Trini Christmas Cake
©Paul Gallagher Dec. 11, 2017/Rev Dec 7-19/Rv Dec 25, 2020
Half moon - in de sky
Near zero - North ‘a 49
Trini Christmas - on my mind
Trini Christmas - on my mind
(CH-1)
I wanna piece - a Christmas Cake
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
I know it took so long to make....
Cake so heavy - give me backache
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
(CH-2)
Rum id up, Spice id up, Love id up... non stop
Is de season to celebrate,
Celebrate wid parang
Dancing an singing,
Cooking an cleaning
‘till we can’t stand
(CH-3)
No warm id up,
Let’s start id up
Wid rum an puncha créme
I wanna piece a Christmas Cake......
Trini Cake ......Black Christmas Cake
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(Verse A-1)
Fin-a-lly, jet make touch down;
Cra-zy taxi ride, into town
To Auntie Asha and Uncle Edwin;
Already, Christmas lights –
All around.........
(V-2)
Palm trees soca in de breeze
Parang from back yard,
And parang from de beach….
No one can fall asleep.
(V-3)
Christmas time; time to fresh up,
New brushes, rollers an cans ‘o’ paint
Uncle an Aunty ready to jump
Hang new curtains dat Auntie Asha make up
We gonna decorate.
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(CH-1)
I wanna piece - a Christmas Cake
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
I know it took so long to make....
Cake so heavy - give me backache
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
(CH-2)
Rum id up, Spice id up, Love id up... non stop
Is de season to celebrate,
Celebrate wid parang
Dancing an singing,
Cooking an cleaning
‘till we can’t stand
(CH-3)
No warm id up,
Let’s start id up
Wid rum an puncha créme
I wanna piece a Christmas Cake......
Trini Cake ......Black Christmas Cake
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(Verse B-1)
Early morning, new stove come in
One by one cousins in de kitchen
Assembly line, hand over hand,
Cloves, sweet meat and cornmeal
Making pastelles ........
(V-2)
Me and Uncle Edwin start to clean
Font yard an de porch
Friends lean over de fence
Like parrots, to watch……
(V-3)
Out come de wine
An out come de rum
Out come de cuatro, bottle an spoons
Looks like de cleaning
Won’t be done too soon.
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Part II
(CH-1)
I wanna piece - a Christmas Cake
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
I know it took so long to make....
Cake so heavy - give me backache
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
(CH-2)
Rum id up, Spice id up, Love id up... non stop
Is de season to celebrate,
Celebrate wid parang
Dancing an singing,
Cooking an cleaning
‘till we can’t stand
(CH-3)
No warm id up,
Let’s start id up
Wid rum an puncha créme
I wanna piece a Christmas Cake......
Trini Cake ......Black Christmas Cake
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(Verse C-1)
6 PM an Christmas lights
Shining so bright
Christmas stockings,
Hang de palm tree...
Not too high…..
(V-2)
Auntie Asha still in de kitchen
an floors do shine
Sky so dark
All de stars a special light….
(V-3)
Dog bark announcing
Parr-an-dero
Get ready for de chak chak, guitars an toc toc
Come de kitchen, parang all night long....
‘Til all de ham is gone………
(V-4)
Call de neighbours... roti an rum......
Dancing and laughing and sing-along
It’s Christmas time, Christmas time,
Limin, limin all night long
It’s Christmas time, Christmas time,
Limin, limin all night long
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I wanna piece - a Christmas Cake
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
I wanna piece - a Christmas Cake
I know it took so long to make....
Cake so heavy - give me backache
Trini Cake .... Black Christmas Cake
Rum id up, Spice id up, Love id up... non stop
Is de season to celebrate,
Celebrate wid parang
Dancing an singing,
Cooking an cleaning
‘till we can’t stand
No warm id up,
Let’s start id up
Wid rum an puncha créme
I wanna piece a Christmas Cake......
Trini Cake ......Black Christmas Cake
