WOMEN IN PAN

by CRAZY for 2006 Panorama


Verse (1)

History, never really tell the whole truth
Stories, of how much women contribute
Clearly, they leave out the female content
Ladies, help to shape this great instrument
Set the record straight
Their input was great
Now let the facts unfold
Women play a big role
Go tell it to the young and old

CHORUS

Speed of light, WOMAN
Hands in flight, ON PAN
In the fray
Women today
Welding stand
Nubian
Playing pan
Along side man
Women really are champions of pan

Verse (2)

Henley, nobody remember Hazel
Is she, who really help pan to bubble
Fifties, she form the first all-girls steel band
Ladies, they play pan through out the island
Ivory and steel
Winifred Atwell reveal
Then we have Pat Bishop
Conducting pan non-stop
These women are the cream of the crop
 

CHORUS

Speed of light, WOMAN
Hands in flight, ON PAN
In the fray
Women today
Welding stand
Nubian
Playing pan
Along side man
Women really are champions of pan

Verse (3)

Long time, if a girl walk in a pan yard
Big crime, parents getting vicious too bad
Can't lime, can't even talk to a panman
A dime, a dozen was stigma for pan
But now is tenor in a case
Six foot cello bass
Hands like octopus, yes
When they dress they impress
Women really among the best

CHORUS

Speed of light, WOMAN
Hands in flight, ON PAN
In the fray
Women today
Welding stand
Nubian
Playing pan
Along side man
Women really are champions of pan

© and courtesy of Edwin Ayoung aka "Crazy"

©2005 A WHEN STEEL TALKS  - EXCLUSIVE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

A Celebration of Women
And The Steelpan Artform

03.07.05

March 7, 2005