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Thread #165731 Message #3983758
Posted By: The Sandman
22-Mar-19 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: Different types of contemporary folk
Subject: RE: Different types of contemporary folk
imo,this song written by harry chapin is a contemporary folk song despite his style and treatment of the song i was born today the shortest story, compare the lyrics as well as the tune., and ignore the style harry does it in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix-Yj_Md2no it is more than the style a song is performed in. am born today The Sun burns a promise In my eye Mama strikes me And I draw a breath and cry Above me a cloud Slowly tumbles through the sky I am glad, to be alive It is my seventh day I taste the hunger compare it to summer holiday We're all going on a summer holiday No more working for a week or two. Fun and laughter on our summer holiday, No more worries for me or you, For a week or two. We're going where the sun shines brightly We're going where the sea is blue. We've all seen it on the movies, Now let's see if it's true. Everybody has a summer holiday Doin' things they always wanted to So we're going on a summer holiday, To make our dreams come true For me and you. For me and you. And I cry My Brother and sister Cling to Mama's side She squeezes her breast But it has nothing to provide Someone weeps, I fall asleep It is twenty days today Mama does not hold me Anymore I open my mouth But I am to weak to cry Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky Why is there nothing Now to do but die? you see contemporary folk song is about content as well as form as well as style