We come from a country district all the way up North
We hobby is playing music and drinking fish broth
We come from a country district all the way up North
Sometime we just playing music without any broth
We weathered the storm under pressure
Then decided to form an orchestra
But the Town boy say, we must try again
We too green to come Port of Spain.
CHORUS:
We cah beat pan
Dey tell we so
You country band
Go back Toco
What dey doh know
We pan is sweet
And the crowd just go for the Toco beat
They think because we from the country
We have no musical background
If they should just look up their history,
They’d know that we terribly strong
Physically… Musically… Oh gorm
The Toco band (x2)
Is coming down (x2)
We have we plan (x2)
To mash up Town (x2)
We going to shake (x2)
The Savannah (x2)
And even take (x2)
Panorama (x2)
Tune pan… the Steelband of Toco
Tune pan … the band of tomorrow
Tune pan … we ready for action
Tune pan … in our competition
Tune pan … but now they are saying
Tune pan… we shouldn’t be competing
Tune pan … all kind of excuses
Tune pan … they cant stand the losses
I nearly forget to mention
We have no panyard
No kind of accommodation
We real have it hard
For most of the time we gather
Alongside the sea
And having to practise
Under a coconut tree
But that hadn’t stopped perseverance
Nor has it disrupt our performance
So all who say we cant beat pan
I know dey eh want nothing with this band
CHORUS
We cah beat pan
Dey tell we so
You country band
Go back Toco
What dey doh know
We pan is sweet
And the crowd just go for the Toco beat
They think because we from the country
We have no musical background
If they should just look up their history,
They’d know that we terribly strong
Physically… Musically… Oh gorm
The Toco band (x2)
Is coming down (x2)
We have we plan (x2)
To mash up Town (x2)
We going to shake (x2)
The Savannah (x2)
And even take (x2)
Panorama (x2)
Tune pan… the Steelband of Toco
Tune pan … the band of tomorrow
Tune pan … we ready for action
Tune pan … in our competition
Tune pan … but now they are saying
Tune pan… we shouldn’t be competing
Tune pan … all kind of excuses
Tune pan … they cant stand the losses
And now all around the island
People want to know
How this little country steelband
Could play music so
Tell them
We have an excellent tuner, a tuner of class
And a prolific arranger, no one could surpass
Because we possess variation
We always get the best orchestration
So now you know
And understand
The secret of the Toco band
CHORUS
We cah beat pan
Dey tell we so
You country band
Go back Toco
What dey doh know
We pan is sweet
And the crowd just go for the Toco beat
They think because we from the country
We have no musical background
If they should just look up their history,
They’d know that we terribly strong
Lyrics Submitted by Shala Singh