The Arawaks

They came to the new islands before the Caribs

Journeyed through the chain of the Lesser Antilles

They reached the Bahamas, while the others

The Greater Antilles, building cities

When the Spaniards came, they were found in the Bahamas and Cuba,

Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica

The Bahamas, the home of the Lucayos

And the rest except Puerto Rico, the Tianos

The Lucayos peaceful and practically weaponless

While the Puerto Rican Borinquens were warlike and ruthless

The fierce Caribs came pushing out the Arawaks

Like day pushing night, claiming islands and landmarks

Caribs established themselves in parts of Hispaniola

Eastern Puerto Rico and the islands of Cuba

Caribs were resisted in the placed called Trinidad

By the Arawaks who all stood on their safeguard

As established as a foundation in Puerto Rico

And in Hispaniola, Cuba under Caonobo