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‘Musical
Chairs’
sung by “Dr. WillB”
composed by William Bannister
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“Musical Chairs”
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“Dr. WillB”
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LYRICSVerse 1
General
election, due every five years
Politicians playing ah game call
musical chairs
PNM, UNC, ILP and
COP
If yah see them snatching as
the music stop
Chorus 1
This one
looking fuh seat, somebody sitting
dey
The next one look fuh seat,
somebody sitting dey
They
spending big money, by any means
necessary
Sound the alarm, Sound
the alarm!
And the let them
know,
Seat is not just to rest
bam bam
And eat they ham and jam
But wuk wuk wuk for the nation
Wuk wuk wuk for the nation
Each and everyone
Verse 2
Big
celebration , dancing in the street
Gladness turn to sadness, a man
loss he seat
Right dey in St
Joseph, six o’clock they happy
At the final tally, they blame the
EBC
Chorus 2
Tunapuna
loss they seat, somebody sitting dey
Arouca loss they seat, somebody
sitting dey
Lopinot, Arima,
somebody sitting dey
Tableland,
Moruga, somebody sitting dey
Sound the alarm! Sound the alarm!
And let them know
Seat is
not just to rest bam bam
And eat
they ham and jam
But wuk, wuk,
wuk for the nation
Wuk, wuk, wuk
for the nation
Each and everyone
Verse 3
Dr. Eric
Williams, father of T and T
Then
we had George Chambers
Manning
and Robbie
Basdeo Panday, Kamla
the first lady
Then the lucky
seven, Dr. Keith Rowley
Chorus 3
In the lower
house I see, young people sitting
dey
In the upper house I see,
young people sitting dey
No more
sleeping, when The Speaker speaking
No more sleeping, when The
Speaker speaking
Sound the
alarm! Sound the alarm!
And let
them know
Seat is not just to
rest bam bam
And eat they ham
and jam
But wuk, wuk, wuk for
the nation
Wuk, wuk, wuk for the
nation
Each and every one
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William “Dr. WillB”
Bannister
William Bannister, better known as “Dr. WillB,” has been a patriarch of Trinidad & Tobago culture for the past 40 years. “Dr. WillB” was born May 29, 1951 to Sarah and Goldbourne Bannister. With his parents hailing from Tobago and Barbados respectively, “Dr. WillB” is a true Caribbean man who has Trinidad and Tobago culture deeply entrenched in him.
“Dr. WillB” began
dabbling in the arts
in the 1970s with a
number of carvings
and sketches, later
on further
developing his
talent with a course
in screen printing.
He then maintained
his passion for
design and art when
he designed and
released a line of
screen printed and
hand painted
t-shirts and dress
shirts in the late
80s and early 90s.
Continuing to hone
his artistic skills, “Dr. WillB” changed his medium
from clothing to canvas
in 1995. Painting a
series of culturally
influenced pieces such
as “Drumology” and “Engine
Room” propelled him
even further into the
world of portrait painting.
After this, he began
a second series entitled
the “Calypso Icons Series.”
It included portraits
of the Mighty Sparrow,
the Lord Kitchener,
Calypso Rose, The Lord
Pretender, Valentino,
The Mighty Shadow, The
Mighty Duke, Lord Nelson,
and The Mighty Bomber.
His work is featured
in several Trinidad
& Tobago state organisations
such as the Ministry
of The Arts and Multiculturalism.
“Dr. WillB” has also been an avid Pan player and as a calypsonian, has performed with the Klassic Ruso calypso tent. Muster Point was his composition for the 2012 Panorama season, with People’s Choice and Bounce Meh Nah being put out in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
For 2015 “Dr. WillB” composed the witty This Bass Stick sung by Anthony Johnson, and for the 2016 Panorama he is back once more as composer and vocalist with Musical Chairs, the track featured here.
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