Calypso - Jean And Dinah /Mighty Sparrow lyrics

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Mighty Sparrow <br />

Jean and Dinah <br />

Well the girls in town feeling bad<br />

No more Yankees in Trinidad <br />

They going to close down the base for good<br />

Them girls have to make out how they could<br />

Brother is now they park up in town<br />

In for a penny, and in for a pound<br />

Believe me it's competition for so<br />

Trouble in the town when the price drop low<br />

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So when you bounce up Jean and Dinah<br />

Rosita and Clementina, round the corner posing<br />

Bet your life is something they selling <br />

And if you catch them<br />

You can get em all for nothing <br />

Don't make no row, the yankees gone, Sparrow take over now <br />

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Things bad is to hear them cry <br />

Not a sailor in town, the night clubs dry <br />

Only West Indians like me or you <br />

Are able to get a drink or two <br />

And as we have things back in control <br />

Ah seeking revenge with me heart and soul <br />

Brother when I spread the news around <br />

Is to see how them cave men come into town <br />

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(This verse is sometimes omitted) <br />

When the Yankee was in full swing <br />

Just imagine how I was suffering <br />

Mavis told me straight to me face <br />

How she find I too fast and out of place <br />

No, no, no, they would start to fret <br />

Money or not poor Sparrow can't get <br />

Because with the Yankees they have it cool <br />

Calypsonians too hard to fool <br />

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It's the glamour boys again<br />

We are going to rule Port of Spain<br />

No more Yankees to spoil the fete<br />

Dorothy have to take what she get<br />

All of them who used to make style<br />

While they taking two shillling with a smile<br />

No more hotel to rest your head<br />

By the sweat of thy brow thou shall eat bread