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Trinidad
& Tobago Panorama 2017 - HOME
sung by “The Original De Fosto Himself”
composed by Winston Scarborough
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LYRICSVerse 1
Champions - Champions - Champions - Champions
West Indies
women and de men
Were the champions
to the end
Dey are we champions
Ball for ball, bat for bat, Australia
couldn’t believe dat
It was we champions
Then it was England next on de same
day
Oh what a photo-finish everyone say
Sunday April the third, - 2 - K -
Sixteen we see and heard
Rally around Rally around, Champions
is de word!
Chorus
Champions -
Champions - We must salute
West Indians again - Women and men
de same
Were in their glee - Yes, including
me
Singing Champions - Champions
We start to dance - Watch we
Champions - Champions - Champions -
Champions (x2)
Verse 2
Windies
under-nineteen start de jamming -
Won de toss an’ send India in
Dey are we Champions - Champions
One hundred and forty-five dey make
-
All hell break loose for goodness
sake
Is we Champions - Champions
“What a brilliant day of cricket” Ian
Bishop said
When de youngsters of the West
Indies went to bat ahead
Sammy and de senior salute you all
-
“What a victory,” dey start to bawl
Rally around, rally around - West
Indies standing tall
Chorus
_________________
Verse 3
Eden Gardens
was de venue - Calcutta rise, I am
telling you
For we Champions - Champions
Phillip Simmons played a vital role
-
Curtly Ambrose show them where to
bowl
For we Champions - Champions
England twisting and turning to
decide we fate
Where to bowl, how to bowl, before
it’s too late
But Carlos Brathwaite from Barbados
Had de people yes on dey toes
It was one - two - three - four
sixes. Dat was blows!
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, 2017 will mark the 39th 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 2017 steelband Panorama season “De Fosto” is back with Champions, the track featured here.
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