Dikir Barat Bermudian Style

Our class performance for 'Going live' ie answering calls with real customers on the customer service lines. The consensus was to do something traditionally Malay, and we decided on a Dikir Barat performance.
Apparently there is a rumor going around that I am a writer (our class intros to each other and I mentioned that I write...) so I got volunteered to write the lyrics. Since I write in English, we compromised to do the Dikir Barat in English. Nurul Hidayah Mokhtar, who knows a lot more about it than I do, helped me out with the lyrics. Her help and contributions was really instrumental in getting it right. It ended up being a collaborative effort between us, with input from the peanut gallery(just joking, you guys & gals are just plain awesome!)
Elaine Wong was our choreographer, although i think she might prefer to remain anonymous. She was great, and her vision really help bring the whole thing together.
Of course, the rest of the crew were just great! The musicians, the singers, the soloist, and everyone else worked together to bring this to fruition. It may have been a little 'unripe' when we did the performance, but no one can deny that we had fun!

Dikir Barat Bermuda

They called us here
To Cyberville
And now we're here
Presenting you this

This is no cure
For your boredom
It's what we know
Going live on the phones (Chorus) Oh Bermuda Ey Bermuda We Bermudians The fun has begun The time has come For us to work For us to laugh Together as one

From Somerset
To Hamilton
We get the calls
To HSBC

Limey ladies
Yankee clippers
On the beaches
Drinking rum n having fun (Chorus)

Toad in the hole
Tuna sandwiches
All with black rum
Calling with their complaints

They yell we cry
They laugh we laugh
But in the end
We get their money right (Chorus)

Thanks to Joanne
Joyce n Helene
Of course Sandy
With Rajan n Gopi

Let's not forget
Our boss Jason
Plus Po n Mel
We give them big fat kisses (Chorus)

{Lyrics; Nurul 'NeuRuls' Hidayah Mokhtar & Rodney 'Rokuth' Thilliampalam}

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