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Thread #43977   Message #1207534
Posted By: GUEST,Philippa
15-Jun-04 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about hands!
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: SONGS ABOUT HANDS!
Ewan MacColl had one about evolution and progress; my rough memory of it is - "Five fingers has the hand, five fingers, five fingers, Five fingers has the hand, good for work and play. Started as a lizard's claw, then became a lion's paw, Couldn't be satisfied because that isn't the human way."

Irish tune "Tabhair dom do lamh", give me your hands; there are modern composed words in English someplace on the Cat I believe.

Did I miss "He's got the whole world in his hands" on this page or on Conrad's page?

lots of songs with verses about hands, for instance, "If you can't go on any longer, take the hand held by your sister, Every victory's gonna bring another, Carry it on, Carry it on."

or

"The Junta shot the fingers off Victor Jara's hands/They said to the gentle poet/Play now your guitar if you can/ It could have been me, but instead it was you ...." (Holly Near)

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane ?

"Handy" the sculpture reminds me of Shiva