Lively- it is as simple as this. I said above "I have a very good ear for accents". Perhaps I gave the wrong impression. What I am actually doing is pronouncing the words with Trinidadian inflections. "We don't speak like that." Lord Invader, himself, is said to have said these words after listening to the Andrews Sisters' version of R&CC. They put on "Trinidadian" accents. But didn't really. More like "generic West Indian/Caribbean accent".

If you listen to a recording on YouTube of Joan Baez singing "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"- I highly doubt anyone else in this forum would criticise her- she sings in her own voice, but adopts slight accent. "Smarter than de man, in every way". How does everyone else feel this fits into "Sing in your own voice"? BTW thanks to meself for suggesting that the world needs more Chinese-Australian calypsonians! Part of my motivation for asking this question was related to a comment on the "A very uncomfortable question- performing other trads" thread and to mention of this threads about accent and dialect.