| I say Calypso sweeping the place | 
| Like if she come out a space | 
| I say Calypso sweeping the place | 
| Like if she come out a space | 
| I can remember rock and roll | 
| Had the whole place under control | 
| Since calypso leave Trinidad | 
| Rock and roll really suffering bad | 
| No more rocking, no more rolling | 
| No more jumping up like a fool | 
| Whether you crazy or you lazy | 
| Man, you just got to take it cool | 
| This is calypso and everyone know | 
| It is strictly rhythm and rhyme | 
| Whether young or old | 
| Jump in the line and shake your body in time | 
| Plenty people trying their best | 
| But they making a mess | 
| Just for the money they put on a show | 
| And tell you it’s calypso | 
| But you should come to Trinidad | 
| See how people jumping mad | 
| For as soon as we hear the true melody | 
| The jumping spirit comes naturally | 
| We don’t have | 
| No more rocking, no more rolling | 
| No more jumping up like a fool | 
| Whether you crazy or you lazy | 
| Man, you just got to take it cool | 
| This is calypso by the Sparrow | 
| It is strictly rhythm and rhyme | 
| Whether young or old | 
| Jump in the line and shake your body in time | 
| Some Trinidadians, big and small | 
| Ain’t like calypso at all | 
| And some again love it more than daily bread | 
| But can’t sing if you kill them dead | 
| Don’t care how good this musician may be | 
| The ryhthm just comes naturally | 
| If it’s for you it’s yours my friend | 
| This is gifted to certain men and women | 
| No rocking, no rolling | 
| No jumping up like a fool | 
| Whether you crazy or you lazy | 
| Man, you just got to take it cool | 
| This is calypso and everyone know | 
| It is strictly rhythm and rhyme | 
| Whether young or old | 
| Jump in the line and shake your body in time | 
| We have musicians who bad like yaws | 
| Men like Cyril Diaz | 
| Ordinarily he is just like the rest | 
| Doing his very best | 
| But when it comes to Calypso | 
| He is the boss as we all know | 
| Whether he is hungry or sad | 
| And you say Calypso Diaz gone mad | 
| He don’t have | 
| No rocking, no rolling | 
| No jumping up like a fool | 
| Whether you crazy or you lazy | 
| Man, you just got to take it cool | 
| This is calypso and everyone know | 
| It is strictly rhythm and rhyme | 
| Whether young or old | 
| Jump in the line and shake your body in time |