[ti:The Calypso]
[ar:Artie Shaw]
[00:00.32]The Calypso - Artie Shaw
[00:16.20]I have come from the isle of Trinidad
[00:19.22]On a mission of great importance
[00:22.30]Not as a member of the diplomatic corps
[00:25.10]Nor as an emmisary or ambassador
[00:27.90]I have come to the grand united states
[00:30.85]On a mission of great importance
[00:33.79]Not as a representitve or attache
[00:36.54]But I have come to show America the way
[00:40.28]May I teach you the new calypso
[00:42.97]Dance from Trinidad West Indies
[00:45.94]It will help to cement
[00:48.90]International goodwill between
[00:51.80]Folks from your continent
[00:54.65]And from my own me Caribbean
[01:09.22]To be expert at the calypso
[01:12.15]Dance with reckless abandonment
[01:14.83]You must not have a care
[01:17.78]Let your troubles go to your feet
[01:20.67]When your troubles reach there
[01:23.36]Kick them up with a mamba beat
[01:38.18]It's a calypso custom
[01:40.34]To get romantic at the slightest provocation
[01:43.12]So anytime you hear calypso syncopation
[01:46.17]If you should have the inclination
[01:47.75]To indulge osculation then you really caught the spirit of calypso
[01:52.33]Dance America friendly neighbor
[01:55.53]Dance the rythm of West Indies
[01:58.25]It's delightfully new
[02:01.19]It will bring happiness supreme
[02:04.08]We present it to you
[02:06.84]As a token of our esteem
[02:38.31]The calypso
[02:40.94]From Trinidad