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Ae a RE 22 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, April 1, 1966 ha Calypso Belt Out Hot Political Satire PORT OF SPAIN (CP)-- Watch out, world, "The Mighty Sparrow" is singing at you, and so are Lords Cypher, Kitchener and Cristo. a all at aucy + enon ae of the art of calypso, belting sut_nolitical. and ather forms of satire to the strains of a jivey, jumpy beat and often heard in music - happy Trini- dad and Tobago. Calypso is a rhythmic bal- lad on a topical theme, and it should be improvised to be authentic. It's something to matic visitor "jump up" like everyone else. The rihhing marriage - hanpv women and waxing indignant | over the hehavior of certain | politicians. | 'Take Ian Smith, the break- | | away premier of Rhodesia. Lord Cypher doesn't like Premier Smith at all. So the locals go jumping to this re- frain aimed at the premier: He declare Rhodesia satire is present in | abundance, punning the pre- | tence out of solemn cliches, | Without the Queen's consent He iuwed. the present governor And declare his own government... They should put him in jail Drag out he fingernail And burst a lash in he tail. | FAVORITE NUMBER As for The Mighty Spar- row (his real name is Fran- cisco Slinger), he is remem- bered because his Obeah ite among the rip/ - roaring brass players and\steel-band performers who paeadeyl in their hundreds at the Cvforful pre - Lenten. carnival in Port of Spain this year. "Obeah" is a word sug- gesting the idea of black magic. The song holds up to | ridicule the woman seeking through the wiles of near- witchcraft to trap into legal | matrimony her partner in un- formalized wedlock--a not un- | CUIMUN CunutieE i. Sparrow rages rhythmically at the conspiring iady, in this case siamed Melda. Look how many nights we hug up tight tight tight All we ever know was love and peace Now every minute is ie ine gt mane And Sparrow launches into this solemn advice: If you really want a wedding ring, Melda, There are many other ways and means Like scrubbing your teeth and bathing regu- lat 2.2: Lord Kitchener is a name apparently chosen to conjure up, incongruously, the stern glories of a Britannia mili- tant. Kitchener, ily Stari, Wio knows this won- derful art?" His explanation -- which | drove the carnival crowd wild begins: They kiss they twiss they rump and play Who time you look Big family dey. | j j | 1 cg a i ie A yr gt RNA ay ny Basically, the calypso beat reflects joy--about alive and being in of in other places. Hence the Lord Cristo refrain: Alabama Alabama Am so glad I was born here And not in Alabama Alabama. . s Occupations Aid vrs 3 TF 37. 4 Ta TLigh VW CUIUUA atic AUCKLAND, N.Z. (CP)--Girls who have. qualified after a three-year course in occupa- tional therapy are second only to air hostesses in eligibility for marriage, according to records in New Zealand. Both occupa- tions produce an exceedingly high marriage rate. . | Wedding proved a top favor- only fight fight fight. make even the most phleg- independent Be ' COSTUMED CALY PSO dancers parade in Trinidad during the pre-Lenten car- nival. The rhythmic beat of Calypso is popular in Trini- dad and Tobago where it usually takes the form of social or political satire. (CP Photo) In Comeback LONDON (CP) -- Patrick} Gordon Walker, the Labor) party's two-time loser, made aj political comeback Thursday | night and appeared headed for| higher things again in a new} Labor government. Gor-!| don Walker won handily in the London riding of Leyton in the British general election. Gordon Walker was first de-| feated in the 1964 election, in| the Midlands riding of 'Smeth-} wick, after a campaign with racist overtones. 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