
"Take a rest" (1980), Lord Relator[ 27] [ 48] [ 10] [ 32]
"Three Blind Mice" (1976), Chalkdust [ 19] [ 48] [ 2] [ 32]
"To Lloyd with Love" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"To Sir with Love" (1981), Maestro[ 10] [ 32]
"Too Bright" (2010), Kurt Allen[ 33]
"Too Much Party" (2004), Chalkdust [ 51]
"Trade Union" (1939), Growling Tiger [ 37] [ 13]
"Travel Woes" (2013), Pink Panther[ 33]
"Trini Does Lie" (1986), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Oh Trinidad" (1976), Lord Shorty [ 10]
"Try Obeah" (1989), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Tug O War Society" (2000), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Two sides of a Shilling" (1971), Chalkdust [ 51] [ 10] [ 1] [ 32]
"Ungrateful Pastor" (2007), Bodyguard[ 33]
"Vampire Year" - "Vampires" (1981), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 32]
"Vision 20/20" (2002), Karene Asche[ 33]
"Vote Dem Out" (1986), Déplé[ 27] [ 37] [ 35]
"Uncle Jack" (2011), Karene Asche[ 33]
"Wajang" - "Yuh Ain’t See Wajang Yet" (2009), Tigress[ 33]
"We’re Ten Year Old" (1972), Chalkdust [ 51]
"We Doh Want It" (1992), Cro Cro
"We Kinda Leader" (1987), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Wey you Think" (2014), Chucky Gordon[ 33]
"Wha Yuh Doing" (2017), Chucky Gordon
"When Elephant Fight" (2019), Gypsy [ 33]
"When Mas Was Mas" (2010), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Why ah Stay" (2000), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"Why I Left, Why I Returned" (1974), Lord Superior[ 10]
"William the Conqueror" (1958), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 26] [ 27] [ 37] [ 1] [ 10]
"Woman to Woman" (2011), Tigress[ 33]
"Wrap Spoon and Fork in Napkin" (2019), Hunter
Politics - USA
"American Election" (1945), Atilla the Hun
"Barack the Magnificent" (2007), Mighty Sparrow [ 48] [ 33]
"Black Coffee" (2009), Lord Superior[ 33]
"Death of Kennedy" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 13] [ 31]
"Jump for Jesse" (1988), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Kennedy and Khrushchev" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 4] [ 18] [ 1]
"Martin Luther King" - "Tribute to Martin Luther King" (1968), Black Stalin [ 13] [ 2]
"Martin Luther King" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Martin Luther King for President" (1964), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 10]
"Muhamed Ali" (1971), Samson the Lark[ 13]
"Obama the First" (2009), Sugar Aloes [ 33]
"One for Obama" (2009), Twiggy[ 33]
"Watergate" (1973), Mighty Cypher [ 13]
"Weapons of Mass Dis-Illusion" (2007), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
Politics - World (Other)
"Ayatollah" (1981), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Burn Dem" (1992), Black Stalin [ 7] [ 13]
"Heaven" (1995), David Rudder [ 13] [ 10]
"Idi Amin" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 1] [ 10] [ 28]
"Isms Schims" (1984), Black Stalin [ 39] [ 2]
"Leaders on the Run" (1987), Gypsy [ 14]
"Lift the Iron Curtain" (1958), Lord Ivanhoe & his Caribbean Knights[ 23] [ 37] [ 15]
"London Bridge" - "London Bridge is Falling Down" (1980), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 13]
"More Come" (1986), Black Stalin [ 39]
"Satan in Control" (1988), Gypsy
"Stay up Zimbabwe" (1979), Brother Valentino[ 5] [ 64]
"Tables Turning (The)" (1980), Explainer[ 32] [ 64]
"Undemocratic Rhodesia" (1971), Samson the Lark[ 13]
"United Africa" (1963) - Black Stalin [ 2] [ 64]
"Vile Doctrine" (1964), Lord Brynner [ 4]
"Wanted Dead or Alive" (1980), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 2] [ 64] [ 28]
"We won’t Give Up" (1977), The Mighty Duke [ 64]
Racial identity / Slavery
Dr Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool
"42 Years Gone" (2005), Marvellous Marva[ 10] [ 11]
"101%" (2019), De Mighty Trini[ 33]
"Africa" (1955), Lord Beginner [ 6]
"Africa Here I Come" (1958), Lord Ivanhoe[ 9]
"Africa My Home" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 10] [ 9] [ 11]
"African Love Call" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"African War Call" - "African War Song" (1938) - Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 43]
"All African" (1971), Lord Superior[ 64]
"Ambas Pons Marabella" - "Enba Pon Marabella" (1838), Anonymous (patois)[ 56] [ 5] [ 8] [ 35]
"Ambataila Woman" (1991), United Sisters[ 53]
"Answer to Black Power" - "Answer for Black Power (The)" (1968), Chalkdust [ 4] [ 27] [ 1] [ 32]
"Belle Marie Coolie" - "Bèl Mawi Kouli" (1914), J. Resigina - aka Julian Whiterose [ 56] [ 6] [ 23]
"Black Child’s Prayer" (1983), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 64]
"Black Identity" (1973), Maestro[ 27]
"Black Inventions" (1979), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Black is Beautiful" (1969), The Mighty Duke [ 7] [ 37] [ 42] [ 36] [ 64] [ 50]
"Black Power" (1971), Lord Kitchener [ 31]
"Black Power in Trinidad" (1971), The Mighty Duke [ 31] [ 4]
"Body Parts" (1997), Trinidad Rio[ 13]
"Children of a Lesser God" (2020), Crazy [ 33]
"Chop the Hand" (2005), Cro Cro[ 11]
"Coloured Cricket" (1956), Mighty Cypher [ 49]
"Crisis in Arkansas" (1959), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 37]
"Emancipation" (1933), Lionel Belasco [ 6]
"Emancipation" (2018), Dunstan Carwash Lawrence
"Emancipation Centenary" (1933), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 64] [ 8]
"Emperor of Africa (The)" (1954), Mighty Terror [ 6] [ 9]
"Ganges and the Nile" (1999), David Rudder [ 7] [ 13]
"Glorious Centenary" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 27] [ 13]
"God Made Us All" (1947), Lord Invader [ 6] [ 16] [ 10] [ 11]
"Guardian Beauty Contest" (1955), Atilla the Hun [ 16] [ 8]
"Heart Transplant" (1969), King Short Shirt [ 13]
"Heading North" (1958), Mighty Terror [ 23] [ 37]
"Hello Africa" (1977), Eddy Grant [ 42]
"High Brown" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 12]
"Human Race" (2016), Calypso Rose [ 54]
"Human Rights" (1979), Mighty Shadow
"I am Going Back Home to Africa" (1956), Lord Invader [ 9]
"I owe no Apology" (1991), Mighty Sparrow [ 10]
"If You’re Not White You’re Black" - "Black or White" (1953), Lord Kitchener [ 37]
"Imitation Rasta" (1979), Funny[ 5]
"Jahaji Bhai" (1996), Brother Marvin[ 7] [ 13]
"Jahaji Blues" (1997), Gregory Ballantyne[ 13] [ 52]
"Liberation" (1973), Valentino[ 32]
"Love African Style" (1979), Mighty Sparrow [ 10] [ 42] [ 64]
"Love One Another" (1970), Mighty Sparrow [ 28]
"Memories of 1970" (1971), The Mighty Duke
"Message of 70's (The)" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Mr. African" (1976), Explainer[ 1]
"My Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandpa’s Pay Day" (1985), Chalkdust [ 39] [ 14]
"Mock Democracy" (1966), Lord Cristo[ 37]
"Negro Heart" (1968), Lord Zebra[ 15]
"No Freedom" (1970), Lord Kitchener [ 4]
"No Revolution" (1971), Brother Valentino[ 27] [ 1] [ 10] [ 2] [ 32]
"Nothing Come Easy" (1982), Black Stalin [ 14]
"Phrase (The)" (2017), Terri Lyons
"Racism" (2007), Mighty Sparrow [ 18]
"Raise your Head" (1979), Mighty Crooner[ 64]
"Roaring Seventies (The)" (2013), Valentino[ 2]
"Say my Name" (1997), Ella Andall[ 71]
"Slave (The)" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 27] [ 7] [ 19] [ 1] [ 16] [ 10] [ 63] [ 23] [ 42] [ 64] [ 35] [ 22]
"Song for Healing" (1999), Singing Sandra [ 53]
"Song for We" - "Sing ah Song for We" (2008), Brian London[ 33]
"Sons and Daughters of Africa" (1952), Lord Beginner [ 23] [ 35] [ 9]
"Split Me in Two" (1961), Mighty Dougla [ 27] [ 7] [ 37]
"Still Colonial2 (2017), Meguella Simon[ 33]
"Straight Hair Girl" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 9]
"Sufferers" (2000), Black Stalin [ 14]
"Sweet Like a Honey Bee" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
"Teach the Children" - "Teach Your Children" (1976), The Mighty Duke [ 16] [ 42] [ 64]
"Theme for African Liberation" (1977), Chalkdust [ 14]
"They Ain’t See Africa at All" - "They Ain’t African at All" (1984), Chalkdust [ 14] [ 64]
"Twentieth Century Greats" - "20th Century Greats" (1976), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Uhuru" (1977), The Mighty Duke [ 64]
"Um Ba Ya Oh2 - "Um Ba Yao" (1978)[ 7]
"Unite African" (1990), Mighty Shadow [ 35]
"White People Laughing at We" (1987), Chalkdust [ 14]
Religion - Christian / Gospelypso
"Ezekiel Coming" (2017), Calypso Rose [ 27]
"Fall of Man" (1936), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 17] [ 12] [ 6]
"Go Down the Valley" (1935), Keskidee Trio[ 23] [ 5]
"His Holy Name" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
"I Am What I Am" (2017), Calypso Rose [ 27]
"I Used to Be a Sinner" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
"Miracle of Jesus" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
"One Super Power" (2010), Tony Barclay
"Salvation" (1983), Blue Boy[ 33]
"Salvation" (1994), Mighty Sparrow [ 53] [ 14]
"Sing for the Lord" (2010), Brother Mudada[ 36]
"Soca Baptist" (1980), Blue Boy[ 7] [ 1] [ 64] [ 30]
"Temptation of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
"When the Roll is Called up Yonder" (1984), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Who God Bless" (1978), Ras Shorty I [ 13]
"Wisdom of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
Religion - Others
"Bassman" (1974), Mighty Shadow [ 7] [ 72] [ 1] [ 22]
"Bongo" (1969), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Bongo Dance" (The) (1937) - The Growler [ 42]
"Children Ting (The)" (1976), Mighty Shadow [ 72]
"Devil Behind Me (The)" - "Leggo" (1940), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23] [ 56] [ 43]
"Jumbie Jamberee " - "Zombie jamboree" - "Back to Back" (1953), Lord Jellicoe (Also Lord Intruder )[ 23]
"Jumbies" (1979), Mighty Shadow [ 72]
"La Jobless" - "Labejeless Woman (The)" - "Lajobless Woman (The) - "Ladjablès"" (1938) - Lord Executor [ 23] [ 56] [ 34]
"Love in the Cemetery" (1962), Lord Kitchener [ 7] [ 15]
"Mamie Water" (1955), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Obeah" (2020), Terri Lyons[ 33]
"Obeah Man" - "Take Me to the Obeah Man" (1979), Mighty Sparrow [ 42]
"Pay the Devil" (1994), Mighty Shadow [ 72]
"Return of the Bassman" (1984), Mighty Shadow [ 72]
"Shango" (1938), Lord Caresser [ 23] [ 42]
"Shango" (1932), Roaring Lion [ 6]
"Shango Man" (1967), Mighty Sparrow [ 42] [ 64]
"Soucouyant" (1985), Crazy [ 13] [ 30]
"Sucoyen" (1933), Roaring Lion [ 6]
"Three Friends' Advice" - "My Three Friends' Advice" (1937), Lord Executor [ 5] [ 42] [ 8]
"Through the Mirror" (1979), Mighty Shadow [ 72]
"Trinidad Obeahman" (1929), Lionel Belasco [ 6]
"Whap Cocoyea" (2004) Mighty Shadow [ 33]
"Who Am I?" (2003), Sugar Aloes [ 71]
"Witch Doctor" (1976), Mighty Sparrow [ 42] [ 10] [ 64]
"Yoruba Shango" - "Yaraba Shango" (1935), Growling Tiger [ 5] [ 6] [ 42] [ 23] [ 35]
"Accident Policy" (1976) Lord Funny[ 36]
"Always Marry a Pretty Woman" (1946), Lord Beginner [ 27]
"Better Days" (2018), Aaron Duncan[ 33]
"Blaze de Fire" (2005), Bunji Garlin [ 33]
"Boyhood Days" (1975), Tradewinds[ 49]
"Class Language" (2009), Kizzie Ruiz[ 33]
"Dog Better than Man" (1962), Mighty Viper[ 15]
"Eat your Cake and Still Have It" (2007), Skatie[ 33]
"Exploiting" (1938), Lord Caresser [ 23] [ 43]
"Good Time Pioneers" (2005), Brother Mudada[ 33]
"I thank Thee" (1978), Calypso Rose [ 1] [ 48] [ 10] [ 28]
"More Times" (1979), Black Stalin [ 2] [ 32]
"My Landlady" (1952), Lord Kitchener [ 10] [ 9]
"No Front Page" (2018), Duane O’Connor[ 33]
"Old Lady Walk a Mile" - "Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener [ 13] [ 31]
"Philantropy" (2021), Crazy [ 33]
"Ring de Bell" (1996), Brother Resistance [ 50]
"Scratch Meh Back" (2000), Mighty Shadow [ 33] [ 19]
"Social Media" (2017), Lady Adana[ 33]
"Suzie Jumbie" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Sudan" (2007), Singing Sandra [ 14] [ 33]
"That Good, That Bad" - "Dat Good, Dat Bad" (1990), Chalkdust [ 31]
"White People’s Bacchanal" (1957), Mighty Viper[ 16]
"Woman Woman" (1977), Cro Cro[ 1]
"Wrong Name (De)" (2019), Sexy Suzie[ 33]
South Africa - Apartheid
"Ban for Life" (1990), King Progress[ 49]
"Blood Money" (1986), Commenter[ 39] [ 49]
"Cricket Mercenaries" (1983), The Mighty Duke [ 49]
"Free South Africa" (1989), Mighty Shadow
"Honorary White" (1983), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"Honorary White" (1984), Hamidullah[ 49]
"How Many More Must Die" - "How Many More" (1986), The Mighty Duke [ 13] [ 39]
"Invade South Africa" (1985), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 10]
"Isolate South Africa" (1982), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 39] [ 10] [ 64]
"Love Cricket Hate Apartheid" (1985), Brother Mudada[ 49]
"Madiba" (2014), Singing Sandra
"Rebels" (1992), Mighty Gabby [ 49]
"South Africa" (1983), Tobago Crusoe[ 39] [ 13] [ 49]
"Victory is certain" (1991), David Rudder [ 13]
Spirituality / Philosophy
"Ah Living Meh Life" (1962), Mighty Dougla [ 23]
"Bring Down the Power" (2010), Ella Andall[ 71]
"Clean Heart" (2008), Singing Sandra [ 14]
"Death Is Compulsory" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Hands" (2008), Singing Sandra
"I Will Die a Bachelor" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
"If ah Coulda" (2007), Mighty Shadow [ 14]
"In Time to come" (2000), Crazy [ 13] [ 33]
"In Times" (1995), Black Stalin [ 13]
"Journey" (1989), Tambu[ 13] [ 29]
"Journey of the Enabler" (2019), Singing Sandra
"Learn to Laugh" (1984), Chalkdust [ 14]
"Life" (1988), Gypsy
"Life Is a Stage" (1972), Brother Valentino[ 7] [ 20] [ 34]
"Lifeline" (1989), Ann Marie Inniss[ 52]
"Look at the Bright Side" (1991), Black Stalin [ 14]
"Love Thy Neighbour" (1937), Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 29] [ 44]
"Man’s Imagination" (2019), Ronaldo London[ 33]
"Never Ever Worry" (1961), Lord Pretender [ 7] [ 48]
"Never Hang Your Hat" (1967), Lord Christo[ 7]
"People Will Talk" (1962), King Fighter[ 7] [ 15]
"Song for the People" (1991), Ella Andall[ 53]
"Survival" - "Man Will Survive" (1992), Mighty Sparrow [ 14] [ 13] [ 28]
"You Can’t Stop Pleasing People" (1959), Lord Commander[ 23]
Brian Lara
Cricket 1920 - 1939
"Barbados and the M.C.C." (1935), Ralph Fitz-Scott[ 49] [ 23]
"Bradman" (1930's), Lord Executor [ 49]
"Constantine" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 49]
"Cricketing Stars" (1933), Gerard Clark[ 49]
"Defeat of the MCC" (1935), Railway Douglas[ 49]
"Intercolonial Cricket" (1929), Lord Inventor[ 49] [ 6]
"Intercolonial Cricket" (1939), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"International Tournament" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 49] [ 12]
"International Cricket Tournament" (1934), Bill Rogers [ 49] [ 23]
"Leary Constantine" (1929), Lord Beginner [ 49] [ 8]
"Leary Constantine" (1935), Railway Douglas[ 49]
"Leary Constantine" (1939), Lord Caresser [ 49]
"M.C.C. and the West Indies (the)" - "M.C.C. and Trinidad (The)" (1935), Lord Beginner [ 31] [ 23] [ 49]
"M.C.C. versus the Colony/Trinidad" (1926), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 49] [ 6]
"Mickey Cipriani’s Career" - "Mickey Cipriani" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 13] [ 49]
"Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" (1932), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6]
Cricket 1940 - 1959
"Alec Bedser Calypso" (1953), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 49]
"All Hail for Constantine" (1940's), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"Ashes (The)" - "Australia vs. M.C.C. 1955" (1955), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 49]
"Australia Cricket Tour" (1952), King Radio [ 49]
"Australia vs. West Indies" (1952), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"Battle of the Century" (1957), Frank Holder [ 49]
"Collie Smith" - "Tribute to Collie Smith" (1959), Laurel Aitken [ 49]
"Constantine" (1945), Atilla the Hun [ 49]
"Cricket Calamity" (1955), King Fighter[ 49]
"Cricket Champions" - "West Indies vs. M.C.C. 1954" (1954), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"Cricket Umpires" (1954), Lord Kitchener [ 23] [ 49]
"Dem Berbicians" (1950's), King Fighter[ 49]
"Denis Compton" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6] [ 49]
"England Regain the Ashes" (1953), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"English Bat and Ball Player (The)" (1951), Mighty Terror [ 49]
"Hell’s Cricket Match" (1958), Lord Beginner [ 49]
"John Goddard" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 49]
"Kitch’s Cricket Calypso" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 9] [ 23] [ 49]
"Learie Constantine" - "The Constantine Calypso" (1954), Cy Grant [ 49]
"Ramadin" (1951), Lord Pretender [ 49]
"Ramadin on the Ball" - "We want Ramadin on the Ball" (1951), King Radio [ 49] [ 23]
"Ramadin Spin Bowling Anchor" (1953), Mighty Viper[ 49]
"Victory Calypso " - "Victory Test Match" - "Cricket, Lovely Cricket" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 67] [ 13] [ 9] [ 22] [ 49] [ 12]
"We Want a Body Line in Trinidad" (1941), Lord Pretender [ 49]
"West Indians Are Back in Town" (1976), West Indies Touring Team[ 49]
"West Indies Test Victory at Lord’s" (1951), Small Island Pride[ 49]
"West Indies versus England" (1951), Lord Invader [ 49]
"West Indies versus England" (1951), Lord Melody [ 49]
"Why the West Indies Lost to Australia" (1952), Lord Pretender [ 49]
Cricket 1960 - 1979
"Andy Roberts" - "Tribute to Andy Roberts" (1973), Calypso Franco[ 49]
"Bowl Dem Fruity" (1978), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"Clive Lloyd" - "Tribute to Clive Lloyd" (1976), Singing Francine[ 49]
"Collie Smith" (1960), Brother Superior[ 49]
"Combine Islands" (1975), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"Cricket Champions" (1967), Lord Kitchener [ 31] [ 49]
"Cricket Excitement" (1966), Terry Nelson[ 49]
"Cricket Song (The)" - "- Bowl Griffith" (1964), Lord Kitchener [ 31] [ 39] [ 49]
"Cricket Victory ‘76" (1976), Frank Holder [ 49]
"Cut Throat Sobers" (1969), Mighty Terror [ 49]
"Election Cricket Game" (1976), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"Final Test Decision" (1960's), Count Lasher [ 49]
"Garfield Sobers" (1960), Lord Pretender [ 49]
"Garry Sobers" (1971), The Merrymen [ 49]
"Gavascar " - "Indian Cricketers" (1972), Lord Relator[ 7] [ 73] [ 49]
"Greatest Test Match (The)" (1961), Lord Pretender [ 49]
"Kerry Packer (Ah Say Ban Dem)" (1978), Mighty Sparrow [ 6] [ 39] [ 28] [ 49]
"Kerry Packer (I Met Sir Frank)" (1978), All Rounders[ 39] [ 49]
"Knock Them Down" (1977), Maestro[ 14] [ 39] [ 28]
"Learie Constantine" (1971/2), Lord Pretender [ 49]
"Lord Constantine" (1969), Brother Superior[ 49]
"Lord Constantine" (1972), Lord Blakie[ 49]
"Mike Findlay" - "Tribute to Mike Findlay" (1969), Becket[ 49] [ 74]
"Riot at the Oval (Don’t Doubt me)" (1960), Lord Brynner [ 49] [ 31]
"Riot at the Oval (Bacchanal)" (1960), Lord Smiley[ 49] [ 31]
"Sir Garfield Sobers" (1966), Mighty Sparrow [ 18] [ 13] [ 29] [ 49] [ 31]
"Tribute to Constantine" (1972), Tangler[ 49]
"Tribute to Gary Sobers" (1966), Count Lasher [ 49]
"Tribute to Learie Constantine" (1962), Mighty Terror [ 49]
"Tribute to Sir Frank" (1968), All Rounder[ 49]
"V for Victory" (1967), Young Growler[ 49]
"Vivi Richards" - "Tribute to Vivi Richards" (1975), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"Vivian Richards" (1976), King Short Shirt [ 49]
"Water Lillee" (1976), Lord Kitchener [ 49]
"West Indies Cricket Test" (1964), Laurel Aitken [ 49]
"West Indies vs India" (1972), Sagar Sookraj[ 49]
"Willett" (1974), Mighty Swallow[ 49]
"World Cup (Cypher Was Oversea)" (1976), Mighty Cypher [ 49]
"World Cup (Phase One)" (1976), Maestro[ 49]
"World Cup Champions" (1976), Regeneration Now[ 49]
"Worrell’s Captaincy" (1963), Jackie Opel [ 49]
Cricket 1980 - 1999
"Ah Ready" (1996), Lord Contender[ 49]
"Bankie’s Son" (1999), David Rudder [ 49]
"Bat On" (1997), Brother Marvin[ 49]
"Bat on Lara" (1999), De Alberto[ 49]
"Beyond a Boundary" (1993), MBA[ 39] [ 2] [ 49]
"Blackwash" (1985), Roots Man[ 39] [ 49]
"Brian Lara" (1995), Watchman
"Caribbean Party" (1993), David Rudder [ 49]
"Celebrate" - "Celebration" (1995), Denyse Plummer [ 49]
"Chanderpaul" (1998), Terry Gajraj [ 49]
"Clean Sweep" (1990), Becket[ 49] [ 74]
"Clive Lloyd" (1985), Lord Have Mercy[ 49]
"Coconut Cricket" (1999), Abbi Blackman[ 49]
"Combine" (1981), Becket[ 74] [ 49]
"Courtney" (1999), Black Stalin [ 49]
"Cricket in the Jungle" (1985), Tradewinds[ 49]
"Cricket Soca Fever" (1983), Val Mason[ 49]
"Cricket Song (The) - Come, Go See the West Indies" (1980), Clayton Davis[ 49]
"Crickitics" (1987), Luta[ 49]
"Curtly Ambrose" (1993), Calypso Douglas[ 49]
"Curtly Ambrose" (1995), Lord Relator[ 49]
"Four Lara Four" - "Laramania" (1995), Defosto[ 13] [ 49]
"Gravy" (1990), King Progress[ 49]
"Here Come the West Indies" (1994), David Rudder [ 39] [ 2] [ 49]
"Is Only Sport" (1995), Kurt Allen[ 49]
"King Lara" (1994), Count Robin[ 49]
"Knock Dem Down" (1992), David Rudder [ 49]
"Lara" (1994), DeLamo[ 49]
"Lara Promenade" (1995), Magruff[ 49]
"Laramania" (A Pretty Pretty Senorita …) (1994), All Rounder[ 49]
"Laramania" (The whole Caribbean Went Wild …) (1994), Becket[ 49]
"Lash Dem Lara" (1994), Alexander D. Great[ 49]
"Legacy" (1995), David Rudder [ 39] [ 49]
"Like Lara" (1995), Richard MacIntosh[ 49]
"My Hero" (1995), Hollis Wright[ 49]
"One Gone Again" (1993), All Rounder[ 49]
"Pace in yuh Waist" (1994), Tony Wilson [ 49]
"Rally 'Round the West Indies" (1988), David Rudder [ 27] [ 13] [ 39] [ 2] [ 28] [ 49]
"Reason (The)" (1983), Short Pants[ 49]
"Reunite our Cricket Team" (1992), King Short Shirt [ 49]
"Richie Richardson" (1989), King Progress[ 49]
"Scamps Like These" (1998), Heather MacIntosh[ 49]
"Signal to Lara" (1995), Superblue [ 13] [ 30] [ 49]
"We are the Champions" (1985), Tradewinds[ 49]
"We Coming Back" (1996), Bally[ 49]
"We Coming Back" (1999), Becket[ 49] [ 74]
"West Indian Cricket" (1999), De Mighty Trini[ 49]
"West Indies I Feel the Pain" (1998), Alicia Pamponette[ 49]
"West Indies Warriors" (1996), Kurt Allen[ 49]
Cricket 2000 - 2019
"Ah Feel for Gayle" (2016), Cro Cro[ 49]
"Answer de Call" (2001), Sanell Dempster & Sean Paul [ 49]
"Are you There" (2001), Alison Hinds [ 49]
"Bigger Better Cricket" (2005), Alison Hinds [ 49]
"Brian Lara" (2008), Fashion Police[ 49]
"Champion" (2016), DJ Bravo[ 49]
"Champions" (2007), David Rudder [ 49]
"Chanderpaul" (2010), De Alberto[ 49]
"Chanderpaul" (2013), B. Deokarran[ 49]
"Charles Brian" (2006), D Dozie[ 49]
"Come Rise with me" (2007), Machel Montano & Claudette Peters [ 49]
"Cricket" - "It’s Over" (2007), David Rudder [ 49]
"Cricket is we Ting" (2007), Becket[ 74] [ 49]
"Cricket Lovely Cricket in Guyana" (2007), Terry Gajraj [ 49]
"D Oval" (2011), D Dozie[ 49]
"De Call" (2006), Calypso Kerr[ 49]
"Everybody Love Courtney" (2000), Becket[ 74] [ 49]
"Game of Love and Unity" (2007), Shaggy [ 49]
"Get in de Game" (2004), Machel Montano [ 49]
"He Strikes Again" - "Lara" (2005), De Fosto[ 49]
"Hold on to Cricket" (2005), Dice[ 49]
"Hooper and Chanderpaul" (2001), Tradewinds[ 49]
"How we Play" (2013), Kes (band) [ 49]
"ICC Champs" (2004), Relator[ 49]
"It’s a West Indian Thing" - "Bounce" (2006), David Rudder [ 49]
"Lara Again" (2004), Becket[ 74] [ 49]
"Lara Touch" (2007), Tobago Chalkie[ 49]
"Laramania" (2007), Becket[ 74]
"Lash dem Learie" (2010), Alexander D Great[ 49]
"Legacy (The)" - "Lara" (2006), Tallish[ 49]
"Live the Passion" (2003), Rupee[ 49]
"Lovely Day" (2007), David Rudder [ 49]
"Make me Believe Again" (2016), Kendal John[ 49]
"Malcolm Marshall" (2000), Mighty Gabby[ 49]
"Play Ball" (2006), Mighty Lingo[ 49]
"Prince of Port of Spain (The)" (2007), Rootsman[ 49]
"Sir Gary" (2002), Mighty Gabby[ 49]
"Smiling Eyes of Steel" (2000), David Rudder [ 33] [ 49]
"Song for Lara" (2005), Kia Panman[ 49]
"Tanty Merle" (2007), Abbi Blackman[ 49]
"Two Great Bowlers" (2003), Sugar Aloes [ 49]
"Understanding is the Problem" (2009), Alpha[ 49]
"We are Back" (2005), Heather MacIntosh[ 49]
"We Are the West Indies" (2011), Tian Winter[ 49]
"Welcome" (2007), Becket[ 49] [ 74]
"West Indies Cricket" (2012), Alison Hinds [ 49]
"West Indies Forever" (2004), Rootsman[ 49]
"West Indies Forever" (2007), Becket[ 49] [ 74]
"West Indies Forever" (2007), Gino McKoy[ 49]
"West Indies Now and Forever" (2004), Alison Hinds [ 49]
"West Indies Posse" (2004), King Punkwa[ 49]
"WICB Take a Rest" (2008), Tradewinds[ 49]
"World Cup Cricket" (2007), Anderson ‘Blood’ Armstrong[ 49]
Cricket 2020 - 2039
Sports - Others
"ATO" - "Ato Boldon" (1996), G.B. (Gregory Ballantyne)
"Ato’s Gold" (1998), Denyse Plummer [ 13]
"Crawfie" - "Crawford" - "Halsey Crawford with a Bullet" (1977), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 28]
"Crawford is the Man" - "Halsey Crawford" (1977), Lord Kitchener [ 13]
"Fighter" (2006), Maximus Dan [ 33]
"Games" (2017), Heather MacIntosh[ 14] [ 33]
"Gold" (1976), Maestro[ 1]
"Gold Coast Champion" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 23]
"Granny" (1986), Natasha Wilson[ 13]
"Javelin Jam" (2013), Mistah Shak[ 33]
"Joe Louis" (1938), Lord Caresser [ 23] [ 43] [ 56]
"Joe Louis Calypso (The)" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 23] [ 43]
"Joe Louis Schmelling Fight" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 31] [ 43] [ 23]
"Is Only Sports" (1995), Kurt Allen[ 13]
"Keep Fit" - "Keep Fit Man" (1983), All Rounder
"Keshorn" - "Javelin Champion (The)" (2013), Eunice Peters[ 33]
"Louis Schmeling Fight" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion (duet)[ 23] [ 31] [ 43] [ 6]
"Mannie Dookie" (1935), Growling Tiger [ 8] [ 23]
"Muhammad Ali" (2002), Mr. Calypso
"Play Ball" (1960), Lord Christo[ 31] [ 35]
"Randolph Turpin's Victory" (1951), Lord Kitchener [ 6]
"Road to Italy" (1989), Superblue [ 13]
"World Cup" (1976), Maestro
Tabanca / Love / Jealousy
"Tabanca, tabanka, tabankca, tobanca (n) (Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad): A painful feeling of unrequited love, from loving someone who does not love in return, especially someone who was once a lover or spouse. "[ 75]
"After Carnival" (1980), Lord Kitchener [ 1]
"Anacoana" (1935), Lord Beginner [ 23] [ 9] [ 12] [ 44]
"Art of Making Love" (1973), Lord Shorty [ 10] [ 13]
"Baby" (1924), Sam Manning [ 12]
"Bacchanal Lady" (1988), David Rudder [ 28]
"Beef and Bone" (1934), Atilla the Hun
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (1938), Felix and his Crazy Kats[ 44]
"Brown Boy" (1925), Sam Manning [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Camilla (When you Go Please Do Not Come Back)" (1925), Sam Manning [ 23] [ 10] [ 9] [ 12]
"Caro at Point Cumana" (1940), Lord Invader [ 44]
"Caroline" (1950), Roaring Lion [ 9] [ 34] [ 14]
"Come Le We Go Sookie" (1964), King Fighter[ 7]
"Come Mama Come" (1929), King Radio [ 8]
"Dey Washing Deir Mouth on Me" - "They Washing Mouth on Me" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 10]
"Doggie Doggie Look Bone" (1932), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 56] [ 8]
"Doh Back Back" (1984), Mighty Sparrow [ 13] [ 28] [ 30]
"Doh Horn Meh" (1980), The Mighty Duke [ 1]
"Don’t Hide Him Behind the Door" (1941), The Growler [ 12]
"Don’t let me mother know" - "Take me down to Los Iros" (1935), Keskidee Trio[ 23] [ 12] [ 44]
"Dorothy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 8]
"Dotish Married Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Elsie" (1939), King Radio [ 8]
"Everytime I Pass" (1909), Fitzie Bone-Eye[ 8]
"Fan Me Saga Boy" (1945), Roaring Lion [ 5] [ 55]
"Gloria" (2001), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Going Home Tonight" (1966), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Guadeloupe Chick" (1979), Crazy
"Jenny" (1981), Lord Nelson
"Jimpy’s Ingratitude" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 31]
"Johnny Take my Wife" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini [ 23] [ 43] [ 44]
"Last Train to San Fernando (The)" - "Last Train" (1950), The Duke of Iron [ 13] [ 29] [ 9]
"Love Me Emily" - "Emily" (1939), Atilla the Hun [ 31] [ 6]
"Ma Maria" (1936), King Radio [ 44]
"Mabel (See What you Do)" (1925), Sam Manning [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Madeleine Oy" (1953), Vivian Comma[ 30]
"Malic Wedding Scandal" (1962), King Solomon[ 23]
"Marajhin" (1981), Mighty Sparrow [ 5] [ 21] [ 10] [ 28]
"Marajhin Sister" (1983), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Margarita" (1983), Mighty Sparrow [ 5]
"Maria" (1962), Lord Blakie[ 7] [ 13] [ 35] [ 30]
"Marian Le’ Go me Man" (1935), Keskidee Trio[ 12]
"Martiniquan" - "Martinquen" (1937), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 8]
"Matilda" (1938), King Radio [ 7] [ 6] [ 19] [ 1] [ 15] [ 24] [ 10] [ 8] [ 35] [ 30] [ 45] [ 12]
"My Girl Mabel" (1941), King Radio [ 4]
"My Indian Girl Love" (1939), Lord Executor [ 56] [ 23] [ 21]
"My Little West Indian Girl" (1924), Sam Manning [ 12]
"Neighbour Neighbour" (1981), Eddy Grant [ 10]
"No Nora Darling" - "Nora" - "Nora Darling" (1937), Roaring Lion [ 6] [ 30]
"No Woman No" (1986), Black Stalin [ 2]
"Raja Rani" (1986), Baron [ 21]
"Romeo" (1057), Lord Melody [ 34] [ 23]
"Rose" (1961), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Roti & Dhalpouri" (1989), Sugar Aloes [ 21]
"Rum Till I Die" (2003), Adesh Samaroo
"Same Time Same Place" (1973), Mighty Sparrow [ 1] [ 48]
"Senorita Panchita" (1939), Growling Tiger [ 5]
"Stella" (1963), Lord Nelson [ 31]
"Stop Coming and Come" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini [ 12]
"Sugar Bum Bum" (1978), Lord Kitchener [ 14] [ 5] [ 28]
"Sweet Willie" (1925), Sam Manning [ 23] [ 9] [ 12]
"Tabanca" (2000), Denyse Plummer [ 33]
"Take Your Bundle and Go" (1962), Mighty Sparrow [ 1]
"Tan Tan" (1990), Mighty Shadow [ 35]
"Tell Me Why" (2013), Baron [ 14]
"Tina" - "Miss Tina" (1938), Roaring Lion [ 44]
"Trust Yu Wife" (1985), The Mighty Duke [ 36]
"Wastin’ your Time" - "You Wasting your Time" (1960), Mighty Power[ 36] [ 23]
"Way Way Out" (1999), Mighty Shadow
"Whe Whe Banker Wedding (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger [ 44]
"Wood in de Fire" (1959), Mighty Sparrow [ 35]
"Young Girl’s Touch" (1935), Atilla the Hun & Lord Beginner [ 8] [ 12]
War - Up to end of World War II
"Admiral Graf Spee (The)" (1940), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 8]
"Adolf Hitler" (1941), Mighty Destroyer [ 6] [ 16]
"Advantage Mussolini" (1936), Roaring Lion [ 4] [ 10] [ 17]
"Air Raid Shelters" (1943), King Radio [ 6] [ 8]
"Argos Papers" (1918), Lord Inventor[ 8] [ 4] [ 6]
"Black Market" (1945), Lord Beginner [ 23] [ 12]
"Boer War" (1900), Duke of Marlborough[ 8] [ 16] [ 64]
"Britain Will Never Surrender" (1941), Mighty Growler [ 23] [ 8]
"Carnival Again" (1939), Lord Executor [ 6]
"Chamberlain Says Peace" (1938), Lord Beginner [ 4] [ 6]
"Chinese Never Had a V.J. Day" - "Lay Fung Lee" - "Chinese Calypso" - "Chinese Memorial" - "Lai Fook Lee" (1948), Lord Kitchener [ 5] [ 6] [ 13] [ 35] [ 9] [ 12]
"Civil War in Spain" (1938), Growling Tiger [ 5] [ 43]
"Ethiopian War Drums" (1935), Wilmoth Houdini [ 6] [ 4] [ 10]
"Fall of France" (1941), Mighty Growler [ 4] [ 6] [ 35]
"Farmer and Breadfruit Tree" (1943), Mighty Growler [ 4] [ 43] [ 8]
"Germany Invade Poland" (1939), King Radio [ 6]
"Gold of Africa (The)" (1935), Growling Tiger [ 4] [ 6] [ 38] [ 64] [ 8] [ 35] [ 12]
"Hitler" (1939), Lord Ziegfield[ 23]
"Hitler Demanded Trinidad" (1940), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 31]
"Hitler Demands" (1939), Mighty Growler [ 4]
"Hitler’s Attitude" (1940), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 31]
"Hitler's Mistake" (1940), Roaring Lion [ 23] [ 31]
"Hitler’s Moustache" (1941), Lord Invader [ 23] [ 31]
"Horrors of War (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun [ 4] [ 25] [ 8] [ 43]
"Housewives" (1950), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 58] [ 9] [ 12]
'How Hitler Invaded Poland' (1939), Lord Ziegfield[ 35] [ 14]
"Invasion of Britain" (1941), Atilla the Hun [ 4] [ 6] [ 8]
"Invasion of Poland (The)" - "Poland, Poland" (1940), Roaring Lion [ 31] [ 4]
"Kaiser William, Run your Run" (1918), Lord Inventor[ 4] [ 35] [ 6]
"Let Them Fight for Ten Thousand Years" - "Let the White People Fight" (1939), Growling Tiger [ 6] [ 8]
"Nazi Spy Ring" (1940), Mighty Growler [ 23]
"Norah the War Is Over" (1946), Lord Beginner [ 6]
"Ode to Russia" (1944), Atilla the Hun [ 8] [ 4]
"Poppy Day" (1938), Lord Executor [ 4]
"Red Cross Society (The)" (1941), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 25]
"Reply to Englishman" (1944), Atilla the Hun [ 4] [ 55] [ 8]
"Rise of the British Empire" (1940), Roaring Lion [ 35] [ 14]
"Roosevelt’s Election" (1941), Atilla the Hun [ 6] [ 25]
"Run Your Run Hitler" (1940), Lord Beginner [ 6] [ 35] [ 8] [ 30]
"Sauerkraut Calypso" (1956), Herbert Howard[ 5] [ 23]
"Selassie Is Held by the Police" (1937), Lord Caresser [ 4]
"Send Hitler to St. Helena" (1940), Atilla the Hun [ 23] [ 31]
"Two Bad Men in the World" (1939), Lord Executor [ 6] [ 23]
"Warning to Russia (A)" (1950), Mighty Viking[ 23] [ 4]
"Winston Churchill" (1941), Roaring Lion [ 6]
Wars - Post World War II
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Regis, Louis (1999). The political calypso : True opposition in Trinidad and Tobago, 1962-1987 . Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2379-3 . OCLC 48138016 .
Rohlehr, Gordon (1990). Calypso & society in pre-independence Trinidad . Port of Spain, Trinidad. ISBN 976-8012-52-8 . OCLC 23928095 . {{cite book }}
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Rohlehr, Gordon (24 June 2021). The shape of that hurt . Caribbean Modern Classics. ISBN 9781845234645 . {{cite book }}
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Rudder, David; La Rose, John (1990). Kaiso calypso music : David Rudder in conversation with John La Rose . London: New Beacon Books. ISBN 1-873201-00-1 . OCLC 24849319 .
Selvon, Sam (25 May 2023). Calypso in London . Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780241630877 .
Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & caribbean music . Backbeat Books. pp. 5, 59. ISBN 0-87930-655-6 . {{cite book }}
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Warner, Keith Q. (1982). Kaiso! The Trinidad calypso: A study of the calypso as oral literature . Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-89410-025-4 . OCLC 8762968 . {{cite book }}
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Journals
Aho, W. R. "The treatment of women in Trinidad's calypsoes, 1969–1979" . Sex Roles 10, 141–148 (1984).
Austin, Roy. "Understanding Calypso Content: A Critique and an Alternative Explanation" . Caribbean Quarterly 22, no. 2/3 (1976): 74–83.
Ballantyne, Gregory. "People Perceptions and Paranoia in Calypso." . Caribbean Dialogue , vol. 3, No. 4 (1998).
Battistelli, Davina. "Calypsonian women: A mode of resistance that empowers feminity" . University of Guelph (May 2019).
Bilby, Kenneth. "Calypso as a world music" . Newsletter - Institute for Studies in American Music; Brooklyn; Vol. XXXIV; Issue 1 (Fall 2004): 4–5.
Boxill, Ian. "The two faces of Caribbean music" . Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2 (JUNE 1994), pp. 33–56 (24 pages). Published By: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies.
Brown, Ernest. "Carnival, Calypso, and Steelband in Trinidad." . The Black Perspective in Music 18, no. 1/2 (1990): 81–100.
Charles, C. N. (2016, November 22). Calypso music : identity and social influence : the Trinidadian experience. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/45260 .
Cowley, John. "Cultural 'Fusions': Aspects of British West Indian Music in the USA and Britain 1918-51." . Cambridge University Press, Popular Music, Vol.5, Continuity and Change, pp. 81–96 (1985).
Cowley, John. "London is the Place: Caribbean Music in the Context of Empire 1900-60." . Paul Oliver, ed. Black Music In Britain: Essays on the Afro Asian Contribution to Popular Music, Milton Keynes, Open University Press, pp. 57–76 (1990).
Cowley, John Houston. "Music & migration: Aspects of black music in the British Caribbean, the United States, and Britain, before the independence of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago" . University of Warwick (April 1992).
Cowley, John Houston. "West Indian Gramophone Records in Britain: 1927-1950" . Occasional Papers In Ethnic Relations, No. l, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, Coventry (April 1985).
Crowley, Daniel. "Towards a definition of calypso (Part II)." Ethnomusicology, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep 1959), pp. 117–124 (8 pages). Published by: University of Illinois Press.
Davies, Carole Boyce."The Africa theme in Trinidad calypso" . Caribbean Quarterly 31, no. 2 (1985): 67–86.
Dean, Darry. "Calypso as a vehicle for political commentary: An endangered musical species" . Carleton University, 2015.
Doley, Peter. = "Calypso and the Bush" . Flinders University of South Australia (26 January 2013), issue: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century.
Elder, J.D. "The male/female conflict in calypso" . Caribbean Quarterly. Vol. 14, No. 3 (September 1968), pp. 23–41 (19 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd..
Fergus, Claudius. "From slavery to black power: The enigma of Africa in the Trinidad calypso" . Historical Society of Ghana (2014), no. 16, pages: 1–26.
Floyd, Samuel A. "Black music in the Circum-Caribbean" . University of Illinois Press, 1999, volume 17, number 1, pages 1–38.
Funk, Ray. "In the Battle for Emergent Independence: Calypsos of Decolonization" . Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 3, issue 2 (2005).
Hill, Errol G. "Calypso and war" . Black American Literature Forum 23, no. 1 (1989).
Hinds, David. "A mailman to make government understand: The calypsonian (Mighty Chalkdust) as political opposition in the Caribbean" . Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, volume 4, issue 2, 2010.
Leung, Glenda-Alicia. "Negotiation of Trinidadian identity in ragga soca music" . World Englishes (2009).
Liverpool, Hollis (Mighty Chalkdust). "Researching steelband and calypso music in the British Caribbean and the U. S. Virgin Islands" . Black Music Research Journal (1994).
Lowe, Agatha. "Themes of war, politics and health education in calypso music" . Caribbean Quarterly 39, no. 2 (1993): 56–72.
Mahabir, Cynthia. "The rise of calypso feminism: Gender and musical politics in the calypso" . Popular Music , Cambridge University Press (CUP), volume 20, issue 3 (2001).
Mohammed, Patricia. "Reflections on the women's movement in Trinidad: Calypsos, changes and sexual violence" . Sage Publications, Ltd, volume 38, pages 33–47 (1991).
Morgan, Paula. "With a tassa blending: Calypso and cultural identity in Indo-Caribbean fiction" . Anthurium , vol. 3, no. 2, 2005. (Warning: Many errors in this text - dates, names and titles)
Rahim, Jennifer. "(Not) Knowing the difference: Calypso overseas and the sound of belonging in selected narratives of migration" . Anthurium: A Caribbean studies journal (2005), volume 3, issue 2, article 12.
Rampaul, Giselle. "Shakespeare, Empire, and the Trinidad Calypso" . Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation (2015), Volume 9, number 2.
Regis, Louis "Gordon Rohlehr's forty years in calypso" . Caribbean Journal of Cultural studies . Volume 2, number 1 (October 2013). The University of the West Indies.
Rohlehr, Gordon "Calypso, literature and West Indian cricket: Era of dominance" . Anthurium , vol. 6, no. 1, 2008.
Rohlehr, Gordon "Deconstructing "The equaliser": Beyond a balance of terror" . The Caribbean Review of Gender Studies , The University of the West Indies Institute of Gender and Development Studies, issue 4 (2010).
Rohlehr, Gordon "’Man talking to man’ Calypso and social confrontation in Trinidad 1970 to 1984" . Caribbean Quarterly; Carnival, calypso and the music of confrontation (1985), volume 31, number 2, pages 1–13.
Sylvester, Meagan. "Narratives of resistance in Trinidad's calypso and soca music" . Caribbean Pelau , the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (2019), volume 11, issue 3.
Toussaint, Michael. "Trinidad calypso as postmodernism in the diaspora: Linking rhythms, lyrics, and the ancestral spirits" . Research in African Literatures . Indiana University Press (2009). Issue=1, volume 40, pages:137–144.
Winer, Lise. "Socio-cultural change and the language of calypso" . Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide 60, no. 3/4 (1986): 113–48.
Articles
Best, Earl. "What’s in a Name-Pt2: Black Power, Calypso, Soca and Pumpkin Vine." , Wired 868 .
Biswas, Soutik. "Calypso’s love affair with cricket" . BBC News , 2007, 17/3 154–159
Borgerson, Janet & Jonathan, Schroeder. "Calypso confusion" , The MIT PRESS Reader .
Bowles, Paul. "Calypso - Music of the Antilles" . Modern Music , 1940, 17/3 154–159
Brown Boy in the ring. "Carnival culture: Lord Kitchener to Machel Montano" . March 22, 2007
Brown, Helen. "I am here to tell women, don<t be afraid" Independent, UK edition, 6 April 2020.
Dowrich-Phillips, Laura. "7 calypsoes that kept us entertained with hot topics of the day" .
Ferreira, Jo-Anne S. Hodge, Nnamdi. "Patois in calypso" . Montray Créyol , 2015.
Jacob, Debbie. "What calypso means to the Caribbean" Caribbean Beat Magazine, January 2011.
Khan, Nasser. "To federate or not to federate." .Trinidad & Tobago Guardian , 2012.
Ramm, Benjamin. "The subversive power of calypso music" BBC Culture, October 11, 2017.
Rohlehr, Gordon. "A scuffling of Islands: The dream and reality of Caribbean unity in poetry and song - Roseau to Montego Bay" , The Integrationist Caribbean , 2007.
Unknown. "'16 great calypso songs for teaching" , Study Assistant .
Unknown. "'A chronology of selected songs by Mighty Sparrow that address social, political and topical themes" .
Unknown. "Celebrating our Calypso monarchs 1939–1980 T&T - History through the eyes of calypso" . Trinidad & Tobago government, 2015/07.
Unknown. "The golden age of Calypso" . Musical Traditions , number 4, 1985.
Audio
Calypso Breakaway (Record). Rounder Records Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1990.
Calypso Dreams (CD). In for a penny, in for a pound, LLC. Ice Music, Ltd. 2009.
Calypso - Musical poetry in the Caribbean (1955 - 69) (CD). Soul Jazz records. 2014.
Calypsos from Trinidad - Politics, intrigue & violence in the 1930s (CD). Arhoolie Prod., Inc. 1991.
Melody vs. Sparrow - A friendly calypso feud (CD). Erasmus Black Records. 19 June 2020.
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