List of calypso songs about cricket

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This is a list of calypso songs whose lyrics and themes are about cricket.

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Cricket was introduced in the West Indies during the British Empire era and is now played all over that region. Calypso, an integral part of Trinidad and Tobago culture, chronicles and comments on many aspects of life locally and sometimes internationally. Cricket themed calypsos have brought together and annotated the triumphs and tribulations of West Indies cricket since the 1920’s. [1]

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2000s

2010s

2020s to present

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 Khan, Nasser (June 2024). History of West Indies cricket through calypsoes. Trinidad and Tobago: Eniath’s Printing Company. ISBN   978-976-95703-6-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cowley, John Houlston (April 1992). MUSIC & MIGRATION: Aspects of Black Music in the British Caribbean, the United States, and Britain, before the Independence of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago (PhD). University of Warwick. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Quevedo, Raymond (1983). Attila's kaiso: A short history of Trinidad Calypso. St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies : University of the West Indies, Dept. of Extra Mural Studies.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Gibbs, Craig Martin (April 30, 2015). Calypso and Other Music of Trinidad 1912-1962. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 384. ISBN   978-0786478514.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Emrit, Ronald. "Calypsography". Best of Trinidad. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Seymour, Roger (21 January 2024). "A forgotten cricket calypso". Stabroek News. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Cowley, John (1985). "West Indian Gramophone Records in Britain: 1927-1950" (PDF). Occasional Papers in Ethnic Relations, No. L, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, Coventry.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pierre, Giselle M. (2016). Calypso Chronicles: History Through Calypso I. Amazon.ca. p. 208. ISBN   9781508436201.
  9. Winer, Lise (1986). "Socio-Cultural Change and the Language of Calypso". Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide. 60 (3/4): 113–148. doi: 10.1163/13822373-90002057 . JSTOR   41849251.
  10. Charles, C.N. (November 22, 2016). "Calypso music : identity and social influence : the Trinidadian experience ". Universiteit Leiden.
  11. 1 2 Cowley, John (1990). "London is the Place: Caribbean Music in the Context of Empire 1900-60" (PDF). Paul Oliver, ed. Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro Asian Contribution to Popular Music, Milton Keynes, Open University Press: 57–76.
  12. 1 2 Unknown. "Celebrating our Calypso Monarchs 1939-1980. T&T History through the eyes of Calypso" (PDF). Trinidad & Tobago government, July 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  13. Spencer, Neil (15 June 2011). "Lord Kitchener steps off the Empire Windrush, June 16, 2011". The Guardian. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  14. Jacob, Debbie (January 2011). "What calypso means to the Caribbean". Caribbean Beat Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rohlehr, Gordon (2008). "Calypso, Literature and West Indian Cricket: Era of Dominance". Anthurium. 6: 4. doi: 10.33596/anth.111 . S2CID   161096605.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cricket is we ting (CD). Cocoa Music - ABC-CIWI0024. 2007.
  17. Unknown. "A chronology of selected songs by Mighty Sparrow that address social, political and topical themes" (PDF). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  18. Unknown (22 January 2020). "16 great calypso songs for teaching". Study assistant. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  19. Funk, Ray (2005). "In the Battle for Emergent Independence: Calypsos of Decolonization". Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal. 3 (2): 4. doi: 10.33596/ANTH.48 . S2CID   141694758.
  20. Warner, Keith Q. (January 1, 1982). Kaiso! The Trinidad Calypso - A study of the calypso as oral literature. Washington D.C.: Three Continents Press. p. 153. ISBN   0-89410-025-4.
  21. Rohlehr, Gordon (1985). "'Man talking to man' Calypso and social confrontation in Trinidad 1970 to 1984". Caribbean Quarterly, Carnival, Calypso and the Music of Confrontation. 31 (2): 1–13. JSTOR   23050400.
  22. Maharaj, George. "Top 100 Calypsos of the 20th Century" (PDF). Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  23. Staff (16 April 2014). "Gavaskar Calypso: a classic song about India's 1971 victory against the Windies". Scroll.in. April 16, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  24. 1 2 3 Brown Boy in the ring (March 22, 2007). "Carnival culture: Lord Kitchener to Machel Montano" . Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  25. Emrit, Ronald. "Calypsonians 1900 - 2018". Best of Trinidad. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  26. Dean, Darryl (2015). Calypso as a vehicle for political commentary: An endangered musical species (PDF) (Master). Carleton University. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  27. 1 2 3 Rohlehr, Gordon. "A Scuffling of Islands: The Dream and Reality of Caribbean Unity in Poetry and Song - Roseau to Montego Bay. (The Integrationist Caribbean)" . Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  28. Unknown. "Calypso/Soca road march". When Steel Talks. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  29. Pierre, Giselle M. (May 20, 202). Calypso Chronicles: History Through Calypso II. Independently published. p. 203. ISBN   979-8548539021.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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