• Source: Calypso War

      • War is a calypso form that has existed since at least the turn of the twentieth century. Originally it was sung in patois or French creole. The classic War form is an eight-line stanza, the first four lines in a minor key, then modulating into the major, and returning to the minor with the refrain "santimanite" ("sans humanité" in patois, in English "without humanity").
      The object of War is to promote the calypsonian and defeat his competitors.
      A War verse by Growling Tiger:

      When I was a child at the age of five
      And my dear old grandfather was alive
      He would sit me upon his knee
      And say "boy listen to me"
      He said "boy I will tell you your birth" [i.e. fortune]
      "and it is to rule over men on this earth".
      So I'm sorry for the molesters who mess with this Tiger
      Santimantay
      A War verse by Mighty Terror:

      If you want to see what I say is true
      Just call a Jamaican singer to you
      And ask him to sing extemporaneously
      You will see he hasn't this ability
      But if you call me or Lord Kitchener
      We will sing from January to December
      Why? For we are born Trinidadians and true calypsonians
      Here in Great Britain


      See also


      Extempo
      Calypso War / Extempo / Picong


      References

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