‘A Tribute to Ray Holman’
sung by Lord Superior
composed by Michael ‘Mike’ Germain
Verse 1
A tune from Ray, is a song to play,
It is a wonderful and exciting happening.
When you understand, the music in the man
Then you'll appreciate why you get that feeling.
As a young man, with his love for pan,
He really show us how to put it together,
From such an early age, he occupied center stage,
Because his music had come of age
He even beat a steelband into a rage.
Chorus
When is Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play
Deceased Bradley say, for the big steelband day,
The only man he respect is Ray
Verse 2
Is plenty band, here on this island
That could attest to his great musical prowess.
From Antilleans, to dem four west band,
They have all benefited from this man’s largesse
One a dem today, still turn round and say,
That they doh want him come and control they business,
To prove pudding is to eat, a real smile is not skin teeth,
I letting them know that he is the best,
Head and shoulders above the rest.
Chorus
When you goin’ Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play.
Well I hear Bradley say, for the big steelband day
The only man he respect is Ray
Bridge
Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.
Verse
For those who just come, to play steeldrum,
Dey better try and learn about the great pioneers.
Men who built the pan, those who had the plan,
To take the instrument into this stratosphere.
I will call no name, but who is to blame.
I ask a young man who playing for a big band,
If he know the man who start, this own tune in the Big Yard
He say that he never hear ’bout Holman,
A prophet get no respect in his land.
Chorus
When is Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play
Deceased Bradley say, for the big steelband day,
The only man he respect is Ray
Bridge
Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.
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