You See Barbados Though! A Mackie Holder Idea
You see Barbados though?
The more you look the more you know. Little less than a century ago Look how we were – oppressed and dirt poor But in the 30s, the masses took a stand And their Moses, Sir Grantley, shook up the land Started the journey to the Promised Land From day one the principled structure of Barbados was set And, thank God, it aint change yet Quick so The first political party, workers union were started Disease controlled before Barrow parted All kinds of laws for workers passed Sir Hugh and Sir Frank set an institution to last The Deep Water Harbour, Government headquarters, QEH Foundations set to build a great state All that, housing, and much more was done For eons we have been much more than sea and sun!! And under the BLP Universal adult suffrage for we And that was the real start of our democracy.
You see Barbados though?
The more you look the more you know. A new political party was formed The DLP created a storm Expanded education put us in another class The masses moved out from agriculture at last Light industry, businesses and tourism charted And something called the middle class was started Into the Civil Service, banking and teaching they went And began building the economy saving every cent Barrow wanted a better mirror image for we And that meant a move from the monarchy On 30 November 1966 Barbados became captain of its own ship And we began our Independence trip.
You see Barbados though? The more you look the more you know. Great progress in all areas in the 55 years since The world all over was convinced None more so than under Tom the son Our international business, network of roads done He brought in The Plantation
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