Sir Grantley Herbert Adams
So he was a great leader and liberator for the down trodden
Impeccably he fixed bad conditions of enslaved people
Reflecting on Independence day political brilliance of our Moses in Caribbean diaspora
Greys Inn molded his mindset to lifting slaves from stirring molasses with no education
Reshaped landscape with equal opportunities for poor and sundry before they die
Abolished strangled grip of mercantile elite and plantations iron-clad fists
Never again on his watch would colonial masters take and eat all the pie
Turn the tide for poor masses to rub elites' shoulders equally in voting booths
Legacy of this great "Liberator" in singled-handed political move that caused
Every Barbadian with land or no land the right to vote at twenty-one
Yes, he gave universal adult suffrage despite dangerous path for himself and family
Hail the man our "Moses" and the "Father of Barbados" our grateful icon was born
Every part of this island, Barbadians enjoyed the doings of this "Great Liberator" because he:
Re-arranged the plants, "Father of Democracy" whose seeds bloomed in the sixties
Better things were done with tools Adam fashioned for the country he loved and read this:
Economical advancement showed its inclusive head for all Barbadians
Regardless of one's skin colour or the parish in which the inhabitants reside.
Trinidad and Jamaica frenemies jealous of his shoes laced his sweet tea with fleas; However
Any resistance was no deterrent for this brilliant and articulate Caribbean Leader and Lawyer
Despite Trinidad and Jamaica begrudged him as Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
And broke away from the Federation of the British West Indies for records do show light on this,
Many saw Queen Elizabeth Knighted him Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation; true, true Statesman he was, and his statue at government Headquarters Bay Street bears testament.
Birth Date: April 28, 1898
Died : November 28, 1971
Age : 73
So he was a great leader and liberator for the down trodden
Impeccably he fixed bad conditions of enslaved people
Reflecting on Independence day political brilliance of our Moses in Caribbean diaspora
Greys Inn molded his mindset to lifting slaves from stirring molasses with no education
Reshaped landscape with equal opportunities for poor and sundry before they die
Abolished strangled grip of mercantile elite and plantations iron-clad fists
Never again on his watch would colonial masters take and eat all the pie
Turn the tide for poor masses to rub elites' shoulders equally in voting booths
Legacy of this great "Liberator" in singled-handed political move that caused
Every Barbadian with land or no land the right to vote at twenty-one
Yes, he gave universal adult suffrage despite dangerous path for himself and family
Hail the man our "Moses" and the "Father of Barbados" our grateful icon was born
Every part of this island, Barbadians enjoyed the doings of this "Great Liberator" because he:
Re-arranged the plants, "Father of Democracy" whose seeds bloomed in the sixties
Better things were done with tools Adam fashioned for the country he loved and read this:
Economical advancement showed its inclusive head for all Barbadians
Regardless of one's skin colour or the parish in which the inhabitants reside.
Trinidad and Jamaica frenemies jealous of his shoes laced his sweet tea with fleas; However
Any resistance was no deterrent for this brilliant and articulate Caribbean Leader and Lawyer
Despite Trinidad and Jamaica begrudged him as Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
And broke away from the Federation of the British West Indies for records do show light on this,
Many saw Queen Elizabeth Knighted him Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation; true, true Statesman he was, and his statue at government Headquarters Bay Street bears testament.
Birth Date: April 28, 1898
Died : November 28, 1971
Age : 73
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