King Radio, The Lion & The Tiger - War

King Radio, The Lion & The Tiger - War

Trio:
No, no, no, no. tell them I say no
My answer is no
No no no no tell them I say no
My answer is no

They may come with their grand preparation
No, no, no, no. No consolation. Grief and pain and sad meditation
Tell them I say no.

Radio:
From the first very day I sat on the throne
I heard pretenders grumble and moan
oh when they heard my voice through the atmosphere
they thought was an angel from heaven appear
Songsters try for to hamper me, but I still get the opportunity
I didn't mean to call it but I got the privilege
[patois ending?]

Tiger:
This is my second anniversary
but I were fortunately sent to New York City
I must thank the people of Port of Spain
they have assist me in climbing the ladder of fame
I am popularly known as a pugilist
but today I'm recognized a radio artist
and without no exaggeration I achieve my ambition
as a calypsonian

Lion:
Well I pity men's conditions when they have no ammunition
as to fight with The Lion in the open competition
I am sitting a-waiting for the coming celebration
as to fight - monarchs in war and rebellion
And for me - I mean they would be blessed with benedictions
And against me - they shall suffer persecution
For I'm Lord Eloquent in the House of Parliament.

Radio:
This is the Radio, Lion also Tiger
We known to be popular in America
Tiger:
This is the war and rebellion, I mean
No, no, no, no. No consolation
Lion:
I keep them from corruption and bad association
The atmosphere flies with the bal contamination
Radio:
War and rebellion in this open competition
Trio:
Tell them I say no.


Key: Dm
Chords:
Dm A7 Dm
Dm A7 Dm

D7 Gm C F
D7 Gm A7 Dm

Lord Executor - Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard

Lord Executor - Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard

Hideous discoveries and monstrous crime

Always happen at the Christmas time

Hideous discoveries and monstrous crime

Always happen at the Christmas time

For the old year murders and the tragedy

For the new year serious calamity

What shocked Trinidad

Those seven skeletons that the workmen found in that yard

What marred the Christmas festivity

Was a new year double catastrophe

When a man and a woman on the ground was found

With bloodstains upon the ground

The husband was arrested but they were too late

For the poison he drunk sent him to the gate

That shocked Trinidad

Those seven skeletons that the workmen found in that yard

In Saint James the population went wild

When in the savanna they found a child

The hair was auburn and complexion pink

Which placed the watchman in a mood to think

“How can a mother despise and scorn

A little angel that she has born?”

That was more sad

Than the seven skeletons that the workmen found in that yard

A lorry was speeding to Port of Spain

When it knocked down the cyclist into the drain

It was going as fast as the lightning flash

When the cyclist received the lash

The mother cried out in sorrows and pain

I am not going to see my boy-child again

That is more sad

Than the seven skeletons that the workmen found in that yard

While the workmen they were digging the ground

They bring in skulls all human beings they found

Feet together and head east and west

Number five was a watchman among the rest

Number six had the hands and the feet on the chest

And number seven the mysterious guest

That shocked Trinidad

Those seven skeletons that the workmen found in that yard



Chords:
Cm G Cm
Cm G Cm

C7 Fm Bb Eb
C7 Fm G7 Cm



Credit: thanks to Pete for this one.

Lionel Belasco - Carmencita

Here's our first instrumental watlz, Lionel Belasco's May 1933 recording of Carmencita:



Key: C/Fm

Chords:
C--- C A7 Dm- G- C- B- E-
C--- C A7 Dm- G- C- B- E-

F- C- G C G C F- C G# C G C-
F- C- G C G C F- C G# C G C-

Fm- C7--- Fm-- F7 Bbm- Fm C7 Fm-
Fm- C7--- Fm-- F7 Bbm- Fm C7 Fm-