Mighty Sniper
Текст песни Portrait of Trinidad (Calypso Monarch 1965)

Trinidad is my land and of which I am proud and glad
But I can't understand why some people does talk it bad
But I know all of dem who running dey mouth
Don't what dey talkin 'bout
They will talk 'bout here every day
But the right thing they would never say.

Like our sportsmen being rated among the best
Our scholars have sat and passed every test
To put us right alongside the best
But then Our Pitch Lake is the greatest one of its kind
Our sugar and oil is really refine
So you see my friends this is a real King Solomon's mine.

They does talk a lot of nonsense,
Me ain't know what they doing it for
About so much violence,
Man you could swear that we fighting war
We have our delinquents to face just like any other place
Man the things they does say 'bout here
Is really too much for me to bear.

And my people are daily making progress
Without any form of stupidness
And in this way we bong to make success
For when we moving, we all move as one body
No bickering between you and me
For Our policy stand for racial equality.

All of dem whey talking
They either drunk or staring mad
Or maybe they forgetting Mr. Universe belongs to Trinidad
And yet we have men of high talent and skill
With high hope of improving still
And if you think all this is a lie the Mighty Sniper will tell you why.

For our steelband is the best talent in dis world
By calypsoes our stories are told, with rhythm to touch your soul
And Trinidad, this lovely land of my birth
Small but overwhelming in worth
And Carnival is the greatest festival on earth.

Now when a stranger spending a little time in this lovely isle
Every day you see him, he always have a happy smile
And when his time for him to depart
He would say with tears in his heart
I'll be back, you can bet your life
And if I can't come I go send my wife.

And when he tells her, he really wants to come
To drink a little rum and have plenty fun
In this island in the sun.
So Trinidad and foreigners do recall
It doesn't matter whether big or small
Or if you rich or poor
Friends we cater for one and all.

Our steelband is the best talent in the world
By Calypso's our stories are told
With rhythms to touch yuh soul
Trinidad, this lovely land of my birth
Small but overwhelming in worth
And as you know Carnival is the greatest on show on de earth.