"Pump Up" - "Carnival Come Back Up" (2000), Superblue
"Pump Yuh Flag" (2012), Machel Montano
"Rack Me Rack Me" (1985), Rootsman
"River (De)" (1999), Sanell Dempster
"Rock it" (1985), Merchant
"Sing Ram Bam" (1987), Gypsy
"Soca Kingdom" (2018), Machel Montano & Superblue
"Soca Movin’ On" (2008), Erphaan Alves
"Stranger" (2001), Mighty Shadow
"Take Your Clothes off" (1993), Spice & Company
"This Party is It" (1988), Tambu
"Toronto Mas" (1972), Mighty Sparrow
"Tourist Leggo" (1976), King Short Shirt
"Trinidad" - "Right Hand" (2002), Naya George
"Turn Up" (2017), Bunji Garlin
"Two Days to Go" - "Two to Go" (1988), Lord Kitchener
"Waiting on the Stage" (2016), Machel Montano
"Wine on a Bomsie" (1993), Rikki Jai
LGBTQ
"List (The)" (1985), Mighty Gabby
"Man Nicer Than Woman" (1963), Mighty Dougla
"My Experience on the Reeperbahn" (1959), Lord Invader
"Norman" (1978), Merchant
"Whoopsin" (1941), Roaring Lion
"Woman’s Sweeter than Man" (1926), Wilmoth Houdini
Machismo / Misogynist
"Bad Woman" (1934), Roaring Lion
"Bajan Girls" (1928), Macbeth the Great
"Blood Is Thicker than Water" (1948), Lord Kitchener
"Both of Them" (1992), Mighty Sparrow
"Caroline" (1926), Lord Melody
"Child Father" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
"Cuff Dem Down" (1974), Mighty Sparrow
"Dog Bite You" (1978), Lord Kitchener
"Dolly Doray" (1967), Mighty Zandolie
"E Pete" - "I Piti" (1976), Lord Shorty
"Gu Nu Gu" (1979), Mighty Sparrow
"Indrani" (1972), Lord Shorty
"I Want to Join in Matrimony" (1948), Lord Kitchener
"Jagabat Women" (1960), Mighty Bomber
"Jamaica Woman" (1962), Lord Kitchener
"Jean Marabunta" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
"Keep the City Clean" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
"Learn to Cook" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
"Levez Mako" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
"Loving Woman Is Waste of Time" (1950), The Duke of Iron
"Lulu" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
"Man Centapee" - "Man Centipede" "Man Santapee" - "Female of the Species (The)" (1943), Atilla the Hun
"Man Like to Feel" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
"Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" - "Woman You Can't Fool My Man" (1936), King Radio
"Man with the Pepper Sauce Is Boss (The)" - "Pepper Sauce" (1987), Mighty Swallow
"Mary Ann" - "Marianne" - "All Day All Night" (1945), Roaring Lion
"May May" - "Mae Mae" (1960), Mighty Sparrow
"Modern Girl (The)" (1945), Atilla the Hun
"Monica Doo Doo" (1960), Mighty Sparrow
"Mr Rake and Scrape" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
"Mrs. Harriman" (1972), Lord Kitchener
"Mr. Walker" (1968), Mighty Sparrow
"My Troubles with Dorothy" (1938), Lord Executor
"Netty Netty" - "Nettie Nettie" - "Can’t Stand the Diggings" (1937), Roaring Lion
"No Money No Love" (1992), Mighty Sparrow
"Nothing for Nothing" - "Give to Get" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
"Obeah Wedding" - "Melda" (1966) - Mighty Sparrow
"Old Men Come Back Again" (1939), King Radio
"Pretentious Women" (1964), Young Growler
"Raphaela" (1960), Mighty Sparrow
"Rats (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger
"Raycan" (1977), King Short Shirt
"Sa Sa Yay" - "Sa Sa Ay" - "Sa Sa Yé"(1969), Mighty Sparrow
"Shake up" - "Shake Up Shake Up" (1977), Lord Brigo
"Sixteen Commandments" (1963), Lord Shorty
"Smoke a Cigarette" (1957), Lord Kitchener
"Spend Your Money Wise" (1962), Nap Hepburn
"Sugar Plum" (1978), Mighty Shadow
"Teaser" (1990), Becket
"Teresa" (1960), Mighty Sparrow
"Thirteen Year Old Mabel" (1956), Mighty Sparrow
"Thunder" - "Is Thunder" (1987), The Mighty Duke
"Treat ‘em Rough" (1951), Atilla the Hun
"Twenty to One" (1974), Lord Kitchener
"Ugly Woman" - "Marry an Ugly Woman" - "Give an Ugly Woman Matrimony" (1934), Roaring Lion
"Vincentian Doreen" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
"Wife and Mother" (1954), Lord Kitchener
"Women and Money" (1962), Mighty Conqueror
"Women Police in England" (1951), Mighty Terror
"Women Will Rule the World" (1935), Atilla the Hun
"You Can’t Get Anything Out of Me" (1928), Sam Manning
"You Gotta Give Away" (1979), Singing Diane (written by Lord Kitchener)
National identity - Emigration
"B.G. Blues" (1928), Sam Manning
"Barbados Blues" (1925), Sam Manning
"Bouncing Baby Boy" (1928), Sam Manning
"Brain Drain" (1968), Chalkdust
"Buggy Wuggy in California" (1947), King Radio
"Caribbean Parkway" (1993), Chalkdust
"Cold in the Winter" (1951), Lord Kitchener
"Far from Home" (2016), Calypso Rose
"Food From the West Indies" (1950), Lord Kitchener
"Get Out" (2020), Tobago Crusoe
"Gin and Coconut Water" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini
"Guyanese Come Back Home" (1967), King Fighter
"Jamaica Farewell" (1966), Lord Creator
"London is the Place for Me" - "Windrush" (1948), Lord Kitchener
"Lorraine" (1981), Explainer
"Mas in Brooklyn" (1969), Mighty Sparrow
"Me One Alone" (1956) , Lord Invader
"Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer
"New York Subway" (1946), Lord Invader
"No More Taxi" (1951), Lord Kitchener
"Nora" (1950), Lord Kitchener
"Not Tonight" (2014), Pink Panther
"Prodigal Son" (2013), Chalkdust
"Stay Home West Indians" (1959), King Fighter
"Sweet Jamaica" (1948), Lord Kitchener
"Uncle Sam’s Policy" (1983), Chalkdust
"Underground Train (The)" (1950), Lord Kitchener
"Wahbeen and Grog" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
"We Could Make it if we Try" (1987), Black Stalin
"West Indians in England" (1959), Azie Lawrence
"Windrush Coming Down" (2020), Clivus
National identity - Immigration
"Bad Kamawad" (1992), Mighty Pep
"Columbus Lied" (1989), Mighty Shadow
"False Papers" (2014), Bodyguard
"Immigration Problems" (1972), Chalkdust
"Indian Girls with Creole Names" - "Indian Women with Creole Names" - "Indian People with Creole Names" - Indians Adopting Creole Names (1950), Mighty Killer
"Indo Law Na Say So" (1959), Lord Inventor
"Landing of Colombus" (1926), Lord Executor
"Nah Leaving" (2001), Denyse Plummer
"Send Them Back" (1960), Lord Blakie
"Small Island" (1945), Lord Invader
"Too Botheration" (1938), Mighty Growler
National identity - Pride & hope
"A Nation 31 Years Old" (1994), Delamo
"As a Nation Forges On" (1988), Denyse Plummer
"Belle Trinidad (La)" 1937, Atilla the Hun
"Beautiful Land of Iere" (1938), Growling Tiger
"Change" (2018), Helon Francis
"Charming Trinidad" (1939), Roaring Lion
"Foreigner" (1978), Lord Nelson
"God Bless Our Nation" (1967), Lord Baker
"Great Nation" (2018), Myron B
"Holidays in Trinidad" (1967), Mighty Cypher
"I Am" (2019), Erphaan Alves
"I Believe" (2015), Chucky
"I Stand for Trinbago" (2008), Singing Sandra
"Jamaica is the Place to Go" (1955), Charlie Binger
"Land of the Humming Birds" (1928), Sam Manning
"Lend a Hand" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
"National Pride" (1983), Chalkdust
"National Pride" (2002), Singing Sandra
"National Unity" (1996), Chalkdust
"Oh Land of Mine" (2006), Crazy
"Paradise" (2016), Helon Francis
"Paramaribo" (1937), Lord Caresser
"Sing for the Land" (1985), Black Stalin
"Soulful Calypso" (1977), Maestro
"Sweet Trinidad" (2009), Lord Funny
"They Can’t Beat We" (1989), Chalkdust
"This Land is Mine" (1990), Drupatee
"Trini to the Bone" (2003), David Rudder
"Vision of T&T in 2010" (1998), Mystic Prowler
"We Is We" (1972), Chalkdust
"We’re Ten Years Old" (1972), Chalkdust
News events - West Indies
"Abu Bakr Take Over" (1991) Preacher
"Ah Wo" (1980), Valentino
"Bandsman Shooting Case" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini
"Bargee (The)" (1925), Sam Manning
"Barking Beef" (2005), Shalleika Hazell
"Beyond the Boundary" (1993), M’ba
"Black Miss Universe (The)" (1978), Mighty Sparrow
"Caroni Close Down" - "Caroni Close Dong" (2004), Adesh Samaroo
"Cipriani's and Bradshaw’s Death" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini
"Claude" (2020), Heather MacIntosh
"Clause Four" (1987), Mighty Trini
"Cock Fight" (1969), Mighty SparrowKing Radio
"Country Club Scandal" (1933), King Radio
"Cubana Crash (The)" (1977), Chalkdust
"Curfew Time" (1971), Lord Kitchener
"Do you Want a Watchman" (1994), Watchman
"Doc Secret Wedding" - "The Doc’s Wedding" (1959), Growling Tiger
"Drama Island" (2011), David Rudder
"Duke and Duchess of Kent (1935), Atilla the Hun
"Dynamite" (1934), Lionel Belasco
"Fire Fire" - "Calypso Coup" (1991), Bally
"Freaking Streaking" (1980), The Mighty Duke
"Get Something and Wave" (1991), Superblue
"Good Will Flyers" (1934), Atilla the Hun
"Graf Zeppelin" (1934), Atilla the Hun
"Guest List (The)" (2020), Michelle Henry
"Hang Him" (1976), Chalkdust
"Hosay Massacre (The)" (2021), George Rampersad
"Hoosay" (1991), David Rudder
"Is Butler Married" (1948), Atilla the Hun
"Jack" - "Dah Beach is Mine" (1982), Mighty Gabby
"Jamaica Hurricane" (1951), Lord Beginner
"Janelle ‘Penny’ Commissiong" (1978), Lord Kitchener
"Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning
"Looting in B.G." (1962), Mighty Cypher
"Mama, Call the Fire Brigade" (1957), Houdini
"Maxi Dub" (1993), Bally
"Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust
"Ministry of the Road" (2014), Machel Montano
"Not in Here" (2020), Duane O’Connor
"Not Martin" (2020), Makenda Marius
"Oh Grenada" (2014), Cro Cro
"Oil Cyar Spoil" (2019), Tamika Darius
"Out de Fire" (1957), Lord Flea
"Post Another Letter For Thelma" (1952), Mighty Spitfire
"Saga of the PRA" (1984), Valentino
"Say a Prayer for Abu Bakr" (1991), Cro Cro
"Skyscraper" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
"Some Came Running" (1976), Maestro
"Telco Poops" (1978), Mighty Penguin
"Traffic Jam" (1987), Gypsy
"Treasury Fire" (1933), Lord Beginner
"Tribute to Princess Margaret" (1958), Mighty Striker
"Trinidad Hurricane" (1933), Wilmoth Houdini
"Vincent Brown the Magistrate" - "Kenneth Vincent Brown" (1930), Atilla the Hun
"We Shall Rise Again" (2005), Super P
"Welcome to Chinatown" (2020), Signing Sonia
"Who in de Zoo" (2012), Contender
"Wounded National Pride" - "Manningitus" (2011), Chalkdust
News events - World
"1990" (1990), David Rudder
"Aid Haiti" (2010), Kizzie Ruiz
"Ben Lion" (2002), André Tanker
"Birth of Ghana" (1956), Lord Kitchener
"Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (The)" (1953), Roaring Lion
"Crown Heights Justice" (1992), Mighty Sparrow
"De Infidel" (2010), Short Pants
"Doh Touch Me President" (1999), Mighty Sparrow
"Double Ten" (1946), Lord Kitchener
"Down to the Bone" (1992), Cheryl & Colors
"Edward the VIII" - "King Edward the VIII" - "Love, Love Alone" (1937), Lord Caresser
"Festival of England" - "Festival of Britain" (1950), Lord Kitchener
"French President Visit Great Britain (The)" (1950), Preston Coleman
"His Majesty King George the 6th Coronation" (1937), Atilla the Hun
"I Was There at the Coronation" - "I was There" (1953), Young Tiger
"Louis Schmeling Fight" (1937), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion (duet)
"Mannie Dookie" (1935), Growling Tiger
"Muhammad Ali" (2002), Mr. Calypso
"Play Ball" (1960), Lord Christo
"Randolph Turpin's Victory" (1951), Lord Kitchener
"Road to Italy" (1989), Superblue
"World Cup" (1976), Maestro
Tabanca / Love / Jealousy
"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."
"After Carnival" (1980), Lord Kitchener
"Art of Making Love" (1973), Lord Shorty
"Bacchanal Lady" (1988), David Rudder
"Beef and Bone" (1934), Atilla the Hun
"Caroline" (1950), Roaring Lion
"Come Le We Go Sookie" (1964), King Fighter
"Come Mama Come" (1929), King Radio
"Dey Washing Deir Mouth on Me" - "They Washing Mouth on Me" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
"Doggie Doggie Look Bone" (1932), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion
"Doh Back Back" (1984), Mighty Sparrow
"Doh Horn Meh" (1980), The Mighty Duke
"Dorothy" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion
"Dotish Married Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
"Elsie" (1939), King Radio
"Everytime I Pass" (1909), Fitzie Bone-Eye
"Fan Me Saga Boy" (1945), Roaring Lion
"Gloria" (2001), Mighty Sparrow
"Going Home Tonight" (1966), Mighty Sparrow
"Guadeloupe Chick" (1979), Crazy
"Jenny" (1981), Lord Nelson
"Jimpy’s Ingratitude" (1938), Atilla the Hun
"Johnny Take my Wife" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini
"Last Train to San Fernando (The)" - "Last Train" (1950), The Duke of Iron
"Love Me Emily" - "Emily" (1939), Atilla the Hun
"Madeleine Oy" (1953), Vivian Comma
"Malic Wedding Scandal" (1962), King Solomon
"Marajhin" (1981), Mighty Sparrow
"Marajhin Sister" (1983), Mighty Sparrow
"Maria" (1962), Lord Blakie
"Margarita" (1983), Mighty Sparrow
"Martiniquan" - "Martinquen" (1937), Atilla the Hun
"Wastin’ your Time" - "You Wasting your Time" (1960), Mighty Power
"Way Way Out" (1999), Mighty Shadow
"Wood in de Fire" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
"Young Girl’s Touch" (1935), Atilla the Hun & Lord Beginner
War - Up to end of World War II
"Admiral Graf Spee (The)" (1940), Atilla the Hun
"Adolf Hitler" (1941), Mighty Destroyer
"Advantage Mussolini" (1936), Roaring Lion
"Air Raid Shelters" (1943), King Radio
"Argos Papers" (1918), Lord Inventor
"Black Market" (1945), Lord Beginner
"Boer War" (1900), Duke of Marlborough
"Britain Will Never Surrender" (1941), Mighty Growler
"Carnival Again" (1939), Lord Executor
"Chamberlain Says Peace" (1938), Lord Beginner
"Chinese Never Had a V.J. Day" - "Lay Fung Lee" - "Chinese Calypso" - "Chinese Memorial" - "Lai Fook Lee" (1948), Lord Kitchener
"Civil War in Spain" (1938), Growling Tiger
"Ethiopian War Drums" (1935), Wilmoth Houdini
"Fall of France" (1941), Mighty Growler
"Farmer and Breadfruit Tree" (1943), Mighty Growler
"Germany Invade Poland" (1939), King Radio
"Gold of Africa (The)" (1936), Growling Tiger
"Hitler" (1939), Lord Ziegfield
"Hitler Demanded Trinidad" (1940), Lord Invader
"Hitler Demands" (1939), Mighty Growler
"Hitler’s Attitude" (1940), Roaring Lion
"Hitler's Mistake" (1940), Roaring Lion
"Hitler’s Moustache" (1941), Lord Invader
"Horrors of War (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun
"Housewives" (1950), Lord Beginner
'How Hitler Invaded Poland' (1939), Lord Ziegfield
"Invasion of Britain" (1941), Atilla the Hun
"Invasion of Poland (The)" - "Poland, Poland" (1940), Roaring Lion
"Kaiser William, Run your Run" (1918), Lord Inventor
"Let Them Fight for Ten Thousand Years" - "Let the White People Fight" (1939), Growling Tiger
"Nazi Spy Ring" (1940), Mighty Growler
"Norah the War Is Over" (1946), Lord Beginner
"Ode to Russia" (1944), Atilla the Hun
"Poppy Day" (1938), Lord Executor
"Red Cross Society (The)" (1941), Atilla the Hun
"Reply to Englishman" (1944), Atilla the Hun
"Rise of the British Empire" (1940), Roaring Lion
"Roosevelt’s Election" (1941), Atilla the Hun
"Run Your Run Hitler" (1940), Lord Beginner
"Sauerkraut Calypso" (1956), Herbert Howard
"Selassie Is Held by the Police" (1937), Lord Caresser
"Send Hitler to St. Helena" (1940), Atilla the Hun
"Two Bad Men in the World" (1939), Lord Executor
"Warning to Russia (A)" (1950), Mighty Viking
"Winston Churchill" (1941), Roaring Lion
Wars - Post World War II
"Children World" (1987), Chalkdust
"Chinese Love Affair" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
"Hydrogen Bomb (The)" (1954), Mighty Terror
"My Lai Incident (The)" (1970), The Shah
"Peace in de World" (1987), Black Stalin
"Send Me Instead" (1968), King Fighter
"Stop D War" (2008), Singing Sandra
"War Mongers" (1988), Johnny King
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Articles
Best, Earl. "What’s in a Name-Pt2: Black Power, Calypso, Soca and Pumpkin Vine.", Wired 868.
Borgerson, Janet & Jonathan, Schroeder. "Calypso confusion", The MIT PRESS Reader.
Bowles, Paul. "Calypso - Music of the Antilles". Modern Music, 1940, 17/3 154-159
Brown Boy in the ring. "Carnival culture: Lord Kitchener to Machel Montano". March 22, 2007
Dowrich-Phillips, Laura. "7 calypsoes that kept us entertained with hot topics of the day".
Ferreira, Jo-Anne S. Hodge, Nnamdi. "Patois in calypso". Montray Créyol, 2015.
Ramm,Benjamin. "The subversive power of calypso music" BBC Culture, October 11, 2017.
Rohlehr,Gordon. "A scuffling of Islands: The dream and reality of Caribbean unity in poetry and song - Roseau to Montego Bay", The Integrationist Caribbean, 2007.
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Audio
Calypso Dreams (CD). In for a penny, in for a pound, LLC. Ice Music, Ltd. 2009.
Calypso - Musical poetry in the Caribbean (1955 - 69) (CD). Soul Jazz records. 2014.
Calypsos from Trinidad - Politics, intrigue & violence in the 1930s (CD). Arhoolie Prod., Inc. 1991.
Melody vs. Sparrow - A friendly calypso feud (CD). Erasmus Black Records. 19 June 2020.