The Hammer

Act 1. The Beginning Somewhere up in Lavantille Many years ago A man had a hammer Used to follow him to and fro He used to use it to pound a pan Or sometimes a stupid man All in the savannah Never miss Panorama One day the old hammer just disappear Some say that it vanish into thin air Where de man wid de hammer gone Tell me, tell me wher he gone Anybody know where de hammer gone Tell me, tell where he gone Can you tell we what going on Tell me, tell where he gone Ah want to know where de hammer gone Tell me, tell where he gone Why you up and leave, trail Why you make me grieve, trail Hammer tell me flat, trail Why you do we dat, trail Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more, Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more. Act 2. The Passing From April of 85 Hammer went to sleep After years of making noise, Not even a peep He used to move wid de dragon man All through this soca land Always on the scene They used to control the barber-greene But the dragon doh walk the trail no more Who holding the hammer I want to know. Where de man wid de hammer gone Tell me, tell where he gone Look Thunderbolt Williams, what going on Tell me, tell where he gone This thing like a police boot on meh corn, Tell me, tell where he gone And now ah hear it by Y'De Lima on pawn Tell me, tell where he gone Look children Search under yuh bed, trail All above yuh head, trail Look behind the door, trail, What yuh waiting for, trail Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more, Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more. Act 3. The Funeral Scene On a silver chariot Riding to the sun Leaving fire in its wake Spirits on the run As we gather round that day Ah hear sister Sheila say How last night she see a sign She see the hammer and it doing fine Same time thunder roll she bawl out "You see!" He done start to tune a pan already Where de man wid de hammer gone Tell me, tell where he gone Sister Sheila darling, what going on Tell me, tell where he gone This hammer giving we a heavy horn, Tell me, tell where he gone This thing like a police boot on meh corn, Tell me, tell where he gone Children Search all through the town, trail Turn it upside down, trail Check on top de hill, trail, On dat window sill, trail Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more, Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more. Act 4. The Dream I want to hear the hammer ringing out >From every panyard >From Europe to Africa Just like here in Trinidad This hammer must never die Let me tell you why Anytime the music dead Is then life go buss we hed So the children start singing the refrain Begging me to ask the question again Where the man wid de hammer gone Tell me, tell me where he gone Search up in Whitehall Ransack de town hall And if we eh find it deh Mus be Millette who take it away Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more, Well the dragon doh walk the trail no more.