Trinidad The Land Of Calypso (Roaring Lion)

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Lion wrote this song and sang it in the late 1940's as a response to the perennial question as to where Calypso originated. He recorded it in the early 1950's in London. I will not attempt to deal with the question of origin but there is no shotage as to where people say Calypso comes from. Despite the academic debate Lion concluded in this Calypso that it was and is Trinidadian, not African not French not South American and definitely not Bajan.
Calypso was born within the Calaloo of cultures that are found in Trinidad and this mix has created our unique folk song, a genre which took the world by storm during the 1940's & 50's culminating with Harry Belafonte. This Folk song has become a part of our national identity. Kindly try and define T&T without using the words Calypso, Pan & Carnival.
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