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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2016 - HOME
sung by David Rudder
composed by Pelham Goddard and David Rudder
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LYRICSVerse 1
The fire
rages one more time my friends
The fire rages one more time inside
our souls
In the yards they're feeling the...
magic
So when they hear the rhythm call
they come
So when they hear the rhythm call,
the joy begins
In the yards, they're tossing the
tragic
So the
children, they gather a- round,
everywhere that the music lives
And then the yard becomes a shrine,
and it is yours and it is mine
Once again we give thanks to life
Let the bacchanal begin
Listen to the drums they're calling
you
Night 'til morning dew
When they call you, you will come
The Feeling's magical, the feeling's
magical,
Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it,
feel it, feel it, feel it, oh!
Chorus
So now the
yards they come to give the country
a shaking up
So now the yards they come to give
the country a waking up
And so the people come out to the
yards and they celebrate
And so they're heading to the
biggest yard now to test their fate
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
to take a chance)
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
to do a dance)
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
to free your mind)
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
"Come")
Listen to the yards they're calling
you,
Listen to the yards they're calling
you
Listen, listen, listen, listen, live
it up
(Music it
tells you to take a chance)
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
to do a dance)
Wake up and live (Music it tells you
to free your mind)
So now we're
feeling the fire, music taking us
higher
Once again we give thanks and we
give praise
As we enter these yards of life.
Verse 2
And very
soon these yards will sleep again
Very soon we will not hear a single
note
Everyday should be a sweet 'Rama
The music is a must, no exodus
Why should we run away from life my
friend my friend
Everywhere should be a sweet drama
Let the children just gather round,
everywhere that the music lives
And then the yard becomes a shrine,
and it is yours and it is mine
Once again we give thanks to life
Let the bacchanal begin
Listen to the drums they're calling
you
Night 'til morning dew
When they call you, you will come
The Feeling's magical, the feeling's
magical,
Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it,
feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it,
feel it, oh!
Chorus
_________________
Wake up and
live (Music it tells you to free
your mind)
Wake up and live (The yards they
tell you come)
Listen to the yards they're calling
you,
Listen to the yards they're calling
you
_________________
Listen to
the drums they calling you
Night 'til morning dew
When they call you, you will come
The Feeling's magical, the feeling's
magical,
Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it,
feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it, oh!
Chorus
_________________
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David Michael Rudder
Dr. David Michael Rudder was
born in Belmont, Trinidad on May
6, 1953. One of nine children,
he spent much of his early
childhood with his grandmother,
a spiritual Baptist, growing up
near a pan yard and a Shango
yard, in a neighbourhood where
boys dreamed of being
entertainers. It was at school
that he discovered how much art,
painting and sculpture really
interested him. Rudder began
singing at the age of 11 with a
group called The Solutions. In
1977, he joined the brass band
Charlie’s Roots and began
charting his musical career.
In the early days, Rudder
acquired a reputation as a
back-up singer in the calypso
tent run by Lord Kitchener,
while earning his living as an
accountant with the Trinidad Bus
Company. Rudder’s first big
break came when Christopher
“Tambu” Herbert, lead singer
with Charlie’s Roots, fell ill
after an exhausting tour of
Guyana and suggested his friend
Rudder as a temporary
replacement. Rudder stayed on as
a co-lead singer, and built a
reputation for his scintillating
performances. His exposure to
Shango and the Pan Yards
influenced his music, he was
also influenced by Jazz and
African artists such as Yossou
N’Dour, Alpha Blondy. He is
known as one of the few band
singers who wrote all his own
songs.
Veteran songwriter, recording artist, composer and performer Pelham Goddard has long been associated with the steelpan instrument. He is a championship arranger in his own right and resident arranger with Exodus Steel Orchestra. Pelham Goddard has penned and/or arranged some of the most memorable Caribbean music pieces ever.
For the 2016
Panorama season,
Pelham has
gotten together
with Soca legend
Dr. David
Michael Rudder,
who does the
honors regarding
both lyrics and
vocals.
De Big Yard,
featured here, is
the tune of
choice for
Exodus Steel
Orchestra, as
the band takes
aim at the
championship
title for
yet another
year.
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