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Verse 1
This lady from Sweden
came to
Trinidad on vacation.
Ah tell you
the lady
is an accomplished musician.
She could play the piano, the guitar
and the tenor saxophone;
The
piccolo - and even the trombone.
Yes friends,
One time she heard
a steel band
coming down the street
People by the thousand,
jumping to
the calypso beat.
It’s the first
time in life,
she hearing steel
band.
The lady came to one
conclusion.
Chorus
The Pan is great, she say
The
Pan is great, to play
What an
invention by you Trinis
The Pan
is great hear me
Make no mistake
you see
It’s a gift from the
Almighty
The Pan is great she say
I know its here to stay
This
instrument is quite unique
Totally
mesmerized
by the sound of the steel
band
She had no choice had to
jump in the band
The Sweden woman
If you see the moves
she making
inside the band
Telling everybody,
how great is the Pan.
Verse 2
Well as a musician,
she was
excited about the steel band.
Count all the octaves,
from the
tenors down to the bass.
Look she
told me,
steel band is made up like
a giant organ.
Any arrangement
could be played on the pan - You see
The cellos and second pans
and the tenors she say.
Will
bring out
the mu-si-cal feelings in
me any day.
She also like the
tenor bass
and the grumbling of
guitar pans
And for rhythm, she
love the Iron section
Chorus
Verse 3
Watching the performance,
totally
impressed with steel band.
Said
its terrific
music played by these
musicians
She was bewildered
by
the tonal quality of these
instruments
Couldn’t help but
make
positive comments - Yes friends
Heard about panorama,
that lovely competition.
Right
away she start
practicing with a
steel band.
Proud as a peacock
she felt
playing this tune with the
band.
People were singing
‘How great is the Pan.’
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