Blue Bells Of Scotland

Trying to preserve the Bajan culture, I tried some of the Bajan words. I hope not to offend, remember, I’m really bad at the idiom but love it. But it doesn’t take Bajan proficiency to see that the NIFCA award was a deviation from the sentiments of the Bajans and may even be a violation of patriotism. Should we be singing

Oh ye'll tak' the high road An’ I'll tak' the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye

 

 

Blue Bells Of Scotland

By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes

Local trombonist awarded for the song he plays

Unusual award especially since it was NIFCA

Remembering wah dis acronym stands fah

Bimshire was our original annual show

Everybody who is anybody used to go

Limited seats always meant people watching from outside

Looking through the cracks where the windows divide

Some patriots thought that to preserve our culture

Our Gala shouldn’t keep the name of England’s Bimshire

From then we promoted our own artistry

So we featured the Arts that belong to we

Creative stuff that shouts our Independence

The kind of stuff which promotes Barbados’ existence

Like Tuk, Land Ship, Spouge and folk songs that fit

A life at least Caribbean not some Scottish music

Now $5000 to an imposter, tek way from some other body

Don’t know wah cuddah possessed we awarding GG

 

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