List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences

The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon.

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American presence in Trinidad and Tobago

Aspirations / Dreams

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

Christmas period

Corruption / Criminality

The Mighty Shadow
  • "Ah Digging Horrors" (1975), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ah Doh Rhyme" (2005), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Feeling Shame" (2009), Cro Cro
  • "Ah Not in Dat" (2009), Chalkdust
  • "Angry Land" (2017), Gypsy
  • "Apocalypse" (1981), Delamo
  • "Apology (The)" - "No Apology" (1995), Cro Cro
  • "Baboo Lala" (1938), Roaring Lion
  • "Bad Impression (A)" 1965, Lord Kitchener
  • "Ballad of Gorrie" (1934), Lord Executor
  • "Bandit Factory (The)" (2006), Chalkdust
  • "Bernard" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Black Man Killing Black Man" (1993), Black Stalin
  • "Cat O’Nine Tails" - "Old Time Cat-O-Nine" -"Bring Back the Cat O'Nine Tails" (1945), Lord Invader
  • "Caught in the Whirlwind" (2017), Karene Asche
  • "Cleansing Fire" (2017), Singing Sandra
  • "Cock O’Halloran" (1967), Mighty Clipper
  • "Collateral Damage" (2004), Kizzie Ruiz
  • "Corporal Holder" (1904), Lord Inventor
  • "Corporal Holder" (1904), Pharaoh
  • "Corporal Punishment" (1947), Atilla the Hun
  • "Corruption in Common Entrance" (1988), Cro Cro
  • "Dis Place Is Nice" - "Trinidad is Nice" (1975), Brother Valentino
  • "Dole Chadee Say" (2000), Cro Cro
  • "Equal Justice" (2006), Singing Sandra
  • "Essence of Love (The)" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Every Shadow" (1985), Scrunter
  • "Face Reality" (2004), Cro Cro
  • "Family Size Coke" (1950), Mighty Sparrow
  • "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (2003), Singing Sandra
  • "Good Citizen" (1971), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ground Zero" (2002), Singing Sandra
  • "Harold Change your Mind" (1940), Mighty Growler
  • "Head in the Flower Pot" (1965), Lord Brynner
  • "Hell’s Yard and George Street Conflict" (1936), Growling Tiger
  • "High Cost of Living" (1957), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Hills Thrills (The)" (2015), Shirlane Hendrickson
  • "Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow
  • "How to Stop Delinquency" - "How to Curb Delinquency" (1966), Mighty Leveller
  • "Hunt is On (The)" (2012), Duane O’Connor
  • "In the Dew and Rain" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "Jail Dem" (2002), Cro Cro
  • "Jail Them" (2002), Bally
  • "Jericho" (1978), Lord Kitchener
  • "Justice" (2020), Kurt Allen
  • "Kamla the Greatest" (2011), Crazy
  • "Law Is an Ass (The)" (1979), Short Pants
  • "Licensed Forearm" (1994), Luta
  • "Lip Service" (2017), Rondell Donawa
  • "Look How Trinbago Gone" (2013), All Rounder
  • "Madman’s Rant" (1996), David Rudder
  • "Mano Benjamin" (1964), Mighty Composer
  • "Mirror Mirror" (2005), Skatie
  • "Money" (1980), Black Stalin
  • "Money Eh No Problem" (1978), Lord Shorty
  • "Money is King" (1935), Growling Tiger
  • "Murder Frenzy" (2020), Chalkdust
  • "Nature’s Plan" (1984), Johnny King
  • "No Bacchanal" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Not de Land" (2013), Sugar Aloes
  • "Nothing Ain’t Strange" (1975), Black Stalin
  • "One Day Without a Murder" (2020), Singing Sandra
  • "One to Hang" (1973), Lord Kitchener
  • "Panama" (1988), David Rudder
  • "Peace Seeker" (2015), Sean Daniel
  • "Peddlers" (1958), Lord Melody
  • "Pirates of Paria" - "Pirates in the Gulf of Paria" (1951), Lord Kitchener
  • "Police Doing it Too" (1963), Young Killer
  • "Police Get More Pay" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Policeman" (1936), Young Pretender
  • "Race Track Scandal" (1955), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Run the Gunslingers" (1959), Lord Caruso
  • "Sam P" (1984), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Savage" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs
  • "Scape Fox (The)" (1987), Chalkdust
  • "Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard" (1938), Lord Executor
  • "Shortcut Society" (2001), Chalkdust
  • "Sly Mongoose" (1925), Lionel Belasco
  • "Sodom & Gomorrah" (1982), Delamo
  • "Stanley Abbott" (1974), Lord Kitchener
  • "Staying Alive" (1987), Black Stalin
  • "Take the Number" (1979), Scrunter
  • "Take Over" (2019), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Tell the Authorities" (2007), Twiggy
  • "Ten Feet Ah Rope" (2003), Heather McIntosh
  • "Ten to One Is Murder" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Thelma Haynes Story" (1957), Lord Melody
  • "Treasury Scandal" (1937), Atilla the Hun
  • "Twenty Years n' Twenty Strokes" (1989), Chalkdust
  • "Unsolved Murders" (1965), Mighty Bomber
  • "We Living in Jail" (1984), Penguin
  • "Western Rodeo" (2002), Gypsy
  • "Who Is in Charge" (1995), Sugar Aloes
  • "Who to Call" (2019), Brian London
  • "Witness" (2001), Brother Resistance
  • "Year of the Child (Shakuntala)" (1979), Cardinal
  • "Year for Love" (2018), Voice

Culture - Calypso / Carnival evolution

  • "A Calypsonian" (2010), Brian London
  • "Ah Put on My Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Ancient Rhythm" (2003), Singing Sandra
  • "Bahia Girl" (1986), David Rudder
  • "Banning of Records (The)" (1938), Atilla the Hun
  • "Bomber’s Dream" (1964), Mighty Bomber
  • "Brass Crown" (1957), Lord Superior
  • "Calypso Cricket" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Calypso Music" (1987), David Rudder
  • "Calypso Rising" (1992), David Rudder
  • "Calypso War" (1958), Mighty Terror
  • "Can’t Buy Extempo" - "Yuh Cyar Buy One" (2009), Contender
  • "Caribbean Spirit" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Carnival Boycott" (1957), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Carnival Road March" (1951), Lord Kitchener
  • "Carnival Is the Answer" (1989), Chalkdust
  • "Category My Donkey" (2004), Devon Seale
  • "Censoring of Calypso Makes Us Glad (The)" (1938), Lord Executor
  • "Chalkie the Mailman" (2006), Chalkdust
  • "Chalkie the Teacher" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Champions" (2018), Turner
  • "Chutney Soca" - "Chatnee Soca" (1987), Drupatee
  • "Cooperation" (1966), Calypso Rose
  • "Cultural Controversy" - "Carnival Controversy" (1987), Singing Francine
  • "Culture" (1988), Tambu
  • "D’Blueprint" (2012), Mistah Shak
  • "Dat Eh Good Enough" (2011), Ras Shorty I
  • "Dat Soca Boat" (1979), Mighty Shadow
  • "Dem Judges" (2006), Brother Mutada
  • "Don’t Destroy Calypso Music" (1995), The Mighty Duke
  • "Don’t Stop the Carnival" - "Doh Stop the Carnival" (1939) - Lord Invader
  • "Ducking" (2015), Fadda Fox
  • "Everliving Calypso" (2007), Brother Mudada
  • "Excursion to Grenada" (1938), Roaring Lion
  • "Five Rules of Calypso (The)" (2001), Brother Valentino
  • "Flag Woman" (1976), Lord Kitchener
  • "Guests of Rudy Vallee" (1934), Atilla the Hun & Roaring Lion
  • "Her Majesty" (1978), Calypso Rose
  • "High Mass" (1998), David Rudder
  • "History of Carnival" (1935), Atilla the Hun
  • "How’s Dat" (2012), Chalkdust
  • "How to Sing Calypso" (1982), Chalkdust
  • "How to Win the Crown" (2019), Chalkdust
  • "If the Priest Could Play" (1967), Mighty Cypher
  • "Iron Band (The)" (1945), Atilla the Hun
  • "J’Ouvert Barrio" (1935), Roaring Lion
  • "Jam (De)" (1980), Black Stalin
  • "Juba Doo Bai" - "Juba Dubai" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "Jump and Wave" (1995), Cro Cro
  • "Kaiso Gone Dread" (1991), Black Stalin
  • "Kaiso Kaiso" (2006) - Luta
  • "Kaiso Music" (1996), Black Stalin
  • "Kaiso Power" (1986), Chalkdust
  • "Kaiso Sick in the Hospital" (1993), Chalkdust
  • "Land of Calypso" - "Trinidad, the Land of Calypso" (1950), Roaring Lion
  • "Last Jour Ouvert" (1987), Chalkdust
  • "Last Year’s Happiness" (1966), Mighty Terror
  • "Long Live Calypso" (1973), Lord Superior
  • "Love Yuh Own" (1991), Ella Andall
  • "Man Want to Dance" (1986), Chalkdust
  • "Mas" (1965), Lord Melody
  • "Mecca (The)" (1987), Brother Mudada
  • "Meet Superblue" (2009), Fay-Ann Lyons
  • "Message to George Weeks" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Misconceptions" (1993), Chalkdust
  • "Mr. Bissessar" (1988), Drupatee
  • "My Purpose" (2019), Brian London
  • "No Entry" (2020), Maria Bhola
  • "No Part Time Lover" (1986), Black Stalin
  • "Nobody Cares" - "They Don't Care About We" (2001), Black Stalin
  • "No Smut for Me" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Old Time Calypso" (1998), Lord Kitchener
  • "One for the Savannah" (1992), Chalkdust
  • "One More Officer" (1989), David Rudder
  • "One Song" (2007), Devon Seale
  • "Our Cultural Heritage" (1972), Chalkdust
  • "Outcast (The)" (1964), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Pack up Your Things and Go" - " Pack Yuh Bags" (1998), Luta
  • "Piranha" (2012), Tiny
  • "Play Me" (1977), Maestro
  • "Play My Music" (1978), Brother Mudada
  • "PM’s Sex Probe" (1974), Lord Shorty
  • "Politicians Love Calypsonians" - "Politicians Love Calypso" (1999), Manchild
  • "Poor, Pious and Proud" (2014), Cro Cro
  • "Questionable Canon" (1948), Atilla the Hun
  • "Rainorama" (1973), Lord Kitchener
  • "Rate Rate Ray" - "Ra Tiray Tiray" (1941), Lord Invader
  • "Real Bandits" (2016), Helon Francis
  • "Reply to the Ministry" (1969), Chalkdust
  • "Respect the Calypsonian" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Respect the Thing" - "Respect the Ting" (1982), Chalkdust
  • "Rhythm of a People" (1997), Gypsy
  • "Road (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener
  • "Scrunting Calypsonian" (1978), Trinidad Rio
  • "Seeking Sparrow's advice" (2013), Duane O’Connor
  • "Shame Mr. Shak" (2012), Chalkdust
  • "She Want Me To Sing in She Party" - "Sing in She Party" (1987), Scrunter
  • "Sixty-Seven" (1967), Lord Kitchener
  • "Soca Warriors" - "Soca Warrior too" (2007), Chalkdust
  • "Sparrow Come Back Home" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Spirit of Carnival" (2016), Devon Seale
  • "St. Joan of Arts" (2008), Chalkdust
  • "Stage Gone Bad" (2020), Kes (band) & Iwer George
  • "Sumintra" (1988), Rikki Jai
  • "Telephone Call" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Tempo" - "Gimme More Tempo" (1977), Calypso Rose
  • "Tension" (1988), Mighty Shadow
  • "Tent Is it (The)" (2001), Chalkdust
  • "They Couldn't Stop the Masquerade" (1936), Growling Tiger
  • "They Don’t Like the Government" (2000), Crazy
  • "They Don’t Make Them Like Me Anymore" (1991), Lord Pretender
  • "They Put Me So" (2019) - Chalkdust
  • "Too Much Quacks" (1986), Chalkdust
  • "Too Much Tempo" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Too Young to Soca" (1986), Machel Montano
  • "Trinidad Carnival" (1974), Lord Superior
  • "Trinidad Loves to Play Carnival" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "True Calypsonian" - "True True Kaisonian" - "True True Calypsonian" (1966), Lord Pretender
  • "Two Chords & Leston Paul" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Ubiquitous and Kaiso" (1944), Atilla the Hun
  • "Uncle Sam Own We" (1978), Chalkdust
  • "Vagabond" (2015), Ricardo Drue
  • "Vincentian Calypso King" (1963), Lord Blakie
  • "You Can’t Judge Culture" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Yuh Mad or Wha" (2006), Bunji Garlin
  • "Warrior" (1977), Calypso Rose
  • "Wedding of the Century" (2014), Chucky
  • "What Is an Obscene Calypso?" (1944), Lord Pretender
  • "What Is Calypso" (1968) - The Mighty Duke
  • "What’s Wrong With Me" (2000), Mighty Shadow
  • "What the Hell You Want" (1987), Chalkdust
  • "Where Kaiso Went" (2004), Brother Valentino
  • "Who Next" (1972), Chalkdust
  • "Why I Sing" (2012), Singing Sandra
  • "Why Milo" (1975), Chalkdust
  • "Why We Attack" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "Wild Indian" (1945), The Duke of Iron

Culture - Calypso War / Extempo / Picong

Lord Invader, The Growler, Atilla the Hun and Roaring Lion (1943) - Calypso22

Culture Icons (Calypso / Carnival / Pan)

  • "Ah Miss de Bards" (2014), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Thief it from Kitch" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Atilla’s Pen" (2011), Kurt Allen
  • "Before You Gone" - "Before you gone Birdie" (2016), Macomere Fifi
  • "Black Stalin Say" (2013), Kurt Allen
  • "For Kitchener's Sake" (2000), Chalkdust
  • "Formula" (2019), Pharaoh
  • "Godfather (The)" (2001), Mighty Bomber
  • "Hammer (The)" (1986), David Rudder
  • "Heroes" (2001), Denyse Plummer
  • "Is Wot" (2022), David Rudder
  • "Kaiso Kaiso" (2006), Luta
  • "Kitchener Say" (2001), Defosto
  • "One for Bertie" (2013), Helon Francis
  • "One More Kitchener" (2000), Defosto
  • "Pretender's Reminder" (2015), Mistah Shak
  • "Sartorial Elegance" (2007), Duane O'Connor
  • "Spree Simon" - "Tribute to Spree Simon" (1975), Lord Kitchener
  • "Tribute to Kitchener" (2000), Lord Relator
  • "Tribute to Singing Sandra" (2021), Ajamu
  • "Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin
  • "Tribute to Winsford Devine" (2010), Crazy
  • "Trinity is My Name" (1994), Delamo
  • "Will (The)" (1982), Scrunter
  • "Wot Time it is" (2022), Aaron Duncan

Culture - Kalenda / Stick fighting

  • "Little Gal, Mother is Calling You" (1938), Al Phillip Iere Syncopator
  • "Archie Boulay" (1938), Atilla the Hun
  • "Bayonet Charge by the Laws of the Iron Duke" (1914), The Duke of Iron
  • "Bois" (2014), Mistah Shak
  • "Carnival Celebration" (1956), Small Island Pride
  • "Clear the Way When the Bamboo Play" (1938), Lord Caresser
  • "Congo Bara (Prisonier levez)" - "Kongo Bara (Pwizonnyé Lévé)" - "Congo Barra" (1935), Keskidee Trio
  • "Don’t Break it I Say" (1936), King Radio, Roaring Lion, Growling Tiger
  • "Fire Brigade - Water the Road" (1938), Atilla the Hun
  • "Man Man Biscoe" (1937), Atilla the Hun
  • "Native Trinidad Kalenda" (1914), Jules Sim
  • "Reine Maribone (La)" - "Larenn Maribone" (1939), Atilla the Hun
  • "Sergeant Brown" (1950), Lord Beginner
  • "Scorpion" (1939), Atilla the Hun
  • "Ten Thousand to Bar Me One" (1939), Lord Invader
  • "They Want Fo’ Come Kill me" - "Dey Want to Come Kill me" (1936), Keskidee Trio
  • "When I Dead Bury me Clothes" (1962), Growling Tiger
  • "Zingue Tala" - "Zing Gay Ta La La" (1937), Atilla the Hun

Culture - Steelpan

Steelpan - Renegades

Culture - Other

Drugs

Economy / Poverty

Education

  • "Another Day in Paradise" (1997), David Rudder
  • "Back to School" (1979), Bill Trotman (Trinidad Bill)
  • "Change the System" (1995), Cro Cro
  • "Child Training" (1969), Mighty Composer
  • "Contribution" (2002), Sugar Aloes
  • "Dan Is the Man in the Van" - "Dan Is the Man" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Doh Waste it" (2010), Aaron Duncan
  • "Down the Road" (1938), Growling Tiger
  • "Education" (1967), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Education Is Key" (2017), Massive
  • "Empowerment" (2001), Singing Sandra
  • "English Language (The)" (1950), Roaring Lion
  • "English Language (The)" (1952), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Generation Next" (2016), Mistah Shak
  • "Ghetto of the Mind" (2009), Singing Sandra
  • "Go Daniel" (1949), Atilla the Hun
  • "Idle Company" (1987), Gypsy
  • "Little Black Boy" (1997), Gypsy
  • "No Child Shall Be Left Behind" (2010), Singing Sandra
  • "No Respect" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • "Obey the Highway Code" (1965), Lord Magic
  • "Only the Fools" (2003), Heather McIntosh
  • "Parables" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Remember" - "Ma and Pa" (1962), Lord Creator
  • "School Days" - "Happy School Days" (1973), Mighty Sparrow
  • "To be an Icon" (2017), All Rounder
  • "Too Many" (2016), Gypsy
  • "Trinidad English" (1954), Lord Alligator
  • "Wash Your Hands" (1950), Roaring Lion
  • "Watch the Mixture" (1983), Chalkdust
  • "We Pass that Stage" (1974), Mighty Sparrow
  • "West Indian Alphabet" (1074), Tradewinds

Environment

  • "Mother Earth Crying" (1994), Baron
  • "Progress" (1980), King Austin
  • "Progress 2021" (2021), Crazy
  • "What to Do with the Environment" (1994), Chalkdust

Family relations

Feminism

Calypso Rose at Womex Awards - 2016
  • "Abatina" (2016), Calypso Rose
  • "Ah Do Come So" (1978), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ah Done with Dat" (1980), Signing Diane
  • "Black Woman" (1991), Ella Andall
  • "Bye Bye Blakie" (1969), Calypso Princess
  • "Careful What Yuh Ask For" (2011), Karen Asche
  • "Caribbean Man" (2000), Singing Sandra
  • "Caribbean Woman" (1997), Shirlane Hendrickson
  • "Carnival Ooman" (1992), David Rudder
  • "Coming Back to What" (2013), Marvellous Marva
  • "D’Signs" (2008), Spicey
  • "Debbie" (1975), Singing Francine
  • "Die With My Dignity" - "Die With Dignity" - "Dignity" (1987), Singing Sandra
  • "Do Dem Back" (1974), Calypso Rose
  • "Do so Eh Like So" (1965), Lord Brigo
  • "Don’t Put your Hand on meh Property" (1980), Twiggy
  • "Engagement Ring" (1970), Calypso Rose
  • "Equaliser (The)" (1998), Singing Sandra
  • "Learn from Arithmetic" (2017), Chalkdust
  • "Leave Me Alone" (2016), Calypso Rose
  • "Love me or Leave me" (1953), Lady Iere
  • "Me Eh Fighting" (2009), Bally
  • "Me No Want No Married Man" - "Me No Want" (1993), Calypso Rose
  • "Miss Pam" (1993), Calypso Rose
  • "No More Hard Work" (1998), Singing Sandra
  • "Pepper Pepper" (1989), Drupatee
  • "Pressure" (1987), Carl & Carol Jacobs
  • "Raperman Coming (The)" - "Raperman" - "Sexy Employers" (1984), Singing Sandra
  • "Rocket in Yuh Pocket" (1992), The Mighty Duke
  • "Romeo" (1055), Lord Kitchener
  • "Run Away" (1978), Signing Francine
  • "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" - "He Had It Coming" - "Murder in the Market" - "Payne Dead" (1939), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Survey (The)" (2018), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Throw Me Down" (1990), Drupatee
  • "Woman Is Boss" - "Who’s the Boss?" - "The Boss" (1988), Denyse Plummer
  • "Woman Is Not the Weaker Sex" (1941), Atilla the Hun
  • "Woman on the Bass" (1980), Scrunter
  • "Woman Rising" (1991), Easlyn Orr
  • "Women of the Land" (1979), Poser
  • "Women Their Own Worst Enemy" (2001), Singing Sandra
  • "Yes Darling" (1987), Tambu
  • "You No Need Dem" (1993), Calypso Rose
  • "You’re Hurting Me" (1994), Bernadette Paul
  • "Young Girls Break Away" (1927), Atilla the Hun

Food / Drink

Grandstanding / Boasting

Health

  • "Ah Fraid de AIDS" (1988), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Asian Flu" (1958), Mighty Wrangler
  • "Awakening" (The) (2021), Crazy
  • "Backyard Jam" (2021), Farmer Nappy
  • "Better Days" (2021), Patrice Roberts
  • "Bush Medicine" (1971), Lord Relator
  • "Doh JackAss the Scene" (2021), Devon Seale
  • "Ebola Scare" (2015), Myron B
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Amery Brown
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Brian London
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Devon Seale
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), His Majesty Baker Jr (First of the chain)
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Josef Paty
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Michelle Henry
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Raymond Ramnarine
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Roger Mohammed
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Singing Sandra
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Stacey Sobers
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Terri Lyons
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Lady Watchman
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Queen Victoria
  • "Fighting AIDS" (2005), Adesh Samaroo
  • "H.I.V" (2001), Mighty Shadow
  • "How I Spent My Time at the Hospital" (1938), Lord Executor
  • "Jaws" (1977), Lord Kitchener
  • "Melancholy" (2021), Nailah Blackman
  • "Ms Corona" (2020), G String
  • "Negative to Positive" (1992), Bryan Bumba Payne
  • "Pandemic" (2021), Brother Mudada
  • "Vaccine or Not" (2021), Kurt Allen
  • "Weed Woman" (1952), Bill Rogers
  • "What Corona Do" (2021), Contender

Humour / Puns / Smutty

(Portrait of Calypso, between 1938 and 1948) - Lord Invader
  • "60 Million Frenchmen" (1996), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ah Fraid Pussy Bite Me" (1987), Mighty Sparrow
  • "All Fool’s Day" (1958), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Arabian Festival" (1964), Lord Blakie
  • "Ash Wednesday" (1983), Chalkdust
  • "Bam See Lam Bay" (1936), Roaring Lion
  • "Barrack Room Scandal" (1953), Mighty Panther
  • "Big Bamboo" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ballad of Hulsie X" (1988), David Rudder
  • "Bedbug Song (The)" (1953), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Bitin Insex" (2002), Ronnie McIntosh
  • "Blind Cricket" (2014), Angela Ash
  • "Body Wine" (2011), All Rounder
  • "Bodyline" (1936), King Radio
  • "Bois Bande" (1973), The Tradewinds
  • "Bomber’s Sister" (1960), Mighty Bomber
  • "Booboo Man" - Mama Look at Bubu - "Mama Look a Boo Boo" (1955), Lord Melody
  • "Bowl mih" (2011), Sanell Dempster & Buffy
  • "Bus Conductor (The)" (2001), Poser
  • "Carlton, the Peeping Tom" (1961), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Cat Brain" (1954), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Cat-O-Nine" (1962), Count Zebra & the Seasiders
  • "Centipede in the Bikini" (1967), Lord Blackhat
  • "China Man" (1971) Lord Christo
  • "Chinese Accident" (1963), Lord Blakie
  • "Chinese Cricket Match" (1947), Mighty Viking
  • "Chinese Football Match" (1998), Trinidad Rio
  • "Cock Can’t Stand Up (The)" - "One Foot Cock" (2007), Crazy
  • "Coldness of the Water" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "Congo Man" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Congo Man" (2008), Machel Montano
  • "Congo Pepper" (1977), Maestro
  • "Convoy" (1940), The Duke of Iron
  • "Corn Plum Plum" (1979), Lord Laro
  • "Cover yuh Head" (1991), Speedy
  • "Creature From the Black Lagoon (The)" (1957), Lord Melody
  • "Cricket Commentary" (1978), Crazy
  • "Cricket Game (The)" (1976), The Sparks
  • "Cricket Series" - "Female Cricket Series" (1972), Mighty Bomber
  • "Cricketer (The)" (2016), Snakey
  • "Curry Tabanca" (1987), De Mighty Trini
  • "Deputy" - "Deputy Essential" (1982), Penguin
  • "Dingo Lay" - "Dingolay" - "Dingolay Oy" (1935), Roaring Lion
  • "Don’t Bowl meh too Hard" (1998), Karla Gonzales
  • "Doctor Beckles" (1967), Lord Canary
  • "Doctor Bird" (1988), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Dr. Kitsch" - "Needle (The)" (1963), Lord Kitchener
  • "Doggie" (2002), Anslem Douglas
  • "Dollar Wine" (1991), Colin Lucas
  • "Donkey City" (1942), Sir Lancelot
  • "Dumb Boy and Parrot" (1962), Lord Christo
  • "Electrician (The)" (1975) - Crazy
  • "Emelda’s Nightmare" - "Lemme Go Emelda" (1959), Young Killer
  • "English Society" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Exchange No Robbery" (1961), Mighty Dougla
  • "Family Confusion" (1962), Mighty Dougla
  • "Fat Pussy Cat and Rat" - "Papa Rat" (2010), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Feeling It" (1984), Baron
  • "Female Cricketer (The)" (1948), Mighty Dictator
  • "Female Woodcutter" (1965), Mighty Terror
  • "Fire in Me Wire" - "Fire in Meh Wire" - "Fire" (1967), Calypso Rose
  • "For Cane" - "Goin Fo' Cane" (1972), Gypsy
  • "Fork in Napkin" (2011), D-Daz
  • "Fountain of Youth" (1960), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Fresh Water Yankee" (1969), Mighty Cypher
  • "Frozen Chicken" - "Frozen Chicken Chest" - "Chicken Chest" (1957), Lord Christo
  • "Garlic Sauce" (2012), All Rounder
  • "Gemma on the Ferris Wheel" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Gimme the Ting" - "Gimme de Ting" (2000), Lord Kitchener
  • "Go Down" (2013), All Rounder
  • "Grandfather’s Clock" (1960), Mighty Striker
  • "Greatest Love (The)" (1998), Puppet Master
  • "Green Fowl" - "Have you Ever Seen a Green Fowl Yet?" (1946), Mighty Killer
  • "Grinding Massala" (1958), Mighty Killer
  • "Gumbo Lai Lai" - "Gombo Lai Lai" - "Gumbo Li Li" (1928), Lord Executor
  • "Handyman (The)" (1968), Lord Kitchener
  • "Hit It" (1981), Mighty Gabby
  • "Hold de Pussy" - "Hold de Pussy Cat" (1967), Lord Blakie
  • "How to Prevent Horn" (1974), Lord Shorty
  • "Hungry Man from Clapham" (1937), Bill Rogers
  • "I Ain’t Gonna Do It No More" (1976), Roaring Lion
  • "In a Calabash" (1950), Mighty Killer
  • "Iron Man (De)" (1964), Mighty Zandolie
  • "It’s Traditional" (1975), The Tradewinds
  • "Joan and James" - "Five Little Popos" (1964), Mighty Bomber
  • "Jonah and the Bake" (1957), Lord Melody
  • "Jook for Jook" (1968), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Killer Bees" (1992), Lord Kitchener
  • "King Liar" (1977), Lord Nelson
  • "Kitch: Small Comb, Scratch Me Head" (1950), Lord Kitchener
  • "Laziest Man (The)" - "Lazy Man" (1961), Mighty Dougla
  • "Lick Down me Nani" "Car Lick Dowm me Nani (The)" - "Careless Driver" (1992), Drupatee
  • "Lie" (2007), Singing Sandra
  • "Lignum Vitae" (1925), Sam Manning
  • "Little Drummer Boy (The)" (1978), Lord Kitchener
  • "Lizard (The)" (1969), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Looking for Cups" (1991), Trinidad Rio
  • "Lucy Garden" (1998), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Lying Excuses" (1987), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Mad People on a Train" (1967) – Mighty Prowler
  • "Mad Scientist" - "What the Scientist Say" (1962), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Mama Me Belly Ah Hurt Me" (1945), Lord Beginner
  • "Man Family" - "Too Much Man Family" (1967) - Mighty Zandolie
  • "Man For Kim" (1976), Lord Shorty
  • "Mango Tree" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener
  • "Mango Vert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Manjhay" - "Manjé" (1989), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Marabella Wedding" (1935), Growling Tiger
  • "Marajhin Cousin" (1984), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Meh Number is 68" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Merchant of Venice" (1967), Mighty Zandolie
  • "Mr Herbert" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ms McCarthy party" (1981), King Wellington
  • "Missing Ball (The)" - "Guardian Contest (The)" (1939), King Radio
  • "Mount Olga" (1947), Lord Kitchener
  • "Music Farm" (1997), Machel Montano & Xtatic
  • "My Donkey Want Water" (1945), Macbeth the Great
  • "My Pussin" (1965), Lord Kitchener
  • "Mystery Band" (1993), Lord Kitchener
  • "My Boy Joey" (1965), Mighty Beaver
  • "Nanny" (1986), Scrunter
  • "Nanny Revival" (1993), Becket
  • "Night Cricket" (1960), Lord Tanamo
  • "Night Food" (1955), Bedasse (with Calypso Quintet)
  • "No Job Suits Striker" - "Can’t Find a Job to Suit Me" (1958), Mighty Striker
  • "No More Calaloo" – "I Don’t Want No Calaloo" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "No Toilet in Town" (1983), Chalkdust
  • "Old Lady you Mashing my Toe" (1941), Mighty Growler
  • "Once Upon a Time" (2003), Mighty Bomber
  • "One Day Cricket" (1977), All Rounder
  • "Out the Fire" (1937), Roaring Lion
  • "Palet" (2005), Calypso Rose
  • "Picking Sense From Nonsense" (1955), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Paul Yer Mudder Come" - "Paul Yuh Mother Come" (1990), Crazy
  • "Pogo Stick" (2000), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Pounding Rice Fine" (1952), Mighty Spitfire
  • "Pussy Cat" (2019), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Queen’s Canary (The)" (1956), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ramgoat Batism" (1949), Wonder
  • "Sally Sally Water" (1937), Roaring Lion
  • "Saltfish" (1976), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Saltfish Price" (1968), Lord Companero
  • "Saving That for Company" (1973), Lord Nelson
  • "Saxophone No.2" (1953), Lord Kitchener
  • "Screws" (1989), Becket
  • "Sell the Pussy" (1992), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Severe Licking" (1971), Baron
  • "Simpson" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Soca in the Shaolin Temple" (1981), Blue Boy
  • "Soft Man" (1984), Penguin
  • "Soul Chick" (1973), Lord Funny
  • "Sparrow Dead" (1969), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Stickman (De)" (1966), Mighty Zandolie
  • "Stroke it" (2001), Red Plastic Bag
  • "Stuttering Mopsy" (1970), Lord Brigo
  • "Supposin'" (1964), Mighty Composer
  • "Sweet Mama Ring-Ding-Ding" (1925), Sam Manning
  • "Talking Baby" (1984), All Rounder
  • "Talking Backwards" (1953), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Taxi Driver" - "Taxi Driver in Venezuela" (1956), Small Island Pride
  • "Tick Tick (Story of the Lost Watch)" (1951), King Radio
  • "Tie Tongue Mopsey" (1946), Lord Kitchener
  • "Turn Around Baby" (1945), Roaring Lion
  • "Twin Brother" (1959), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Uncle Jo’ Gimme Mo'" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Virginia’s Alzheimer" (2013), Chalkdust
  • "Wash Pan Wash" (1933), King Radio
  • "Webster’s Dictionary" - "Trinidad Dictionary" (1969), Mighty Conqueror
  • "Well Spoken Moppers" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Whip (De)" (1967), Mighty Zandolie
  • "Why me Neighbor Vex with Me" (1927), Railway Douglas
  • "Wicked Cricket Match" - "Single Wicket Competition" (1968), Lord Canary
  • "Wife and Boat" (1974), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Willie Dead" (1998), Mighty Sparrow
  • "You Don’t Need Glasses to See" (1945), Lord Invader

Jump up / Carnival dancing / Bacchanal

Machel Montano (Reggae Awards 2007)

LGBTQ

Machismo / Misogynist

National identity - Emigration

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
  • "Take Me to Trinidad" (1948), Lord Kitchener
  • "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
  • "Our Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "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
  • "Where Are your Heroes" (1973), Tradewinds

News events - West Indies

  • "100 for 6" (1997), Melanie Hudson
  • "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
  • "Cadavers" (1985), Mighty Gabby
  • "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 Sparrow, King 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), Atilla the Hun
  • "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
  • "20th Century" (2000), Andre Williams
  • "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" - "Festival of London" (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
  • "Innocent Jimmy" (1989), All Rounder
  • "Jonestown Massacre" (1979), Chalkdust
  • "Lieutenant Julian" (1928), Sam Manning
  • "Lindbergh Baby (The)" (1937), Lord Executor
  • "Magistrate Try Yourself" - "Magistrate Try Himself" (1958), Mighty Spoiler
  • "Man on the Moon" (1969), Lord Cobra y Los Pana Afros
  • "Megan my Dear" (2020), Terri Lyons
  • "New Orleans" (2006), Brother Mudada
  • "New York City Blackout" (1978), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Nigerian Registration" (1955), Lord Kitchener
  • "O.J. Simpson" - "Juice Is Loose (The)" (1996), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Phillip My Dear" - "Man in de Bedroom" (1983), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Potatoe" (1993), David Rudder
  • "Prince Rainer" (1956), Lord Invader
  • "Professor Carver" - "Tribute to Professor Carver" (1943), Atilla the Hun
  • "Roosevelt Opens the World Fair" (1939) Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Royal Divorce" (1996), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Ruby" - "Missing Baby (The)" (1955), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Russian Satellite" (1958), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Shaka Shaka" - "Shaka" (1988), Bally
  • "Skylab" (1979), Charlie's Roots
  • "Tantie Merle" (1979), Chalkdust
  • "Terrorism Gone Wild" (1986), Calypso Rose
  • "War of Worlds" (2018), Ras Commanda

Politics West Indies - Before Trinidad's Independence (1962)

Politics - Federation (West Indies) / Caribbean Unity

  • "Advice to West Indians" (1939), Growling Tiger
  • "Capital Site" (1958), Lord Melody
  • "Caribbean Connection" (1988), Merchant
  • "Caribbean Unity" - "Caribbean Man" (1979), Black Stalin
  • "Cry of the Caribbean" (1992), Black Stalin
  • "Cry of the West Indies" (1968), Young Killer
  • "Expedite Federation" (1933), Atilla the Hun
  • "Federal Site" (1959), Wrangler
  • "Federated Islands" (1956), Mighty Bomber
  • "Federation" (1957), King Fighter
  • "Federation" (1951), Lord Beginner
  • "Federation" (1957), Lord Kitchener
  • "Federation" - "We Are as One" (1959), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Federation" - "What’s Federation" (1956), Small Island Pride
  • "Federation Calypso" - "Ah Glad for Federation" (1958), King Striker
  • "Grenada Crisis" - "Grenada Must Join" (1964), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Montego Bay Conference" (1947), Atilla the Hun
  • "One Caribbean" (1994), David Rudder
  • "Referendum" - "Jamaican Referendum" (1962), Lord Laro
  • "Save the Federation" (1965), Lord Nelson
  • "Take Your Meat of my Rice" (1967), Lord Kitchener
  • "Trinidad Have Federation Already" (1956), Atilla the Hun
  • "West Indian Federation" (1937), Atilla the Hun
  • "West Indies Get Together" (1952), Roaring Lion

Politics (Caribbean) - From Trinidad independence (1962)

Mighty Gabby
  • "3 Bo-Rats" (1988), Cro Cro
  • "A Nation’s Calypso" - "Our Nation’s Calypso" (1962), Lord Brynner
  • "Abu Bakr" (1991), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Advice to the Boss" (2016), Cro Cro
  • "Ah Can’t Bury Williams" - "I Can’t Bury Eric Williams",(1999), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Fraid Karl" (1972), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Lost Roy" (2002), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Put on Me Guns Again" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Ah Ready to Go" (1998), Sugar Aloes
  • "All Yuh Look for Dat" (1996), Cro Cro
  • "Aloo Sing" (2013), De Fosto
  • "B.G. War" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Bad John Willie" (1980), Chalkdust
  • "Balance (The)" (2003), Mystic Prowler
  • "Balance Wheel" (1982), Calypso Rose
  • "Barking Dogs" (1973), Brother Valentino
  • "Better Days" - "Better Days Are Coming" (1984), Black Stalin
  • "Betty Goaty" (1982), Penguin
  • "Break Down Party" (1980), Black Stalin
  • "Bring the Ayatollah" - "Ayatollah" (1980), Chalkdust
  • "Boat Road" (2016), Myron B
  • "Boots" (1983), Mighty Gabby
  • "By Other Men’s Fault" (2016), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Call Dem Out" (2014), Brian London
  • "Call to Prayer (The)" (2017), Queen Victoria
  • "Castro No not Trinidad" (1963), Lord Christo
  • "Chambers" (1980), Explainer
  • "Chamber Done See" (1985), Plain Clothes
  • "Chauffeur Wanted" - "New Driver Cannot Drive (The)" (1989), Chalkdust
  • "Check the Foundation" (2006), Luta
  • "Clear Your Name" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Crapeaud Revolution" - "Crapaud Revolution" (1981), Scrunter
  • "Cricket Commentary" (1994), Red Plastic Bag
  • "Cuba" (1994), David Rudder
  • "Deaf Panman" (1974), Lord Relator
  • "Democracy in Haiti" (1995), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Dey Lucky Ah Have Children" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Diary of a Mad Man" (2011), Calypso Prince
  • "Doctor Ent They" - "De Doctor Eh Dey" (1965), Lord Blakie
  • "Dread Man" (1976), Maestro
  • "Election Cricket Game" (1976), Mighty Swallow
  • "Eric Loves Me" - "Eric William Loves Me" (1980), Chalkdust
  • "Eric Williams Dead" (1988), Chalkdust
  • "Eye Problem" (2010), Chalkdust
  • "F.D.A.T" (2014), Devon Seale
  • "Fishmonger" - "Chalkie the Fishmonger" (2004), Chalkdust
  • "Final Send Off" (2017), Cro Cro
  • "From Then to Now" (1987), Mighty Shadow
  • "Game Show Politics" (2013), Devon Seale
  • "Get to Hell Outa Here" - "Get to Hell Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Goat Mouth Doc" (1972), Chalkdust
  • "Good Driving" (1994), Luta
  • "Good Manning Mr Manning" (1992), Rootsman
  • "Grenada" - "Under Siege" (1984), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Grenada Man" (1984), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Guest List (De)" (2014), Chalkdust
  • "Haiti" (1988), David Rudder
  • "Honesty" (1966), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Hostage" (2017), Vigilanté
  • "I Carmona" (2017), Devon Seale
  • "I Eric Eustace Williams" (1982), Crusoe
  • "I in Town Too Long" (2005), Chalkdust
  • "I Love You" (2007), Maria Bhola
  • 'In Just Six Years" (2003), Skatie
  • "Independence" (1962), Mighty Dougla
  • "Independence" - "Trinidad and Tobago Independence" - "Independence Calypso" - "Our Nation" (1962), Lord Brynner
  • "Independence of Beautiful Bahamas" (1973), Lord Hummingbird
  • "Independent Jamaica" (1977), Lord Creator
  • "Jamaica’s 1st Anniversary" (1963), Lord Creator
  • "Jubilation" (2002), Sugar Aloes
  • "Just So" (2003), Chalkdust
  • "Kicksin in Parliament" (1979), Explainer
  • "Last Election" (1967), Mighty Cypher
  • "La Trinity" - "Don’t Cry for Me" (1990), Denyse Plummer
  • "Let the Games Begin" (2000), Brother Valentino
  • "Let the Jackass Sing" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Luta’s Advice" (2010), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Madness" - "St Ann’s" (1987), David Rudder
  • "Manning Must Go" (2010), Crazy
  • "Massa Day Must Done" - "Massa Day Must Done" (1974), Chalkdust
  • "Moo Moo Talking" (1996), Third Eye
  • "More Mad than Me" (2017), Myron B
  • "Mr Panday Needs Glasses" (1997), Watchman
  • "Mr Trinidad" (1974), Maestro
  • "My Corn Tree" (2017), Kurt Allen
  • "My Hart and I" (2009), Chalkdust
  • "My Humble Plea" (1985), Devon Seale
  • "My Way of Protest" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "New Portrait of Trinidad" (1972), Black Stalin
  • "No Winners" (2002), Denyse Plummer
  • "Not a damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Kitchener
  • "Not a Damn Seat for Them" (1982), Lord Pretender
  • "On Turning 50" (2012), Singing Sandra
  • "One Day" (1986), Natasha Wilson
  • "Only Games" (2018), Jahson I Am
  • "Our Model Nation" - "Model Nation" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Picture Picture" (2006), Skatie
  • "Plight of My People" (2017), Lady Gypsy
  • "PNM Loves Me" - "Somebody in PNM Loves me" (1973), Chalkdust
  • "PNM March" (1977), Lord Kitchener
  • "Political Lightning" (2012), Bunny B
  • "Political Sin Phony" (2013), Kurt Allen
  • "Political Wonder" (1970), Mighty Bomber
  • "Portrait of Trinidad" (1965), Mighty Sniper
  • "Positive Vibrations" (1990), Sugar Aloes
  • "Ram the Magician" - "Ram D’ Magician" (1984), Chalkdust
  • "Reflections" (2008), Sugar Aloes
  • "Reflections of Our Late Prime Minister" (1981), De Fosto
  • "Respect God’s Voice" (2016), Devon Seale
  • "Road Bad (The)" (2016), Chalkdust
  • "Road Protest" - "D’Asphalt" (2013), Mistah Shak
  • "Rose (The)" (1985), Chucky Gordon
  • "Rowley Letter (The)" - "Letter to Keith Rowley" (2003), Chalkdust
  • "Rowley Rowley" (2018), Tigress
  • "Sailing" (1987), Mighty Trini
  • "Selwin in the Garden Hiding" - "Adam in the Garden Hiding" (1996), Chalkdust
  • "Shango Vision" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "She’s Royal" (2012), Sugar Aloes
  • "Sinking Ship (The)" (1986), Gypsy
  • "Snake in the Balisier" (1983), Mighty Shadow
  • "Solomon Out" (1965), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Some Body Mad" - "Somebody Mad" (1973), Chalkdust
  • "Spranger’s Story (A)" (2013), Tobago Chalkie
  • "Steel Beam" - "We Like it So" (1981), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Strange Case of Madam Occhahontas and the Westminster Dreadlocks (The)" (1996), David Rudder
  • "Take a rest" (1980), Lord Relator
  • "Three Blind Mice" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "To Lloyd with Love" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "To Sir with Love" (1981), Maestro
  • "Too Bright" (2010), Kurt Allen
  • "Too Much Party" (2004), Chalkdust
  • "Trade Union" (1939), Growling Tiger
  • "Travel Woes" (2013), Pink Panther
  • "Trini Does Lie" (1986), Chalkdust
  • "Oh Trinidad" (1976), Lord Shorty
  • "Try Obeah" (1989), Chalkdust
  • "Tug O War Society" (2000), Chalkdust
  • "Two sides of a Shilling" (1971), Chalkdust
  • "Ungrateful Pastor" (2007), Bodyguard
  • "Vampire Year" - "Vampires" (1981), Black Stalin
  • "Vision 20/20" (2002), Karene Asche
  • "Vote Dem Out" (1986), Déplé
  • "Uncle Jack" (2011), Karene Asche
  • "Wajang" - "Yuh Ain’t See Wajang Yet" (2009), Tigress
  • "We’re Ten Year Old" (1972), Chalkdust
  • "We Doh Want It" (1992), Cro Cro
  • "We Kinda Leader" (1987), Chalkdust
  • "Wey you Think" (2014), Chucky Gordon
  • "Wha Yuh Doing" (2017), Chucky Gordon
  • "When Elephant Fight" (2019), Gypsy
  • "When Mas Was Mas" (2010), Chalkdust
  • "Why ah Stay" (2000), Sugar Aloes
  • "Why I Left, Why I Returned" (1974), Lord Superior
  • "William the Conqueror" (1958), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Woman to Woman" (2011), Tigress
  • "Wrap Spoon and Fork in Napkin" (2019), Hunter

Politics - USA

Politics - World (Other)

Promotion / Advertising

Racial identity / Slavery

Dr Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool
  • "42 Years Gone" (2005), Marvellous Marva
  • "101%" (2019), De Mighty Trini
  • "Africa" (1955), Lord Beginner
  • "Africa Here I Come" (1958), Lord Ivanhoe
  • "Africa My Home" (1951), Lord Kitchener
  • "African Love Call" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "African War Call" - "African War Song" (1938) - Roaring Lion
  • "All African" (1971), Lord Superior
  • "Ambas Pons Marabella" - "Enba Pon Marabella" (1838), Anonymous (patois)
  • "Ambataila Woman" (1991), United Sisters
  • "Answer to Black Power" - "Answer for Black Power (The)" (1968), Chalkdust
  • "Belle Marie Coolie" - "Bèl Mawi Kouli" (1914), J. Resigina - aka Julian Whiterose
  • "Black Child’s Prayer" (1983), Chalkdust
  • "Black Identity" (1973), Maestro
  • "Black Inventions" (1979), Chalkdust
  • "Black is Beautiful" (1969), The Mighty Duke
  • "Black Power" (1971), Lord Kitchener
  • "Black Power in Trinidad" (1971), The Mighty Duke
  • "Body Parts" (1997), Trinidad Rio
  • "Children of a Lesser God" (2020), Crazy
  • "Chop the Hand" (2005), Cro Cro
  • "Coloured Cricket" (1956), Mighty Cypher
  • "Crisis in Arkansas" (1959), Lord Invader
  • "Emancipation" (1933), Lionel Belasco
  • "Emancipation" (2018), Dunstan Carwash Lawrence
  • "Emancipation Centenary" (1933), Atilla the Hun
  • "Emperor of Africa (The)" (1954), Mighty Terror
  • "Ganges and the Nile" (1999), David Rudder
  • "Glorious Centenary" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "God Made Us All" (1947), Lord Invader
  • "Guardian Beauty Contest" (1955), Atilla the Hun
  • "Heart Transplant" (1969), King Short Shirt
  • "Heading North" (1958), Mighty Terror
  • "Hello Africa" (1977), Eddy Grant
  • "High Brown" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "Human Race" (2016), Calypso Rose
  • "Human Rights" (1979), Mighty Shadow
  • "I am Going Back Home to Africa" (1956), Lord Invader
  • "I owe no Apology" (1991), Mighty Sparrow
  • "If You’re Not White You’re Black" - "Black or White" (1953), Lord Kitchener
  • "Imitation Rasta" (1979), Funny
  • "Jahaji Bhai" (1996), Brother Marvin
  • "Jahaji Blues" (1997), Gregory Ballantyne
  • "Liberation" (1973), Valentino
  • "Love African Style" (1979), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Love One Another" (1970), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Memories of 1970" (1971), The Mighty Duke
  • "Message of 70's (The)" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "Mr. African" (1976), Explainer
  • "My Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandfather’s Backpay" - "Grandpa’s Pay Day" (1985), Chalkdust
  • "Mock Democracy" (1966), Lord Cristo
  • "Negro Heart" (1968), Lord Zebra
  • "No Freedom" (1970), Lord Kitchener
  • "No Revolution" (1971), Brother Valentino
  • "Nothing Come Easy" (1982), Black Stalin
  • "Phrase (The)" (2017), Terri Lyons
  • "Racism" (2007), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Raise your Head" (1979), Mighty Crooner
  • "Roaring Seventies (The)" (2013), Valentino
  • "Say my Name" (1997), Ella Andall
  • "Slave (The)" (1963), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Song for Healing" (1999), Singing Sandra
  • "Song for We" - "Sing ah Song for We" (2008), Brian London
  • "Sons and Daughters of Africa" (1952), Lord Beginner
  • "Split Me in Two" (1961), Mighty Dougla
  • "Still Colonial2 (2017), Meguella Simon
  • "Straight Hair Girl" (1950), Lord Beginner
  • "Sufferers" (2000), Black Stalin
  • "Sweet Like a Honey Bee" (1928), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Teach the Children" - "Teach Your Children" (1976), The Mighty Duke
  • "Theme for African Liberation" (1977), Chalkdust
  • "They Ain’t See Africa at All" - "They Ain’t African at All" (1984), Chalkdust
  • "Twentieth Century Greats" - "20th Century Greats" (1976), Chalkdust
  • "Uhuru" (1977), The Mighty Duke
  • "Um Ba Ya Oh2 - "Um Ba Yao" (1978)
  • "Unite African" (1990), Mighty Shadow
  • "White People Laughing at We" (1987), Chalkdust

Religion - Christian / Gospelypso

Religion - Others

Shango / Folklore

Social commentaries - Others

  • "Accident Policy" (1976) Lord Funny
  • "Always Marry a Pretty Woman" (1946), Lord Beginner
  • "Better Days" (2018), Aaron Duncan
  • "Blaze de Fire" (2005), Bunji Garlin
  • "Boyhood Days" (1975), Tradewinds
  • "Class Language" (2009), Kizzie Ruiz
  • "Dog Better than Man" (1962), Mighty Viper
  • "Eat your Cake and Still Have It" (2007), Skatie
  • "Exploiting" (1938), Lord Caresser
  • "Good Time Pioneers" (2005), Brother Mudada
  • "I thank Thee" (1978), Calypso Rose
  • "More Times" (1979), Black Stalin
  • "My Landlady" (1952), Lord Kitchener
  • "No Front Page" (2018), Duane O’Connor
  • "Old Lady Walk a Mile" - "Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half" (1951–1953), Lord Kitchener
  • "Philantropy" (2021), Crazy
  • "Ring de Bell" (1996), Brother Resistance
  • "Scratch Meh Back" (2000), Mighty Shadow
  • "Social Media" (2017), Lady Adana
  • "Suzie Jumbie" (1962), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Sudan" (2007), Singing Sandra
  • "That Good, That Bad" - "Dat Good, Dat Bad" (1990), Chalkdust
  • "White People’s Bacchanal" (1957), Mighty Viper
  • "Woman Woman" (1977), Cro Cro
  • "Wrong Name (De)" (2019), Sexy Suzie

South Africa - Apartheid

  • "Ban for Life" (1990), King Progress
  • "Blood Money" (1986), Commenter
  • "Cricket Mercenaries" (1983), The Mighty Duke
  • "Free South Africa" (1989), Mighty Shadow
  • "Honorary White" (1983), Mighty Swallow
  • "Honorary White" (1984), Hamidullah
  • "How Many More Must Die" - "How Many More" (1986), The Mighty Duke
  • "Invade South Africa" (1985), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Isolate South Africa" (1982), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Love Cricket Hate Apartheid" (1985), Brother Mudada
  • "Madiba" (2014), Singing Sandra
  • "Reason (The)" (1983), Short Pants
  • "Rebels" (1992), Mighty Gabby
  • "South Africa" (1983), Tobago Crusoe
  • "Victory is certain" (1991), David Rudder
  • "We Love Cricket but we Hate Apartheid" (1985), Brother Mudada

Spirituality / Philosophy

  • "Ah Living Meh Life" (1962), Mighty Dougla
  • "Bring Down the Power" (2010), Ella Andall
  • "Clean Heart" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • "Death Is Compulsory" (1948), Lord Kitchener
  • "Hands" (2008), Singing Sandra
  • "I Will Die a Bachelor" (1950), Lord Beginner
  • "If ah Coulda" (2007), Mighty Shadow
  • "In Time to come" (2000), Crazy
  • "In Times" (1995), Black Stalin
  • "Journey" (1989), Tambu
  • "Journey of the Enabler" (2019), Singing Sandra
  • "Learn to Laugh" (1984), Chalkdust
  • "Life" (1988), Gypsy
  • "Life Is a Stage" (1972), Brother Valentino
  • "Lifeline" (1989), Ann Marie Inniss
  • "Lifted" (2007), David Rudder
  • "Look at the Bright Side" (1991), Black Stalin
  • "Love Thy Neighbour" (1937), Roaring Lion
  • "Man’s Imagination" (2019), Ronaldo London
  • "Never Ever Worry" (1961), Lord Pretender
  • "Never Hang Your Hat" (1967), Lord Christo
  • "People Will Talk" (1962), King Fighter
  • "Song for the People" (1991), Ella Andall
  • "Survival" - "Man Will Survive" (1992), Mighty Sparrow
  • "You Can’t Stop Pleasing People" (1959), Lord Commander

Sports - Cricket

Brian Lara

Cricket 1920 - 1939

  • "Barbados and the M.C.C. - Barbados versus M.C.C." (1935), Ralph Fitz-Scott
  • "Bradman" (1930's), Lord Executor
  • "Constantine" (1929), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Cricketing Stars" (1933), Gerard Clark
  • "Defeat of the MCC" (1935), Railway Douglas
  • "Intercolonial Cricket" (1929), Lord Inventor
  • "Intercolonial Cricket" (1939), Lord Beginner
  • "International Tournament" - "Intercolonial Tournament" (1937), Atilla the Hun
  • "International Cricket Tournament" (1934), Bill Rogers
  • "Leary Constantine" (1929), Lord Beginner
  • "Leary Constantine" (1935), Railway Douglas
  • "Leary Constantine" (1939), Lord Caresser
  • "M.C.C. and the West Indies (The)" - "M.C.C. and Trinidad (The)" (1935), Lord Beginner
  • "M.C.C. versus the Colony/Trinidad" (1926), Atilla the Hun
  • "Mickey Cipriani’s Career" - "Mickey Cipriani" (1934), Wilmoth Houdini
  • "Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat" (1932), Wilmoth Houdini

Cricket 1940 - 1959

Cricket 1960 - 1979

  • "Andy Roberts" - "Tribute to Andy Roberts" (1973), Calypso Franco
  • "Bowl Dem Fruity" (1978), Mighty Swallow
  • "Clive Lloyd" - "Tribute to Clive Lloyd" (1976), Singing Francine
  • "Collie Smith" (1960), Brother Superior
  • "Combine Islands" (1975), Mighty Swallow
  • "Cricket Champions" (1967), Lord Kitchener
  • "Cricket Excitement" (1966), Terry Nelson
  • "Cricket Song (The)" - "- Bowl Griffith" (1964), Lord Kitchener
  • "Cricket Victory ‘76" (1976), Frank Holder
  • "Cut Throat Sobers" (1969), Mighty Terror
  • "Final Test Decision" (1960's), Count Lasher
  • "Garfield Sobers" (1960), Lord Pretender
  • "Garry Sobers" (1971), The Merrymen
  • "Gavascar" - "Indian Cricketers" (1972), Lord Relator
  • "Greatest Test Match (The)" (1961), Lord Pretender
  • "Kerry Packer (Ah Say Ban Dem)" (1978), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Kerry Packer (I Met Sir Frank)" (1978), All Rounders
  • "King Cricket (Sobers)" (1966), Cy Grant
  • "Knock Them Down" (1977), Maestro
  • "Learie Constantine" (1971/2), Lord Pretender
  • "Lord Constantine" (1969), Brother Superior
  • "Lord Constantine" (1972), Lord Blakie
  • "Mike Findlay" - "Tribute to Mike Findlay" (1969), Becket
  • "Riot in the Oval (Don’t Doubt me)" (1960), Lord Brynner
  • "Riot at the Oval (Bacchanal)" (1960), Lord Smiley
  • "Sir Garfield Sobers" (1966), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Tribute to Constantine" (1972), Tangler
  • "Tribute to Gary Sobers" (1966), Count Lasher
  • "Tribute to Learie Constantine" (1962), Mighty Terror
  • "Tribute to Sir Frank" (1968), All Rounder
  • "V for Victory" (1967), Young Growler
  • "Vivi Richards" - "Tribute to Vivi Richards" (1975), Mighty Swallow
  • "Vivian Richards" (1976), King Short Shirt
  • "Water Lillee" (1976), Lord Kitchener
  • "West Indians Are Back in Town" (1976), West Indies Touring Team
  • "West Indies Cricket Test" (1964), Laurel Aitken
  • "West Indies vs India" (1972), Sagar Sookraj
  • "Willett" (1974), Mighty Swallow
  • "World Cup (Cypher Was Oversea)" (1976), Mighty Cypher
  • "World Cup (Phase One)" (1976), Maestro
  • "World Cup Champions" (1976), Regeneration Now
  • "Worrell’s Captaincy" (1963), Jackie Opel

Cricket 1980 - 1999

  • "Ah Ready" (1996), Lord Contender
  • "Bankie’s Son" (1999), David Rudder
  • "Bat On" (1997), Brother Marvin
  • "Bat on Lara" (1999), De Alberto
  • "Beyond a Boundary" (1992), MBA
  • "Big up the West Indies" (1997), Dread and the Baldhead
  • "Blackwash" (1985), Roots Man
  • "Brian Lara" (1995), Watchman
  • "Caribbean Party" (1993), David Rudder
  • "Celebrate" - "Celebration" (1995), Denyse Plummer
  • "Chanderpaul" (1998), Terry Gajraj
  • "Clean Sweep" (1990), Becket
  • "Clive Lloyd" (1985), Lord Have Mercy
  • "Coconut Cricket" (1999), Abbi Blackman
  • "Combine" (1981), Becket
  • "Courtney" (1999), Black Stalin
  • "Cricket in the Jungle" (1985), Tradewinds
  • "Cricket Soca Fever" (1983), Val Mason
  • "Cricket Song (The) - Come, Go See the West Indies" (1980), Clayton Davis
  • "Crickitics" (1987), Luta
  • "Curtly Ambrose" (1993), Calypso Douglas
  • "Curtly Ambrose" (1995), Lord Relator
  • "Four Lara Four" - "Laramania" (1995), Defosto
  • "Gie Dem Shiv" (1997), Tradewinds
  • "Gravy" (1990), King Progress
  • "Hands Up" (1999), Tonic Band
  • "Here Come the West Indies" (1994), David Rudder
  • "Is Only Sport" (1995), Kurt Allen
  • "King Lara" (1994), Count Robin
  • "Knock Dem Down" (1992), David Rudder
  • "Lara" (1994), DeLamo
  • "Lara Prince of Plunder" (1995), Watchman
  • "Lara Promenade" (1995), Magruff
  • "Laramania" (A Pretty Pretty Senorita …) (1994), All Rounder
  • "Laramania" (The whole Caribbean Went Wild …) (1994), Becket
  • "Lash Dem Lara" (1994), Alexander D. Great
  • "Legacy" (1995), David Rudder
  • "Like Lara" (1995), Richard MacIntosh
  • "My Hero" (1995), Hollis Wright
  • "Ninja Caught Behind" (1993), Flyin Turkey
  • "One Gone Again" (1993), All Rounder
  • "Pace in yuh Waist" (1994), Tony Wilson
  • "Rally 'Round the West Indies" (1988), David Rudder
  • "Reunite our Cricket Team" (1992), King Short Shirt
  • "Richie Richardson" (1989), King Progress
  • "Scamps Like These" (1998), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Signal to Lara" (1995), Superblue
  • "Support the West Indies" (1997), Alexander D Great
  • "Up and Away Lara" (1995), Delamo & Gypsy(Extempo)
  • "We are the Champions" (1985), Tradewinds
  • "We Coming Back" (1996), Bally
  • "We Coming Back" (1999), Becket
  • "West Indian Cricket" (1999), De Mighty Trini
  • "West Indies I Feel the Pain" (1998), Alicia Pamponette
  • "West Indies Warriors" (1996), Kurt Allen

Cricket 2000 - 2019

  • "Ah Feel for Gayle" (2016), Cro Cro
  • "Answer de Call" (2001), Sanell Dempster & Sean Paul
  • "Are you There" (2001), Alison Hinds
  • "Bigger Better Cricket" (2005), Alison Hinds
  • "Brian Lara" (2008), Fashion Police
  • "Champion" (2016), DJ Bravo
  • "Champions" (2007), David Rudder
  • "Chanderpaul" (2010), De Alberto
  • "Chanderpaul" (2013), B. Deokarran
  • "Charles Brian" (2006), D Dozie
  • "Come Rise with me" (2007), Machel Montano & Claudette Peters
  • "Cricket" - "It’s Over" (2007), David Rudder
  • "Cricket is we Ting" (2007), Becket
  • "Cricket Lovely Cricket in Guyana" (2007), Terry Gajraj
  • "D Oval" (2011), D Dozie
  • "De Call" (2006), Calypso Kerr
  • "Everybody Love Courtney" (2000), Becket
  • "Game of Love and Unity" (2007), Shaggy
  • "Get in de Game" (2004), Machel Montano
  • "He Strikes Again" - "Lara" (2005), De Fosto
  • "Hold on to Cricket" (2005), Dice
  • "Hooper and Chanderpaul" (2001), Tradewinds
  • "How we Play" (2013), Kes (band)
  • "ICC Champs" (2004), Relator
  • "It’s a West Indian Thing" - "Bounce" (2006), David Rudder
  • "Lara Again" (2004), Becket
  • "Lara Touch" (2007), Tobago Chalkie
  • "Laramania" (2007), Becket
  • "Lash dem Learie" (2010), Alexander D Great
  • "Legacy (The)" - "Lara" (2006), Tallish
  • "Live the Passion" (2003), Rupee
  • "Lovely Day" (2007), David Rudder
  • "Make me Believe Again" (2016), Kendal John
  • "Malcolm Marshall" (2000), Mighty Gabby
  • "Play Ball" (2006), Mighty Lingo
  • "Prince of Port of Spain (The)" (2007), Rootsman
  • "Sir Gary" (2002), Mighty Gabby
  • "Smiling Eyes of Steel" (2000), David Rudder
  • "Song for Lara" (2005), Kia Panman
  • "Tanty Merle" (2007), Abbi Blackman
  • "Two Great Bowlers" (2003), Sugar Aloes
  • "Understanding is the Problem" (2009), Alpha
  • "We are Back" (2005), Heather MacIntosh
  • "We Are the West Indies" (2011), Tian Winter
  • "Welcome" (2007), Becket
  • "West Indies Cricket" (2012), Alison Hinds
  • "West Indies Forever" (2004), Rootsman
  • "West Indies Forever" (2007), Becket
  • "West Indies Forever" (2007), Gino McKoy
  • "West Indies Now and Forever" (2004), Alison Hinds
  • "West Indies Posse" (2004), King Punkwa
  • "WICB Take a Rest" (2008), Tradewinds
  • "World Cup Cricket" (2007), Anderson ‘Blood’ Armstrong

Cricket 2020 - 2039

  • "Cricket Song (The)" (2024), Drupatee
  • "Franchise Cricket" (2024), Helen Jones of Trinbago
  • "No Entry" (2020), Maria Bhola
  • "Out of this World" (2024), Kes (band) & Sean Paul

Sports - Others

  • "ATO" - "Ato Boldon" (1996), G.B. (Gregory Ballantyne)
  • "Ato’s Gold" (1998), Denyse Plummer
  • "Crawfie" - "Crawford" - "Halsey Crawford with a Bullet" (1977), Mighty Sparrow
  • "Crawford is the Man" - "Halsey Crawford" (1977), Lord Kitchener
  • "Fighter" (2006), Maximus Dan
  • "Games" (2017), Heather MacIntosh
  • "Gold" (1976), Maestro
  • "Gold Coast Champion" (1950), Lord Beginner
  • "Granny" (1986), Natasha Wilson
  • "Javelin Jam" (2013), Mistah Shak
  • "Joe Louis" (1938), Lord Caresser
  • "Joe Louis Calypso (The)" (1950), Lord Beginner
  • "Joe Louis Schmelling Fight" (1939), Mighty Growler
  • "Is Only Sports" (1995), Kurt Allen
  • "Keep Fit" - "Keep Fit Man" (1983), All Rounder
  • "Keshorn" - "Javelin Champion (The)" (2013), Eunice Peters
  • "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."

War - Up to end of World War II

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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  • Rudder, David; La Rose, John (1990). Kaiso calypso music : David Rudder in conversation with John La Rose. London: New Beacon Books. ISBN 1-873201-00-1. OCLC 24849319.
  • Selvon, Sam (25 May 2023). Calypso in London. Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780241630877.
  • Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & caribbean music. Backbeat Books. pp. 5, 59. ISBN 0-87930-655-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Warner, Keith Q. (1982). Kaiso! The Trinidad calypso: A study of the calypso as oral literature. Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-89410-025-4. OCLC 8762968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Journals

Articles

Audio

  • Calypso Breakaway (Record). Rounder Records Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1990.
  • 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.