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‘Lotto Plus’

sung by “The Original De Fosto Himself”
composed by Winston Scarborough

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“Lotto Plus”
“The Original De Fosto Himself”
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus -Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus

Verse 1

I use to play the lotto forever more
Use to get some numbers sometime three and four
I had hopes of winning - Like anybody
People use to win too - Quite regularly
Sometimes is two persons - Three persons - Winning the first prize
In the east corridor and Tobago we had it nice

Chorus 1

We didn’t had no smart ball - We didn’t no bobol
We just use to play - Any six numbers when they call
Point Fortin and S’ando use to win too
Couva and Chaguanas they win ah few
None ah them with they lotto plus
To make the money some more - Especially in the East - West corridor
Well if you from Laventi - Cash pot for you
Morvant hear me - Cash pot for you
Behind the bridge and Beetham - Cash pot for you
Sea Lots and John John - Cash pot for you
Cocorite and Carenage -Cash pot for you
Barataria and San Juan at large - Cash pot for you
Lotto plus done know where are you
Only Cash pot - Play she -Pick four - Pick two
We go win for thru
Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus -Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus

Verse 2

To win this lotto plus - boy listen to me
Lotto plus does follow places in money
For instances West Moorings - Glencoe and Maraval
We don't stand a chance in they lotto plus bacchanal
They have all they machines fix to give we licks - We want back we perfect six
Put it back like before - Every area will win for sure

Chorus 2

We didn’t had no smart ball - We didn’t no "bobol"
We just use to play - Any six numbers when they call
Point Fortin and S'ando use to win too
Couva and Chaguanas they win ah few
None ah them with they lotto plus
To make the money some more - Especially in the East - West corridor
Well if you from Laventi - Cash pot for you
Morvant hear me - Cash pot for you
Behind the bridge and Beetham - Cash pot for you
Sea Lots and John John - Cash pot for you
Cocorite and Carenage -Cash pot for you
Barataria and San Juan at large - Cash pot for you
Lotto plus done know where are you
Only Cash pot - Play she -Pick four - Pick two
We go win for thru
Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus -Lotto Plus - Lotto Plus

Verse 3

I hire a taxi - To the south peninsula
My first was Grand Bazzaar - Ah say ah go catch them there
Then straight to Chaguanas and too Couva too
San Fernando Penal and Debe - Princess town by China man Lou
Five hundred the driver charge for the event I had to pay every cent
Come home waiting on the results - lotto plus take all meh money and went

Chorus

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“The Original De Fosto Himself”

Winston Scarborough is considered by many to be one of the all-time great composers of steelband ‘Panorama tunes.’

A performer artist himself, 2016 will mark the 38^th year that Trinidad & Tobago’s Winston Scarborough (The Original De Fosto Himself - as he loves to be called) has been singing calypsos. For him it was an uphill struggle to be recognized by the fraternity and public at large.

Abandoned by both his parents at the young age of 6 months, Scarborough was sent to the Tacarigua Orphanage in east Trinidad where he remained until age 17. The experience in the orphanage would place an indelible stamp on him.

One of the most important aspects of De Fosto’s work as a calypsonian is the tributes he has paid in song to many of Trinidad & Tobago’s cultural icons; the late Lord Kitchener (calypsonian Aldwyn Roberts) would be one such with whom people are most familiar.

The last several years continued to be fruitful for The Original De Fosto Himself, with the release of such hits as “Smooth Sailing;” “A Raging Storm;” “In She Rainorama;” In De Minor and “Boogsie Sharpe.”

For the 2016 steelband Panorama season “De Fosto” is back with Lotto Plus, the track featured here.

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