Calypso Twist - Mighty Sparrow

Chubby Checker felt so glad

When the twist sent New York mad

But at length and at last

The twist reach to Trinidad

Trinidad as you know

Is the land of calypso

But listen to this

I think we got the calypso twist

I mean a little bit of limbo (limbo)

And a little bit of Shango

Then if you could bongo

To the rhythm of calypso

Ay ay ay ay oh!

When the music start to play

Is to see them break away

Woman and man

Twisting up their foot and their hand

And when they drink and feeling sweet

Is fête from the dance-hall 'til in the street

That’s why I insist

We got the calypso twist

I mean a little bit of limbo

And a little touch of Shango

Man if you could bongo

To the rhythm of calypso

Ay ay ay ay oh!

Keep a big twist competition

In every section of this island

Look bacchanal

When you rach up to Maraval

Maraval got the belt right now

For pelting bottl and making row

But if you see them twist

They knocking their heel and trembling like this

With a little bit of limbo

They believe in their Shango

All of them could bongo

To the rhythm of calypso

Ay ay ay ay oh!

Dances come, dances go

I never see a dance that catch people so

Chubby Checker

That’s a man we must remember

He really made this dance popular

But I was sorry for him in Astor Theatre

A girl from Boissierre

Make Chubby look like a square

With a little touch of limbo

And a sweet piece of Shango

The girl could have bongo

To the rhythm of calypso

Ay ay ay ay oh!