GOLD By the late Maestro - A 1976 tribute song for Hasley Crawford!

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Hasley Crawford wins Gold at 1976 Montreal Olympics Mens 100m final
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Below is 'Gold' by Maestro, one of my favourite tribute calypsoes and I know the lyrics by heart!! 

I’ve typed the lyrics below the video for those of you who wish to learn this song so you can sing along!

All serious T&T Track & Field fans who appreciate what Crawford achieved for himself and for T&T in 1976 ought to know the lyrics of this song! It's a classic!!

'Gold' By Maestro - The Song
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GOLD By Maestro - The Lyrics
(A tribute to Hasley Crawford - 1976)

Verse 1:
The Olympiad
Who thought a man from Trinidad
Could run the 100 metres and capture great honours
The experts never had him to win
They bad-talk him from the beginning
They all remain with they mouth open
They couldn’t believe what really happen!
Crawfie, we Crawfie

Chorus:
Then they say they never see that yet!
Start to finish moving like ah jet!
Lane one Champion!
Montreal Gold Medal!
Gold! Gold!...The fastest human in the whole wide world!
Gold! Man bring Gold!... The fastest human in the whole wide world!

Verse 2:
The Majority
Put money on Don Quarrie
They say Valery Borzov is the man they thinking of
All ah them went to meet the Queen
The ‘Crawf’ say he eh making the scene
He must practise hard at all cost
Is why he win and the others lost!
Crawfie, we Crawfie

Chorus:
Then they say they never see that yet!
Start to finish moving like ah jet!
Lane one Champion!
Montreal Gold Medal!
Gold! We say Gold!...The fastest human in the whole wide world!
Gold! Man bring Gold!... The fastest human in the whole wide world!

Verse 3:
The nation salute
Dreadman and all paying tribute
Showering endless praise, sugar promises these days
In pain and strain the man perform
To reach on the winners platform
History was made, ah job well done
Now they start to talk million!
Crawfie, we Crawfie

Chorus:
Then they say they never see that yet!
Start to finish moving like ah jet!
Lane one Champion!
Montreal Gold Medal!
Gold! We say Gold!...The fastest human in the whole wide world!
Gold! Man bring Gold!... The fastest human in the whole wide world!

The End ('Gold' available on the Maestro early 1977 album ‘Rampage’)

And here is a great Panorama version of 'Gold' by the Third World Steel Orchestra!
It's Karaoke time!! Why not test how well you can sing along to the Panorama version!!

'Gold' - Third World Steel Orchestra
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