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Thread #20822   Message #221217
Posted By: Bill D
01-May-00 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: songs about names
Subject: RE: songs about names
Bruce Phillips "Yuba City".....it IS about the importance of names, and barely mentions any....

"If I had a book, and if I only knew,
I'd write down their names and I'd sing them to you.
And when I got done, I'd sing them again-
You all know each one had a name"

about the deaths (murder) of 27+ homeless men and migrant workers a number of years ago...many were never identified

the song is really only about the 'issue' that no one cared enough to note their names