Social:List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences

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"Calypso music has been used by Calypsonians to provide sociopolitical commentary. Prior to the independence of Trinidad and Tobago, calypsonians would use their music to express the daily struggles of living in Trinidad, critique racial and economic inequalities, express opinions on social order, and voice overall concerns for those living on the island. The Black lower class in particular used Calypso music to protest inequalities inflicted upon them under British rule and advocate for their rights. In response, Calypso music came to exist as a form of musical protest."


American Presence in Trinidad and Tobago

Wilmoth Houdini performing in the 1940s
  • "Brown Skin Gal" — "Brown Skin Girl" (1933), King Radio[1][2][3][4][5]
  • "Gimme Back Me Dam Kimona" (1951), Mighty Growler[2]
  • "Roosevelt in Trinidad" - FDR in Trinidad(1936), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • Rum and Coca-Cola (1945), Lord Invader (Previously sung by Wilmoth Houdini)[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
  • ”The Base” (1958), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”The Soldiers Came and Broke Up My Life” (1945), Lord Invader[11][2]
  • ”We Want Back Chagaramas” (1959), Nap Hepburn[9][12]
  • "Yankee’s Back" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Yankee Dollar" (1946), Lord Invader[1][2]
  • "Yankees Gone" — Jean and Dinah (1956), Mighty Sparrow[1][2][3][6][13][5][10][14][8][9]

Aspirations / Dreams

  • "Buy Me a Zeppelin" (1945), Macbeth the Great[11]
  • "I Am Going to Buy a Bungalow" (1938), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "I Don’t Want No Bungalow" (1938), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • ”If I Won a Sweepstake” (1941) - Atilla the Hun[3]
  • ”I Want a Radio at Home” (1938), Black Prince[11]
  • ”I Want To Build a Bungalow” (1938), Codallo’s Top Hatters[11][15]
  • ”I Want to Rent a Bungalow” (1938), Mighty Growler[11]


Calypso War / Extempo

  • "Alexander the Murderer" (1960), Lord Melody[3][10]
  • "Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande Tomorrow Night" (1931), Wilmoth Houdini[3]
  • "Belmont Jackass" (1960), Lord Melody[11]
  • ”Calypso Invasion” (1945), The Duke of Iron[11]
  • "Carnival Celebration" (1956), Small Island Pride[3]
  • "Corbeau Flying High" (1958), Lord Melody[11]
  • "Cowboy Melo" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[2]
  • "Cowboy Sparrow" (1959), Lord Melody[11]
  • "Don’t Touch Me" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[3][10]
  • "Executor Doomed to Die" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • ”Fowl Thief Melo” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Hangman’s Cemetery" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[3][10]
  • "Horse Race" - "Sparrow Melody Horse Race" (1962), Lord Melody[11]
  • "In the Morning" (1939), Mighty Growler[3]
  • "Loretto" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Madame Dracula" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Malnutrition Songsters" (1937), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "March" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Marjorie" (1960), Lord Melody[11]
  • ”Melody Lie” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "My Reply to Houdini" (1937), Lord Executor[2][4]
  • "No Royal Jail" (1961), Lord Inventor[11]
  • "Picong Duel" (1957), Mighty Sparrow & Lord Melody[11]
  • ”Renegades” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10][2]
  • "Reply to Melody" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Royal Goal" — "Royal Jail" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[3][10]
  • "Song No. 99" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[11]
  • ”Sparrow-Melody Horse Race” (1962), Lord Melody[11]
  • "Sparrow’s Sister" (1959), Lord Melody[11]
  • "Sugar for Pan" (1986), Mighty Terror[12]
  • "Ten Thousand to Bar Me One" (1939), Lord Invader[4]
  • "Texilia" (1936), King Radio & Growling Tiger[4]
  • "They Say I Reign Too Long" (1938), Lord Executor[11]
  • "Three Calypsonians" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Trouble in Arima" (1954), Lord Kitchener[2][3][5]
  • "Turn Back Melo" — Turn back Melody (1960), Lord Melody[3][10]
  • "Ugliness" (1961), Mighty Dougla[11]
  • "War" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Lord Caresser & Roaring Lion & Lord Executor[4][10]
  • "War Declaration" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[2][4]

Christmas Period

  • "A Party for Santa Claus" (1973), Lord Nelson[15]
  • "Bring de Scotch for Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
  • "Christmas Coming" (1977), Chalkdust[15]
  • "Christmas Greetings" (1966), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • ”Christmas Is a Joyful Day” (1937), Lord Executor[11]
  • "Christmas is Yours", Christmas is mine (1981), Lord Relator
  • "Christmas Nice" (1999), Mighty Shadow
  • "Christmas Time is Near" (1961), Lord Creator[15]
  • "De Paint Brush" (1993), Kenny J.
  • "Father Christmas" (1966), Lord Kitchener
  • "Jingle Bells Calypso" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Father Christmas" (1959), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "Merry Christmas to You" (1961), Lord Creator[15]
  • "Oh What a Christmas" (2018 ), Crazy
  • "Parang Soca" (1979), Crazy[3]
  • "Santa" - "Miss Santa" (1961), King Solomon[5]
  • "Something Salt" (1977), Chalkdust[15]

Corruption / Criminality

  • "Ah Digging Horrors" (1974), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Ah Doh Rhyme" (2005), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Ah Not in Dat" (2009), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Angry Land" (2017), Gypsy
  • "Baboo Lala" (1938), Roaring Lion[11]
  • "Bernard" (1974), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Black Man Killing Black Man" (1993), Black Stalin
  • "Caught in the Whirlwind" (2017), Karene Asche[12]
  • "Cleansing Fire" (2017), Singing Sandra
  • "Congo Bara" (1935), Keskidee Trio[4][3]
  • ”Corruption in Common Entrance” (1988), Cro Cro[8]
  • ”Dis Place Is Nice” (1975), Brother Valentino[10]
  • "Drunk and Disorderly" (1972), Mighty Sparrow[8]
  • "Equal Justice" (2006), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Every Shadow" (1985), Scrunter
  • "Family Size Coke" (1950), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • ”Good Citizen” (1992), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Ground Zero" (2002), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Gumbo Lai Lai" - "Gumbo Li Li" (1928), Lionel Belasco[3][4]
  • "Hell’s Yard and George Street Conflict" (1936), Growling Tiger[3]
  • "High Cost of Living" (1955), Mighty Sparrow[13]
  • "Jerico" (1978), Lord Kitchener[3]
  • "Lip Service" (2017), Rondell Donawa
  • "Look How Trinbago Gone" (2013), All Rounder
  • "Money Eh No Problem" (1978), Lord Shorty[3][10]
  • "Money is King" (1935), Growling Tiger[2][3][5][16][9]
  • "One Day Without a Murder" (2020), Singing Sandra
  • "One to Hang" (1973), Lord Kitchener
  • ”Peddlers” (1958), Lord Melody[8]
  • "Pirates of Paria" - "Pirates in the Gulf of Paria" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Police Get More Pay" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "Race Track Scandal" (1955), Mighty Sparrow[13]
  • "Run the Gunslingers" (1959), Lord Caruso[5][17]
  • "Savage" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs
  • "Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard" (1938), Lord Executor[11]
  • "Shortcut Society" (2001), Chalkdust[12]
  • Sly Mongoose (1946), Lord Invader[10]
  • "Stanley Abbott" (1974), Lord Kitchener
  • "Staying Alive" (1987), Black Stalin
  • "Take the Number" (1979), Scrunter[18][10]
  • "Ten to One Is Murder" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[5][10]
  • "The Bandit Factory" (2006), Chalkdust[12]
  • "The Law Is an Ass" (1979), Short Pants[14][7][10]
  • "The Scape Fox" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Twenty Years n’ Twenty Strokes" (1989), Chalkdust[12]

Culture - Calypso / Carnival Evolution

  • "Ah Miss de Bards" (2014), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Ah Put on My Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust[10]
  • "Ah Thief it from Kitch" (1974), Chalkdust[15]
  • "Ancient Rhythm" (2003), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Before You Gone" - Before you gone Birdie (2016), Macomere Fifi
  • ”Bomber’s Dream” (1964), Mighty Bomber[10]
  • ”Brass Crown” (1957), Lord Superior[9]
  • "Calypso Cricket" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Calypso Music" (1987), David Rudder[19]
  • "Caribbean Spirit" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Carnival Boycott" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[10][9]
  • "Carnival Road March" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Carnival Is the Answer" (1989), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Chalkie the Mailman" (2006), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Chalkie the Teacher" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Chutney Soca" - "Chatnee Soca" (1987), Drupatee[20]
  • ”Clear the Way When the Bamboo Play” (1938), Lord Caresser[9][11]
  • "Cultural Controversy" (2007), Singing Francine
  • "Culture" (1988), Tambu
  • "Dat Soca Boat" (1979), Mighty Shadow[12]
  • ”Ducking” (2015), Fadda Fox[8]
  • "Excursion to Grenada" (1938), Roaring Lion[3][4]
  • "Flag Woman" (1976), Lord Kitchener[5][10]
  • "For Kitchener’s Sake" (2000), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Her majesty” (1978), Calypso Rose[10]
  • "High Mass" (1998), David Rudder[5]
  • "History of Carnival" (1935), Atilla the Hun[3][4][10]
  • "How’s Dat" (2012), Chalkdust[12]
  • "How to Sing Calypso" (1982), Chalkdust[12]
  • "How to Win the Crown" (2019), Chalkdust[10]
  • "If the Priest Could Play" (1967), Mighty Cypher[5]
  • "Juba Doo Bai" - "Juba Dubai" (1977), Chalkdust[5][10]
  • "Kaiso Gone Dread" (1991), Black Stalin[3]
  • "Kaiso Power" (1986), Chalkdust
  • "Kaiso Sick in the Hospital" (1993), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Land of Calypso" - "Trinidad, the Land of Calypso" (1950), Roaring Lion[14]
  • "Last Jour Ouvert" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Last Year’s Happiness” (1966), Mighty Terror[10]
  • "Love Yuh Own" (1991), Ella Andall[20]
  • "Man Want to Dance" (1986), Chalkdust[14]
  • "Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Misconceptions" (1993), Chalkdust[16]
  • "Nobody Cares" - "They Don't Care About We" (2001), Black Stalin
  • "No Smut for Me" (1976), Chalkdust[10]
  • ”Old Time Calypso” (1998), Lord Kitchener
  • "One for the Savannah" (1992), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Our Cultural Heritage" (1972), Chalkdust[15]
  • "Outcast" - "The Outcast" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[1][5][10]
  • "Pack up Your Things and Go" (1998), Luta[14]
  • "Play me" (1977), Maestro[10]
  • ”Play My Music” (1978), Brother Mudada
  • "Pretender’s Reminder" (2015), Mistah Shak[14]
  • "Rainorama" (1973), Lord Kitchener[5][18][8]
  • "Rate Rate Ray" - "Ra Tiray Tiray" (1941), Lord Invader[3][4]
  • "Reply to the Ministry" (1969), Chalkdust[14][19][10]
  • "Respect the Calypsonian" (1988), Gypsy[14][16]
  • "Respect the Thing" - "Respect the Ting" (1982), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Scrunting Calypsonian" (1978), Trinidad Rio[5]
  • "Shame Mr. Shak" (2012), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”She Want Me To Sing in She Party” - “Sing in She Party” (1987), Scrunter
  • ”Sixty-Seven” (1967), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • "Soca Warriors" - "Soca Warrior too" (2007), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Sparrow Come Back Home" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "St. Joan of Arts" (2008), Chalkdust
  • "Telephone Call" (1974), Chalkdust[15]
  • "Tension" (1988), Mighty Shadow
  • "The Banning of Records" (1938), Atilla the Hun[14][4][16][10][9]
  • "The Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad" (1938), Lord Executor[4]
  • "The Five Rules of Calypso" (2001), Brother Valentino
  • "The Mecca" (1987), Brother Mudada[5]
  • "The Tent Is it" (2001), Chalkdust[19]
  • "The Road" (1963), Lord Kitchener[5]
  • "The Will" (1982), Scrunter[5]
  • "They Don’t Make Them Like Me Anymore" (1991), Lord Pretender
  • "They Put Me So" (1997) - Chalkdust[19]
  • "Too Much Quacks" (1986), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Too Much Tempo" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin[12]
  • "Two Chords & Leston Paul" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Uncle Sam Own We" (1980), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Vagabond” (2015), Ricardo Drue[8]
  • "Vincentian Calypso King" (1963), Lord Blakie[15]
  • "You Can’t Judge Culture" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Warrior" (1977), Calypso Rose[12]
  • "What Is Calypso" (1968) - The Mighty Duke[19][5]
  • "What the Hell You Want" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Why I Sing" (2012), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Why Milo" (1975), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Why We Attack" (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Who Next" (1972), Chalkdust[15]
  • "Wild Indian" (1945), The Duke of Iron[11]

Culture - Steelpan

  • "Carenage Water" (1942), Lord Invader[4]
  • "Iron Man" (1990) - Lord Kitchener[12]
  • "Mister Pan Maker" (1987), Black Stalin[12]
  • "Music Pan" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Pan in A Minor" (1987), Lord Kitchener[5]
  • "Pan in Danger" (1985), Merchant[5][7]
  • "Pan Talent" (1965), Mighty Terror[5]
  • "Pan Woman" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • ”Play One” - Pan Shootout (1979), Black Stalin[10]
  • "Spree Simon" - Tribute to Spree Simon (1975), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • "Steel and Brass" (1973), King Wellington[5]
  • "Steelband Clash" (1953), Lord Blakie[5][8]
  • "Steelband Jamboree" (1966), Mighty Terror[10]
  • ”Steel Band Music” (1964), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • "Symphony on the Street" (1998), Lord Kitchener
  • "The Guitar Pan" (1997), Lord Kitchener[12]
  • "The Hammer" (1986), David Rudder[12][9]

Culture (Other)

  • "Bionic Man" (1977), Maestro[5]
  • "Bobby Sox Idol" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[11]
  • "CNN Society" (1995), Chalkdust[12]
  • "From Naipaul to Shame" (2002), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Pussy Galore" (1965), Young Growler
  • "Vice in Your Own Head" (1957), Lord Creator[11]

Drugs

  • "Coke Is Not It" (1986), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Coke Talk" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Death for Sale" (1991), Arrow[1]
  • "Drug Report" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Lucifer in Powder Form" - Lucifer (1986), Bally
  • "Soucouyant" (1992), Mighty Shadow[1]
  • "The Future Belongs to Me" - I am drug free (1992), David Rudder[1]
  • Watch Out My Children (1989), Ras Shorty I[5]

Economy / Poverty

  • "Ah Tired Do That" (1988), The Mighty Duke
  • "Bargee Pelauri" (1936), Roaring Lion[3]
  • "Capitalism Gone Mad (1983), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Devaluation" (1969), Chalkdust
  • "Five Year Plan" (1939), Atilla the Hun[16]
  • "Food Prices" (1980), Lord Relator[14]
  • "I Don’t Know How the Young Men Living" (1937), Lord Executor[16][15]
  • "Mr. Robinson and Lockjoint" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "No Doctor, No" (1956), Mighty Sparrow[16][6][10]
  • "No, Madame" (1971), Calypso Rose[20]
  • "No More Bench and Board" - No mo’ bench and board (1931), Wilmoth Houdini[3]
  • "Pay as You Earn" - "Paye" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[6][14][10][8]
  • "Port of Spain Gone Insane" (1986), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Poverty Is Hell" (1994), Mighty Shadow[5]
  • "Rich Man Poor Man" (1960), Lord Brynner[5]
  • "Rip Off" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Shop Closing Ordinance" (1937), Lord Executor[11]
  • "Single Tone" (1932), Lionel Belasco[11]
  • "Tax Them" (1958), Lord Superior[14]
  • "The Dollar and the Pound" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Treasury Scandal" (1937), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • "Voices From the Ghetto" - "Crying in the Ghetto" (1999), Singing Sandra[5][16][20][17]
  • "Worker’s Appeal" (1936), Growling Tiger[2][9]
  • "You Can’t Get Away From the Tax" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[16][10]

Education

  • "Child Training" (1969), Mighty Composer[5]
  • "Dan Is the Man in the Van" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[5][10]
  • "Down the Road" (1938), Growling Tiger[3]
  • "Education" (1977), Mighty Sparrow[5]
  • "Empowerment" (2001), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Family" (1981), Lord Nelson
  • "Ghetto of the Mind" (2009), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Idle Company" (1987), Gypsy[12]
  • "Little Black Boy" (1997), Gypsy[5]
  • "Mother’s Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "No Child Shall Be Left Behind" (2010), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "No Respect" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • "Obey the Highway Code" (1965), Lord Magic[5]
  • "Remember" - "Ma and Pa" (1962), Lord Creator[5]
  • "School Days" (1973), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "To be an Icon" (2017), All Rounder
  • ”Wash Your Hands” (1950), Roaring Lion[11]
  • "Watch the Mixture" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "We Pass that Stage" (1974), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]

Emigration / Immigration / National Identity

  • "Barbados Blues" (1925), Sam Manning[4]
  • "B.G. Blues" (1928), Sam Manning[4]
  • "Bouncing Baby Boy" (1928), Sam Manning[4]
  • "Brain Drain" (1968), Chalkdust[14][10]
  • "Buggy Wuggy in California" (1947), King Radio[4]
  • "Charming Trinidad" (1939), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "Cold in the Winter" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Columbus Lied" (1989), Mighty Shadow
  • "Come Back With Revenge in This Island" (1947), King Radio[4]
  • "False Papers" (2014), Bodyguard[14]
  • "Food From the West Indies" (1950), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Foreigner" (1978), Lord Nelson
  • "Gin and Coconut Water" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[11]
  • "God Bless Our Nation" (1967), Lord Baker[5]
  • "Holidays in Trinidad" (1967), Mighty Cypher[15]
  • "Immigration Problems" (1972), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Indo Law Na Say So" (1959), Lord Inventor[11]
  • "I Stand for Trinbago" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • Jamaica Farewell (1966), Lord Creator
  • "Land of the Humming Birds" (1928), Sam Manning[4]
  • London is the Place for Me - Windrush (1948), Lord Kitchener[4][16][21]
  • "Lorraine" (1982), Explainer[5]
  • "Nah Leaving (2001), Denyse Plummer[14][16][21]
  • "National Pride" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "National Pride" (2002), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "National Unity" (1996), Chalkdust[12]
  • "New York Subway" (1946), Lord Invader[4]
  • "No More Taxi" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Nora" (1950), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Prodigal Son" (2013), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Small Island" (1945), Lord Invader[3]
  • "Soulful Calypso" (1977), Maestro
  • "Sweet Jamaica" (1948), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "They Can’t Beat We" (1989), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Trini to the Bone" (2003), David Rudder[14]
  • "Uncle Sam’s Policy" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Underground Train" - "The Underground Train" (1950), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • ”Wahbeen and Grog” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "We Is We" (1972), Chalkdust[12]
  • "We’re Ten Years Old" (1972), Chalkdust[15]

Environment

  • "Progress" (1980), King Austin[5]
  • "Progress 2021" (2021), Crazy
  • "What to Do with the Environment" (1994), Chalkdust

Feminism

Calypso Rose in concert - 2016
  • ”Ah Do Come So” (1978), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Ah Done with Dat" (1980), Signing Diane[20][10]
  • "Black Woman" (1991), Ella Andall[20]
  • “Bye Bye Blackie” (1969), Calypso Princess[10]
  • "Caribbean Man" (2000), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Debbie" (1975), Singing Francine[20]
  • "Die With My Dignity" - "Die With Dignity" - "Dignity" (1987), Singing Sandra[5][16][20]
  • "Do Dem Back" (1974), Calypso Rose[20]
  • ”Do so Eh Like So” (1965), Lord Brigo[10]
  • "Engagement Ring" (1970), Calypso Rose[20][10]
  • "Equaliser" - "The Equaliser" (1998), Singing Sandra[20][17]
  • "Learn from Arithmetic" (2017), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Leave Me Alone" (2016), Calypso Rose[22][23]
  • ”Me Eh Fighting” (2009), Bally
  • "Me No Want No Married Man" - Me no want (1993), Calypso Rose[20]
  • "Miss Pam" (1993), Calypso Rose[20]
  • "Rocket in Yuh Pocket" (1992), The Mighty Duke[1]
  • "Run Away" (1978), Signing Francine[20][10]
  • Stone Cold Dead in the Market - He had it coming - Murder in the market - Payne dead (1939), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "The Raperman Coming" - "Raperman" - Sexy employers (1984), Singing Sandra[20][17]
  • "Throw Me Down" (1990), Drupatee[20]
  • "Woman Is Boss" - "Who’s the Boss?" - "The boss" (1988), Denyse Plummer[20]
  • ”Woman Is Not the Weaker Sex (1941), Atilla the Hun[11][14]
  • "Woman on the Bass" (1980), Scrunter[5][18][24]
  • ”Women of the Land” (1979), Poser[10]
  • "Women Their Own Worst Enemy" (2001), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "You No Need Dem" (1993), Calypso Rose[20]
  • "You’re Hurting Me" (1994), Bernadette Paul[20]

Folklore / Shango

  • "Bassman" (1974), Mighty Shadow[5][25][10]
  • Jumbie Jamberee - Zombie jamboree - Back to back (1953), Lord Jellicoe (Also Lord Intruder)[11]
  • "Jumbies" (1979), Mighty Shadow[25]
  • "La Jobless" - "The Labejeless Woman" - "The Lajobless Woman" (1938) - Lord Executor[11]
  • "Love in the Cemetery" (1962), Lord Kitchener[5]
  • "Mamie Water" (1955), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Obeah Man" - "Take Me to the Obeah Man" (1967), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Pay the Devil" (1994), Mighty Shadow[25]
  • "Return of the Bassman" (1984), Mighty Shadow[25]
  • "Shango" (1932), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "Soucouyant" (1985), Crazy
  • "Sucoyen" (1933), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "The Children Ting" (1976), Mighty Shadow[25]
  • "The Devil Behind Me" - "Leggo" (1940), Wilmoth Houdini[11]
  • "Three Friends’ Advice" (1937), Lord Executor[3]
  • "Through the Mirror" (1979), Mighty Shadow[25]
  • "Trinidad Obeahman" (1929), Lionel Belasco[4]
  • ”Witch Doctor” (2009), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Yoruba Shango" (1935), Growling Tiger[3][4]

Food / Drink

  • "Chinese Food" (1964), Lord Blakie
  • ”Chip Chip Water” (1941), King Radio[11]
  • "Pepsi-Cola" (1947), Lord Invader[4]
  • ”Rum Is Macho” (1980), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "The Ice Man" - "Ice Man" - "Ice Ice" (1960), Lord Melody[3][5]

Grandstanding / Boasting

  • "Bullpistle" (1977), Maestro
  • "I Need a Man" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • ”No Kind ah Man At All” (1973), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Papa Chunks" (1941), Roaring Lion[5]
  • ”Rope” (1972), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Same Time Same Place” (1973), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Sixteen Commandments” (1963), Lord Shorty[10]
  • "Sweet Like a Sugar Cane" - "Sweet Like Sugar Cane" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Take Me to Trinidad" (1948), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • ”The Village Ram” - ‘Village Ram’(1964), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Woop Wap” (1964), The Mighty Duke[10]
  • "Whop Whap" (2018), All Rounder

Health

  • "Ah Fraid de AIDS" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[1]
  • ”Asian Flu” (1958), Mighty Wrangler[11]
  • ”Do JackAss the Scene” (2021), Devon Seale (COVID-19)
  • "Jaws" (1977), Lord Kitchener[12]
  • "Negative to Positive" (1992), Bryan Bumba Payne[1]
  • ”Pandemic” (2021), Brother Mudada (COVID-19)

Humour / Puns

  • ”Ah Fraid Pussy Bite Me” (1987), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”All Fool’s Day” (1958), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "Ash Wednesday" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Big Namboo" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[3]
  • ”Bitin Insex (2002), Ronnie McIntosh
  • "Body Wine" (2011), All Rounder[12]
  • "Bomber’s Sister" (1960), Mighty Bomber[10]
  • "Booboo Man" - Mama Look at Bubu - Mama look at Bubu (1955), Lord Melody[5][7][8]
  • ”Centipede in the Bikini” (1967), Lord Blackhat
  • "China Man" (1971) Lord Christo[15]
  • ”Chinese Accident” (1963), Lord Blakie
  • "Chinese Children Calling Me Daddy" - "Chinese Children" (1965), Mighty Terror[5][10]
  • "Chinese Cricket Match" (1956), Mighty Dictator[11]
  • ”Chinese Football Match” (1998), Trinidad Rio
  • "Congo Man" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[14][5][10]
  • "Congo Pepper" (1977), Maestro
  • "Convoy" (1940), The Duke of Iron[3]
  • "Corn Plum Plum" (1979), Lord Laro
  • "Curry Tabanca" (1987), De Mighty Trini
  • "De Iron Man" (1964), Mighty Zandolie[15]
  • "De Stickman" (1966), Mighty Zandolie[15]
  • "De Whip" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[15]
  • "Dingo Lay" - "Dingolay" (1935), Keskidee Trio (Also Roaring Lion)[4]
  • "Doctor Beckles" (1967), Lord Canary[15]
  • "Dr. Kitsch" - "The Needle" (1963), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Donkey City" (1942), Sir Lancelot[4][7]
  • "Dumb Boy and Parrot" (1962), Lord Christo[11]
  • "Dustbin Cover" (1978), Crazy[5]
  • "Exchange No Robbery" (1961), Mighty Dougla[11]
  • "Family Confusion" (1962), Mighty Dougla[11]
  • ”Fat Pussy Cat and Rat” - “Papa Rat” (2010), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Feeling It" (1984), Baron[12]
  • "Fire in Me Wire" - "Fire in Meh Wire" - "Fire in Your Wire" (1967), Calypso Rose[14][5]
  • "For Cane" (1972), Gypsy[14][5][10]
  • ”Fountain of Youth” (1960), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "Fresh Water Yankee" (1969), Mighty Cypher[15]
  • "Frozen Chicken" (1956), Lord Christo[11]
  • "Garlic Sauce" (2012), All Rounder[12]
  • "Gimme the Ting" - "Gimme de Ting" (2000), Lord Kitchener[12]
  • "Go Down" (2013), All Rounder
  • ”Hold de Pussy” - “Hold de Pussy Cat” (1967), Lord Blakie[8]
  • ”I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More” (1976), Roaring Lion[15]
  • ”Jemma on the Ferris Wheel” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Joan and James" - "Five Little Popos" (1964), Mighty Bomber[5]
  • "Killer Bees" (1992), Lord Kitchener
  • "King Liar" (1977), Lord Nelson[5][10]
  • "Kitch: Small Comb, Scratch Me Head" (1950), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Lie" (2007), Singing Sandra
  • "Lignum Vitae" (1925), Sam Manning[11]
  • ”Looking for Cups (1991), Trinidad Rio
  • ”Lucy Garden” (1998), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Mad People on a Train" (1967) – Mighty Prowler
  • ”Mad Scientist” - “What the Scientist Say” (1962), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "Man Family" - "Too Much Man Family" (1967) - Mighty Zandolie[5]
  • ”Man For Kim” (1976), Lord Shorty[10]
  • ”Mango Tree” (1951-1953), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • "Marabella Wedding" (1935), Growling Tiger[4]
  • "Merchant of Venice" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[15]
  • "My Donkey Want Water" (1945), Macbeth the Great[11]
  • "My Pussin" (1965), Lord Kitchener[5][10]
  • "Mystery Band" (1993), Lord Kitchener
  • "Mount Olga" (1947), Lord Kitchener[14][10][9]
  • "My Boy Joey" (1965), Mighty Beaver
  • "Night Food" (1955), Bedasse (with Calypso Quintet)
  • "No More Calaloo" – 'I Don’t Want No Calaloo" (1939), Mighty Growler[4]
  • "No Toilet in Town" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Once Upon a Time" (2003), Mighty Bomber
  • "Out the Fire" (1937), Roaring Lion[4]
  • ’Paul Yer Mudder Come’ (1990), Crazy[7]
  • ”Pussy Cat” (2019), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Queen’s Canary” - “The Queen’s Canary” (1956), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Saxophone No.2" (1953), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • ”Sell the Pussy” (1992), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Severe Licking" (1971), Baron[5]
  • Shame and Scandal in the Family - "Shame and Scandal" (1943), Sir Lancelot[12]
  • Shame and Scandal in the Family - "Wau Wau" (1962), Lord Melody[7][12]
  • ”Simpson” (1959), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Soul Chick" (1973), Lord Funny[5]
  • ”Sparrow Dead” (1969), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Stuttering Mopsy" (1970), Lord Brigo[15]
  • "Supposin’" (1964), Mighty Composer[5]
  • "Talking Baby" (1984), All Rounder[12]
  • ”Talking Backwards” (1953), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • ”Taxi Driver” (1956), Small Island Pride[10][3]
  • "The Bedbug Song" (1953), Mighty Spoiler[5][3][10]
  • "The Bus Conductor" - "Bus Conductor" (2001), Poser
  • "The Electrician" (1975) - Crazy[12]
  • "The Laziest Man" - "Lazy Man" (1961), Mighty Dougla[5]
  • ”The Little Drummer Boy” (1978), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • ”The Lizard” (1969), Mighty Sparrow[12]
  • "The Missing Ball" - "The Guardian Contest" (1939), King Radio[4]
  • "Tie Tong Mopsey" (1946), Lord Kitchener (Previously sung by Sir Lancelot)[3][4]
  • "Turn Around Baby" (1945), Roaring Lion[4]
  • ”Twin Brother” (1959), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "Uncle Jo’ Gimme Mo’" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Virginia’s Alzheimer" (2013), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Webster’s Dictionary" (1969), Mighty Conqueror[12]
  • "Well Spoken Moppers" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[3][10]
  • ”Wife and Boat” (1974), Mighty Sparrow[10]

Jump up / Carnival Dancing / Bacchanal

  • ”Ah Feeling” (2015), Lead Pipe & Saddis[8]
  • ”Ah tell she” (1979), Poser
  • "Black Man Feel Like Party" - "Black Man Come to Party" (1991), Black Stalin[5]
  • ”Caribbean Connection” (1996), Merchant
  • "Carnival Coming" (1979), Count Robbin
  • Differentology (2013), Bunji Garlin
  • "Face to Face" (1988), The Mighty Duke
  • ”Fever” (1975), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • "Give Me Pressure" (1989), Mighty Shadow
  • Hot Hot Hot (1982), Arrow
  • "Jumbie" - "Ah See You" (2005), Scrunter
  • Jump in the line (1948), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "La La Jam" - "La La" (1976), Lord Nelson[5]
  • ”Lucy” (2015), Destra[8]
  • "Mama Dis Is Mas" (1964), Lord Kitchener[5]
  • ”Margie” (1970), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • ”Mas in Madison Square Garden” (1971), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • ”Miss Mary” (1974), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Miss Tourist" (1968), Lord Kitchener[5]
  • "My Parade" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
  • ”No No We Eh Going Home” (1990), Tambu
  • ”Ola” (2015), Olatunji[8]
  • ”Party Done” (2015). Angela Hunte & Machel Montano[8]
  • ”Phenomenal” (2015), Benjai[8]
  • ”Rack Me Rack Me” (1985), Rootsman
  • ”Rock it” (1985), Merchant
  • "Sing Ram Bam" (1987), Gypsy[12]
  • "Sugar Bum Bum" (1978), Lord Kitchener[12]
  • ”Take Your Clothes off” (1993), Spice & Company
  • ”Tempo” (1977, Calypso Rose[10]
  • "Tourist Leggo" (1976), King Short Shirt[5]
  • "Two Days to Go" - "Two to Go" (1988), Lord Kitchener

LGBTQ

  • "Norman" (1978), Merchant[5]
  • "The List" (1985), Mighty Gabby[1]
  • ”Whoopsin” (1941), Roaring Lion[3][4]
  • "Woman’s Sweeter than Man" (1928), Sam Manning[4]

Machismo / Misogynist

  • ”After Carnival” (1980), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • "Bad Woman" (1934), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "Blood Is Thicker than Water" (1948), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Both of Them" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[15]
  • ”Child Father” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Dog Bite You" (1978), Lord Kitchener
  • "Dolly Doray" (1967), Mighty Zandolie[15]
  • ”English Society” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Fan Me Saga Boy" (1945), Roaring Lion[3]
  • ”Going Home Tonight” (1966), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Indrani" (1972), Lord Shorty[5]
  • "I Want to Join in Matrimony" (1948), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Jagabat Women" (1960), Mighty Bomber
  • ”Jean Marrabunta” (1959), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Keep the City Clean” (1959), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Loving Woman Is Waste of Time" (1950), The Duke of Iron[11]
  • ”Lulu” (1959), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • Man Smart (Woman Smarter) - "Woman You Can't Fool My Man" (1936), King Radio[4]
  • "Mary Ann" - Marianne - "All Day All Night" (1946), Roaring Lion[5][14]
  • "May May" (1960), Mighty Sparrow[5][10]
  • ”Monica Doo Doo” (1960), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Mr Rake and Scrape” (1960), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Mrs. Harriman" (1972), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • "Mr. Walker" (1968), Mighty Sparrow[5]
  • "Netty Netty" - "Nettie Nettie" - "Can’t Stand the Diggings" (1937), Roaring Lion[3][14][10]
  • ”No Money No Love” (1992), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Nothing for Nothing” - “Give to Get” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Obeah Wedding" - "Melda" (1966) - Mighty Sparrow[5][10]
  • "Pretentious Women" (1964), Young Growler
  • ”Raphaela” (1960), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Raycan" (1977), Lord Short Shirt[5]
  • "Sa Sa Yay" - "Sa Sa Ay" (1969), Mighty Sparrow[3]
  • ”Saving That for Company” (1973), Lord Nelson[10]
  • ”Shake up” - “Shake Up Shake Up” (1977), Lord Brigo[10]
  • ”Smoke a Cigarette” (1957), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Spend Your Money Wise" (1962), Nap Hepburn[11]
  • ”Sugar Plum” (1978), Mighty Shadow[10]
  • "Tell Me Why" (2013), Baron[12]
  • ”Teresa” (1960), Mighty Sparrow[5]
  • "The Man with the Pepper Sauce Is Boss" - "Pepper Sauce" (1987), Mighty Swallow
  • ”Thirteen Year Old Mabel” (1956), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Thunder" - 'Is Thunder" (1987), The Mighty Duke[5]
  • "Ugly Woman" - "Marry an Ugly Woman" - "Give an Ugly Woman Matrimony" (1934), Roaring Lion[4][7]
  • ”Vincentian Doreen” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Wife and Mother” (1954), Lord Kitchener[10]
  • ”Woman Woman” (1977), Cro Cro[10]
  • "Women and Money" (1962), Mighty Conqueror[5]
  • "Women Police in England" (1951), Mighty Terror[11]
  • "Women Will Rule the World" (1935), Atilla the Hun[4][14]
  • "You Can’t Get Anything Out of Me" (1928), Sam Manning[4]
  • ”You Gotta Give Away” (1979), Singing Diane (written by Lord Kitchener)[10]

News Events - West Indies

  • "Bandsman Shooting Case" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Chinese Never Had a V.J. Day"- "Lay Fung Lee" - "Chinese Calypso" - "Chinese Memorial" (1948), Lord Kitchener[3][4]
  • "Cipriani's and Bradshaw’s Death" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Clause Four" (1987), Mighty Trini
  • "Dynamite" (1934), Lionel Belasco[4]

”Freaking Streaking” (1980), The Mighty Duke[8]

  • "Hang Him" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Jack" - "Dah Beach is Mine" (1982), Mighty Gabby
  • "Jamaica Hurricane" (1951), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning[4]
  • "Maxi Dub" (1993), Bally[18]
  • "Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Skyscraper” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Some Came Running" (1976), Maestro
  • "The Cubana Crash (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • "The Essence of Love" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Traffic Jam" (1987), Gypsy[12]
  • "Treasury Fire" (1933), Lionel Belasco[3][4]

News Events - World

  • ”Ban the Hula Hoop” (1959), Mighty Striker[10]
  • "Birth of Ghana" (1956), Lord Kitchener[4][9]
  • "Crown Heights Justice" (1991), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Doh Touch Me President" (1999), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Edward the VIII" (1937), Lord Caresser[3][10][4]
  • "Innocent Jimmy" (1989), All Rounder[18]
  • "Jonestown Massacre" (1979), Chalkdust[12]
  • “Magistrate Try Yourself” - “Magistrate Try Himself” (1958), Mighty Spoiler[10]
  • "New York City Blackout" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Nigerian Registration" (1955), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "O.J. Simpson" - "The Juice Is Loose" (1996), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Phillip My Dear" - "Man in de Bedroom" (1983), Mighty Sparrow[6][18]
  • "Ruby" - "The Missing Baby" (1955), Mighty Sparrow[11]
  • "Russian Satellite" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[6][16][10]
  • "Skylab" (1979), Charlie’s Roots[10]
  • "Tantie Merle" (1979), Chalkdust[12]

Politics - Before Independence (West Indies)

  • ’Class Legislation’ (1920), Cromwell The Protector[7]
  • "Commission’s Report" (1938), Atilla the Hun[3][16][9]
  • ”Daniel Must Go” (1950), Growling Tiger[10][9]
  • "General Election" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • ”Governor Jerningham” (1898), Lord Persecutor[10][4][14][9]
  • "King George’s Silver Jubilee" (1935), Lord Beginner[4]
  • ”Million Dollar Jail” (1947), Atilla the Hun[9][12]
  • "Present Government" (1961), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "The Cooks in Trinidad" (1930), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "The Labour Situation in Trinidad" (1939), Growling Tiger[4][12][9]
  • ”Water Scheme Workers” (1934), Growling Tiger[9]
  • ”Wear Your Balisier” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher" (1938), Lord Executor[16]
  • ”West Indian Federation” (1937), Atilla the Hun[9][11]
  • ”Worker’s Appeal” (1936), Growling Tiger[9][15]

Politics - From Independence (West Indies)

  • ”3 Bo-Rats” (1988), Cro Cro[8]
  • "Abu Bakr" (1991), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Ah Can’t Bury Williams" - "I Can’t Bury Eric Williams",(1999), Chalkdust[19][16]
  • "Ah Fraid Karl" (1972), Chalkdust[19][10]
  • "Ah Lost Roy" (2002), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Ah Put on Me Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Ah Ready to Go" (1998), Sugar Aloes[20]
  • "All Yuh Look for Dat" (1996), Cro Cro[14]
  • ”Better Days” - “Better Days Are Coming” (1984), Black Stalin[8]
  • "Caribbean Unity" - "Caribbean Man" (1979), Black Stalin[1][14][5][10][8]
  • "Chambers" (1980), Explainer[16]
  • "Chauffeur Wanted" - "The New Driver Cannot Drive" (1989), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Clear Your Name" (1974), Chalkdust[19][12]
  • "De Guest List" (2014), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Dey Lucky Ah Have Children" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Don’t Blame the PNM" (1959), Mighty Striker[10]
  • "Eric Loves Me" (1979), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Eric Williams Dead" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Federation" - "We Are as One" (1958), Mighty Sparrow[13][14][5][6][10][8][9]
  • "Fishmonger" - "Chalkie the Fishmonger" (2004), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Get to Hell Outa Here" - "Get to Hell Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "Goat Mouth Doc" (1972), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Good Manning Mr Manning" (1992), Rootsman[3][16]
  • "Grenada" - 'Under Siege" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Grenada Crisis" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Grenada Man" (1984), Mighty Sparrow[3]
  • "Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[14]
  • "Hostage" (2017), Vigilanté
  • "I Carmona" (2017), Devon Seale
  • "I in Town Too Long" (2005), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Kicksin in Parliament” (1979), Explainer[10]
  • "Last Election" (1967), Mighty Cypher[10]
  • "La Trinity" - "Don’t Cry for Me" (1990), Denyse Plummer[20]
  • "Leave the Dam Doctor" (1959), Mighty Sparrow[6][13][10]
  • "Let the Jackass Sing" (1974), Chalkdust[14][19]
  • "Manning Must Go" (2010), Crazy[14]
  • "Massa Day Must Done" - "Missa Day Must Done" (1974), Chalkdust[15][19]
  • "Moo Moo Talking" (1996), Third Eye
  • "Mr Trinidad" (1974), Maestro[16]
  • "My Corn Tree" (2017), Kurt Allen
  • "My Heart and I" (2009), Chalkdust[12]
  • "My Humble Plea" (1985), Devon Seale[14]
  • "My Way of Protest" (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”New Portrait of Trinidad” (1972), Black Stalin[10]
  • "On Turning 50" (2012), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Our Model Nation" - "Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[6][14][10][9]
  • "Plight of My People" (2017), Lady Gypsy[12]
  • "PNM Loves Me" (1973), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Portrait of Trinidad" (1962), Mighty Sniper[14][5][10]
  • "Ram the Magician" - "Ram D’ Magician" (1984), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Sea Water and Sun" (1986), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Selwin in the Garden Hiding" - "Adam in the Garden Hiding" (1996), Chalkdust[12]
  • ”Shango Vision” (1977), Chalkdust[10]
  • "She’s Royal" (2012), Sugar Aloes[14]
  • "Snake in the Balisier" (1983), Mighty Shadow
  • "Solomon Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "Some Body Mad" - "Somebody Mad" (1973), Chalkdust[14][19]
  • "The Call to Prayer" (2017), Queen Victoria
  • "The Rose" (1985), Chucky Gordon[14]
  • "The Rowley Letter" - "Letter to Keith Rowley" (2003), Chalkdust[19]
  • "The Sinking Ship" (1986), Gypsy[14][5][16]
  • "Three Blind Mice" (1976), Chalkdust[7]
  • "To Lloyd with Love" (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Too Much Party" (2004), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Trade Union" (1939), Growling Tiger[16]
  • "Trini Does Lie" (1986), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Try Obeah" (1989), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Tug o War Society" (2000), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Vote Dem Out" (1986), Déplé[14][16]
  • "We Doh Want It" (1992), Cro Cro
  • "We Kinda Leader" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • 'We’re Ten Year Old" (1972), Chalkdust[19]
  • "Wha Yuh Doing" (2017), Chucky Gordon
  • "When Mas Was Mas" (2010), Chalkdust[12]
  • "William the Conqueror" (1957), Mighty Sparrow[6][13][14][16][10]

Politics - USA

  • "Barack the Magnificent" (2007), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Boots" (1983), Mighty Gabby
  • "Jump for Jesse" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Kennedy and Khrushchev" (1963), Mighty Sparrow[2][6][10]
  • "Martin Luther King" (1993), Black Stalin
  • "Martin Luther King" (1970), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Martin Luther King for President" (1964), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Weapons of Mass Dis-Illusion" (2007), Mighty Sparrow[6]

Politics - World (Other)

  • "Ayatolah" (1981), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "B.G. War" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Burn Dem" (1992), Black Stalin[5]
  • "Democracy in Haiti" (1995), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Free South Africa" (1989), Mighty Shadow
  • "How Many More Must Die" (1988), Tambu
  • "Idi Amin" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[6][10]
  • "Invade South Africa" (1985), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Isolate South Africa" (1982), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Leaders on the Run" (1987), Gypsy[12]
  • ”Lift the Iron Curtain” (1958), Lord Ivanhoe & his Caribbean Knights[11][16]
  • "London Bridge" - "London Bridge is Falling Down" (1980), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Madiba" (2014), Singing Sandra
  • "Satan in Control" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Stay up Zimbabwe" (1979), Brother Valentino[3]
  • "Wanted Dead or Alive" (1980), Mighty Sparrow[6]

Racial Identity / Slavery

  • "Africa My Home" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "African Love Call" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Ambataila Woman" (1991), United Sisters[20]
  • "Answer to Black Power" - "The Answer for Black Power" (1968), Chalkdust[2][14][10]
  • "Black Child’s Prayer" (1983), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Black Identity" (1973), Maestro[14]
  • "Black Inventions" (1979), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Black Is Beautiful" (1969), The Mighty Duke[5][16]
  • "Black Power" (1971), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • "Black Power in Trinidad” (1971), The Mighty Duke[15][2]
  • "Crisis in Arkansas" (1959), Lord Invader[11][16]
  • "Emancipation" (1933), Lionel Belasco[4]
  • "Ganges and the Nile" (1999), David Rudder[5]
  • "Emancipation" (2018), Dunstan Carwash Lawrence
  • "Glorious Centenary" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[14]
  • "God Made Us All" (1947), Lord Invader[4][9]
  • ”Heading North” (1958), Mighty Terror[11][16]
  • "Human Rights" (1979), Mighty Shadow
  • "If You’re Not White You’re Black" - "Black or White" (1953), Lord Kitchener[16]
  • "Imitation Rasta" (1979), Funny[3]
  • "Jahaji Bhai" (1996), Brother Marvin[5]
  • "Mock Democracy" (1966), Lord Cristo[16]
  • ”Mr. African” (1976), Explainer[10]
  • "No Revolution" (1971), Brother Valentino[14][10]
  • "Nothing Come Easy" (1982), Black Stalin[12]
  • "Racism" (2007), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "Sedition Law" (1940), King Radio[16]
  • "Song for Healing" (1999), Singing Sandra[20]
  • ”Sons and Daughters of Africa” (1952), Lord Beginner[11]
  • "Split Me in Two" (1961), Mighty Dougla[14][5][16]
  • "Still Colonial" (2017), Meguella Simon
  • "Straight Hair Girl" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Sufferers" (2000), Black Stalin[12]
  • "Sweet Like a Honey Bee" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • ”Teach the Children” (1976), The Mighty Duke[9]
  • "The Emperor of Africa" (1954), Mighty Terror[4]
  • "Theme for African Liberation" (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • "The Message of 70’s' (1977), Chalkdust[12]
  • "The Phrase" (2017), Terri Lyons
  • "The Slave" (1962), Mighty Sparrow[6][14][5][7][10][9]
  • "They Ain’t See Africa at All" - "They Ain’t African at All" (1984), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Twentieth Century Greats" - "20th Century Greats" (1976), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Um Ba Ya Oh" - "Um Ba Yao" (1978)[5]
  • "Unite African" (1990), Mighty Shadow
  • "White People Laughing at We" (1987), Chalkdust[12]

Religion (Christian)

  • "His Holy Name" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
  • "I Used to Be a Sinner" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Miracle of Jesus" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
  • "One Super Power" (2010), Tony Barclay
  • "Salvation" (1994), Mighty Sparrow[20][12]
  • "Soca Baptist" (1980), Blue Boy[5][10]
  • "Temptation of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow
  • "When the Roll is Called up Yonder" (1984), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Wisdom of Christ" (2003), Mighty Sparrow

Religion (Others)

  • "Hard Hard Hard" (1986), Black Stalin
  • "Judge Me Not" (2008), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Om Shanti Om" (1979), Lord Shorty[3]
  • "One Day of Prayer" (2004), Singing Sandra
  • "Power in Song" (2018), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Ras Mass" (1981) , Explainer[5]
  • "Rastamania" (1978), Mighty Sparrow[3]
  • "True Colours" (2000), Singing Sandra[12]

Social Commentaries (Others)

  • "Always Marry a Pretty Woman" (1946), Lord Beginner[14]
  • "A Mother’s Love" (1941), Mighty Destroyer[5]
  • "He Not Dead Yet" (1962), King Fighter[5]
  • ”I thank Thee” (1978), Calypso Rose[10]
  • "Mama Popo" - "Doh Beat Mama Popo" (1959), Lord Brigo[5]
  • "Mother and Daughter" (2016), Macomere Fifi
  • ”Mother-in-law” (1967), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Obey" (1979), Lord Brigo[10]
  • "Social Media" (2017), Lady Adana
  • ”Suzie Jumbie” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Sudan" (2007), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "That Good, That Bad" - "Dat Good, Dat Bad" (1990), Chalkdust[15]
  • "The Marriage" (1997), Black Stalin
  • ”White People’s Bacchanal” (1957), Mighty Viper[9]

Spirituality / Philosophy

  • "Ah Living Meh Life" (1962), Mighty Dougla
  • "Clean Heart" (2008), Singing Sandra[12]
  • "Death Is Compulsory" (1948), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Hands" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • "If ah Coulda" (2007), Mighty Shadow[12]
  • "I Will Die a Bachelor" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Journey of the Enabler" (2019), Singing Sandra
  • "Learn to Laugh" (1984), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Life" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Life Is a Stage" (1972), Brother Valentino[5][8]
  • "Look at the Bright Side" (1991), Black Stalin[12]
  • "Love Thy Neighbour" (1937), Roaring Lion[3]
  • "Nature’s Plan" (1984), Johnny King[5]
  • "Never Ever Worry" (1961), Lord Pretender[5]
  • "Never Hang Your Hat" (1967), Lord Christo[5]
  • "People Will Talk" (1962), King Fighter[5]
  • "Song for the People" (1991), Ella Andall[20]
  • "Survival" (1992), Mighty Sparrow[12]
  • "You Can’t Stop Pleasing People" (1959), Lord Commander[11]

Sports

  • ”Alec Bedser Calypso” (1951 - 1953), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Brian Lara" (1995), Watchman
  • "Constantine" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Cricket Champions" (1967), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • "Crawfie" - "Crawford" - "Halsey Crawford with a Bullet" (1977), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Crawford is the Man" - "Halsey Crawford" (1977), Lord Kitchener
  • "Denis Compton" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Games" (2017), Heather MacIntosh[12]
  • Gavascar (1972), Lord Relator[5][26]
  • "Gold" (1976), Maestro[10]
  • "Gold Coast Champion" (1950), Lord Beginner[11]
  • "John Goddard" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Keep Fit" - "Keep Fit Man" (1983), All Rounder
  • "Kerry Packer" (1978), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Knock Them Down" (1977), Maestro[12]
  • "Mickey Cipriani’s Career" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • "Muhammad Ali" (2002), Mr. Calypso
  • "Play Ball" (1960), Lord Christo[15]
  • "Rally Round the West Indies" (1988), David Rudder[14]
  • "Randolph Turpin’s Victory" (1951), Lord Kitchener[4]
  • "Sir Garfield Sobers" (1966), Mighty Sparrow[6]
  • "The Cricket Song" (1964), Lord Kitchener[15]
  • "Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" (1932), Wilmoth Houdini[4]
  • Victory Calypso - "Victory Test Match" - "Cricket, Lovely Cricket" (1950), Lord Beginner[4][21]
  • "World Cup" (1976), Maestro

Tabanca / Lover's Quarrel

“Tabanca, tabanka, tabankca, tobanca (n) (Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad): A painful feeling of unrequited love, from loving someone who does not love in return, especially someone who was once a lover or spouse.”[27]

  • "Come Le We Go Sookie" (1964), King Fighter[5]
  • ”Doh Horn Meh” (1980), The Mighty Duke[10]
  • "Dorothy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion[4]
  • ”Dotish Married Man” (1963), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Jenny" (1981), Lord Nelson
  • "Malic Wedding Scandal" (1962), King Solomon[11]
  • "Maria" (1962), Lord Blackie[5][11]
  • "Mathilda" (1938), King Radio[5][4][7][10]
  • ”Mr Herbert” (1963), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "My Girl Mabel" (1941), King Radio[2]
  • "No Nora Darling" - "Nora" - "Nora Darling"(1937), Roaring Lion[4]
  • "No Woman No" (1986), Black Stalin
  • ”Rose” (1961), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • "Rum Till I Die" (2003), Adesh Samaroo
  • "Stella" (1963), Lord Nelson[15]
  • ”Take Your Bundle and Go” (1962), Mighty Sparrow[10]
  • ”Way Way Out” (1999), Mighty Shadow

War (Up to end World War II)

  • "Adolf Hitler" (1941), Mighty Destroyer[4][9]
  • "Advantage Mussolini" (1936), Roaring Lion[2]
  • ”Britain Will Never Surrender” (1941), Mighty Growler[11]
  • "Carnival Again" (1939), Lord Executor[4]
  • "Chamberlain Says Peace" (1938), Lord Beginner[2][4]
  • "Civil War in Spain" (1938), Growling Tiger[3]
  • "Ethiopian War Drums" (1935), Wilmoth Houdini[4][2]
  • "Fall of France" (1941), Mighty Growler[2][4]
  • "Germany Invade Poland" (1939), King Radio[4]
  • "Graf Zeppelin" (1934), Atilla the Hun[2][4][5][9]
  • ”Hitler” (1939), Lord Ziegfield[11]
  • "Hitler’s Attitude" (1940), Roaring Lion[11][15]
  • ”Hitler Demanded Trinidad” (1940), Lord Invader[11][15]
  • "Hitler Demands" (1939), Mighty Growler[2]
  • ”Hitler's Mistake” (1940), Roaring Lion[11][15]
  • "Hitler’s Moustache" (1941), Lord Invader[11][15]
  • "Housewives" (1950), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Invasion of Britain" (1941), Atilla the Hun[2][4]
  • Invasion of Poland (1940), Roaring Lion[15][2]
  • "Let Them Fight for Ten Thousand Years" (1939), Growling Tiger[4]
  • "Nazi Spy Ring" (1940), Mighty Growler[11]
  • "Norah the War Is Over" (1946), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Poppy Day" (1938), Lord Executor[2]
  • "Roosevelt’s Election" (1941), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • "Run Your Run Hitler" (1940), Lord Beginner[4]
  • "Selassie Is Held by the Police" (1937), Lord Caresser[2]
  • "Send Hitler to St. Helena" (1940), Atilla the Hun[11][15]
  • "The Admiral Graf Spee" (1939), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • "The Gold of Africa" (1936), Growling Tiger[2][4]
  • "The Horrors of War" (1938), Atilla the Hun[2]
  • "The Invasion of Poland" - "Poland, Poland" (1940), Roaring Lion[2]
  • "The Red Cross Society" (1941), Atilla the Hun[4]
  • "Two Bad Men in the World" (1939), Lord Executor[4][11]
  • ”Warning to Russia” - “A Warning to Russia” (1950), Mighty Viking[11][2]
  • "Winston Churchill" (1941), Roaring Lion[4]

Wars (Post World War II)

  • "Children World" (1987), Chalkdust[12]
  • "Peace in de World. (1987), Black Stalin
  • "Send Me Instead" (1968), King Fighter[2]
  • "Stop D War" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • ”The Hydrogen Bomb” (1954), Mighty Terror[11][2]
  • "The My Lai Incident" (1970), The Shah[2]

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  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 Unknown. "A chronology of selected songs by Mighty Sparrow that address social, political and topical themes". http://research.gold.ac.uk/22334/1/Sparrow%20song%20timeline%20small.pdf. 
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  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 Sylvester, Meagan (2019). "'Narratives of Resistance in Trinidad’s Calypso and Soca Music'". Caribbean Pelau - The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus 11 (3): 105–116. doi:10.18733/cpi29507. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/cpi/index.php/cpi/article/view/29507. 
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 Liverpool, Hollis (Mighty Chalkdust) (2001). Rituals of Power and Rebellion - The Carnival Tradition in Trinidad & Tobago (1763 - 1962). Research Associates School Times. p. 518. ISBN 0948390808. 
  10. ↑ 10.000 10.001 10.002 10.003 10.004 10.005 10.006 10.007 10.008 10.009 10.010 10.011 10.012 10.013 10.014 10.015 10.016 10.017 10.018 10.019 10.020 10.021 10.022 10.023 10.024 10.025 10.026 10.027 10.028 10.029 10.030 10.031 10.032 10.033 10.034 10.035 10.036 10.037 10.038 10.039 10.040 10.041 10.042 10.043 10.044 10.045 10.046 10.047 10.048 10.049 10.050 10.051 10.052 10.053 10.054 10.055 10.056 10.057 10.058 10.059 10.060 10.061 10.062 10.063 10.064 10.065 10.066 10.067 10.068 10.069 10.070 10.071 10.072 10.073 10.074 10.075 10.076 10.077 10.078 10.079 10.080 10.081 10.082 10.083 10.084 10.085 10.086 10.087 10.088 10.089 10.090 10.091 10.092 10.093 10.094 10.095 10.096 10.097 10.098 10.099 10.100 10.101 10.102 10.103 10.104 10.105 10.106 10.107 10.108 10.109 10.110 10.111 10.112 10.113 10.114 10.115 10.116 10.117 10.118 10.119 10.120 10.121 10.122 10.123 10.124 10.125 10.126 10.127 10.128 10.129 10.130 10.131 10.132 10.133 10.134 10.135 10.136 10.137 10.138 10.139 10.140 10.141 10.142 10.143 10.144 10.145 10.146 10.147 10.148 10.149 10.150 10.151 10.152 10.153 10.154 10.155 10.156 10.157 10.158 10.159 10.160 10.161 Warner, Keith (1982). Kaiso! The Trinidad Calypso - A study of the calypso as oral literature. Washington D.C.: Three Continents Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-89410-025-4. 
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  14. ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 14.33 14.34 14.35 14.36 14.37 14.38 14.39 14.40 14.41 14.42 14.43 14.44 14.45 14.46 14.47 Dean, Darryl (2015). Calypso as a vehicle for political commentary: An endangered musical species (PDF) (Master). Carleton University. Retrieved 10 Jan 2021.
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Rohlehr, Gordon (2010). "Deconstructing "The Equaliser": Beyond a Balance of Terror". Caribbean Reviews of Gender Studies (4). https://sta.uwi.edu/crgs/february2010/journals/GordonRohlehr.pdf. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Dowrich-Phillips, Laura. "7 calypsoes that kept us entertained with hot topics of the day". Loop, October 4, 2019. https://www.looptt.com/content/7-calypsoes-kept-us-entertained-hot-topics-day. 
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  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Spencer, Neil. "Lord Kitchener steps off the Empire Windrush, 16 June 2011". https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/lord-kitchener-empire-windrush. 
  22. ↑ Schwedel, Heather. "How "Leave Me Alone" Became the Feminist Anthem Trinidad’s Carnival Needs". Slate, February 28, 2017. https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/02/how-leave-me-alone-became-the-feminist-anthem-of-carnival-in-trinidad-and-tabago.html. 
  23. ↑ Powers, Martine. "‘Leave Me Alone’: Trinidad’s women find a rallying cry for this year’s Carnival". The Washington Post, February 26, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/leave-me-alone-trinidads-women-find-a-rallying-cry-for-this-years-carnival/2017/02/26/3888f116-f9e6-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html. 
  24. ↑ Editorial. "‘Woman on the bass’". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, October 29, 2018. https://newsday.co.tt/2018/10/29/woman-on-the-bass/. 
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 Francis, Sherese. "Modern Griots: The Mighty Shadow’s Musical Jumbie". June 10, 2013. https://futuristicallyancient.com/2013/06/10/modern-griots-the-mighty-shadows-musical-jumbie/. 
  26. ↑ Staff. "Gavaskar Calypso: a classic song about India's 1971 victory against the Windies". Scroll.in,April 16, 2014. https://scroll.in/article/661894/gavaskar-calypso-a-classic-song-about-indias-1971-victory-against-the-windies. 
  27. ↑ Morris, Kirt. "Everybody in Trinidad have ah Tabanca at least once in their life". Trini in Xisle, 2019/03/10. https://triniinxisle.com/2019/03/10/trini-tabanca/. 

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