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Thread #96848   Message #1898244
Posted By: Azizi
02-Dec-06 - 08:52 AM
Thread Name: Looking for songs against racism
Subject: RE: Looking for songs against racism
Personally, since vehemently dislike "Black & Blue".

And that "Black Deer" song posted by GUEST,Otto seems to me that it's anti-White {or at least can be taken as such}, so I don't think that would qualify as an anti-racist song.

As to which song I would suggest, how about "One Little Candle"?

It is better to light just one little candle
Than to stumble in the dark.
Better far that you light just one little candle,
All you need is a tiny spark.
If we'd all say a prayer that the world would be free,
A wonderful dawn of a new day we'd see...
And if everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world this would be.

When the day is dark and dreary
And we know not where to go;
Don't let your heart go weary,
Just keep this thought in mind...

It is better to light just one little candle
Than to stumble in the dark.
Better far that you light just one little candle,
All you need is a tiny spark.
If we'd all say a prayer that the world would be free,
A wonderful dawn of a new day we'd see...
And if everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world this would be.

Author Unknown

-snip-

I found the words on this website:

http://www.walkthroughlife.com/personal/pqv/poem/candle.htm


and on this website:

http://www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/icq/candle.htm

Both sites play a midi song clip as soon as you visit them...I dislike that on general principle preferring to click on a sound clip if I want to hear it. But it was interesting to "note" two different tunes for this song. The second tune is most like the one I learned, though it's tempo seems a bit slower. The first tune was completely unfamiliar to me.