Thanks To The Guardian - Mighty Sparrow

Everyday I read the Guardian

Always plenty criticism

Everyday I read the Guardian

Plenty, plenty criticism

Way ah do for them I don’t know

Why they love me so

They think they hurting me, but they stupidee

The more they talk is better for me

You see:

It goes to show that they think of me more and more

Ah getting more publicity than I could ever pay for

So when they call me ill names and criticise

And then full the paper with plenty lies

Brothr, I have no objection

I know to myself that I am th greatest Calypsonian

Ever born, crown or no crown

They have a big stupid Editor

Only printing special letter

Plenty people write in favour of me

The criminal ignore them completely

Now and then he’ll pass a good one

That sneaky son of a gun

But good or bad without any doubt

It good for me, is Sparrow they talking 'bout

So you see:

It goes to show that they think of me more and more

Ah getting more publicity than I had ever hoped for

So when they call me ill names and criticise

And then full the papers with plenty lies

Brother, I have no objection

You know to yourself I’m the greatest Calypsonian

If I lie, ask Lance or Leon

Scavenging reporters now on the beat

Only picking up man in the street

Ah don’t know if they think they job so porog

Because I know man in the street is dog

So they write in and talk me bad

And try hard to make me feel sad

But is my name they broadcasting

They talking more 'bout me, than the present King

Oh yes:

It goes to show that they think of me more and more

Ah getting more publicity than I had ever hoped for

So when they call me ill names and criticise

And then full the papers with many, many lies

I have no objection

I know to myself that I am the greatest Calypsonian

Ever born, in or out the island

I want to show them now how grateful I am

Thanks to the people who write, thanks to the Guardian

I know they try they utmost to be nasty

And at the same time it was still publicity

Since they bad talk Rose and Royal Jail

Ah get fifty per cent more record sale

So when they feel they doing me wrong

They only making me checking account more strong

Well it goes to show that they think of me more and more

Ah getting more publicity than I had ever hoped for

So when they call me ill names and criticise

And then full the papers with plenty lies

Brother I have no objection

I know to myself that I am the greatest Calypsonian

And if I lie, ask the whole Federation