Let me introduce you to Daman with the lyrics of a song I wrote dedicated to my home-town:-
DAMÃO
This is the story of Damão
My sweet little home-town
And if you are a visitor
You’re bound to hear it somehow
For the talk of the town, is the town itself
The story is short you’ll see
But it sure is the best place
In the whole world for you to be
‘Da Mao’ is Portuguese for ‘handshake’
Peaceful people we are
We still make lots of salt dear
Down by the riverside
In Damão we are all good friends
And related to one another
We all do great business dear
In the name of personal favour
Many wonder, ‘why do we need
The little light-house at all?’
With 350 bars my friend
Daman’s the world’s wettest place
We have three wonders which please don’t miss
The jig-saw puzzle over the creek
Is nothing but an upside down
Three-piece, rusty, old, hanging bridge
The old fort which could never be
Invaded from the outside
Is now being invaded dear
Righta from the inside
The aquarium’s rare fishes, caught
From the Daman Ganga River
On the brink of extinction have earned
The distinction of ‘endangered species’
And last, but not the least dear
We too have our share of beaches
Devka Beach and Jampore dear
Sister-concerns of Singapore
So can’t you see, we are self-sufficient
And just to make it more convenient
We have our own currency dear
Which is strongly anti-apartheid!
Noel Gama
Daman
4.5.89
Thursday, September 15, 2005
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3 comments:
You are a gift to Daman. Hope your people protect and preserve you well. Your lyrics are absolutely cherishing and gentle. You sure are a gentleman above all. Keep it up and live in Jesus.
Honestly, Noel, as, I am reading your works & your profile,Your songs,your thoughts. Happy to tell you that I am proud of you a real great son of our lovely Damao.
I am also proud to tell that I am also from Damao. 82 years old.I cherish our damao & miss its charms.I will be happy to hear from you.
God Bless you Noel
Justin
Thank you for visiting my blog, Justin - I'm honoured to have you here! Also, thanks for the kind words.
Looking forward to 'meeting' you on Facebook:)
Noel
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