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Thread #10276 Message #70434
Posted By: Susan A-R
12-Apr-99 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: Songs about disability
Subject: Lyr Add: WHITE CANE SONG
Fred Small's "Talking Wheelchair Blues" is quite good. I also wrote a "White Cane song" to the tune of Erin Go Bragh (sp) which I've heard sung by Dick Goughan. (also sp?)
My Name's Susan Reid and I use a white cane I'm legally blind, a hard term to explain I got that white cane when I moved to "Bean Town" To make drivers think twice before running me down
Now I've always been blunt about not seeing well And, until they are told, I find most folks can't tell. Ah but now with the cane, I'm amazed at the change As I watch people scatter to get out of range
I get dragged across streets and pulled up subway stairs I get useful directions, like "It's over there." I get shut out of crowds like I'm some kind of ghost I get steered by brute force around planters and posts
When I know where I'm going folks act so surprised I try not to blurt out something too ill-advised Like "there's more to most brains than occipital lobes" Or "I must have forgotten my old beggar's robes
My name's Susan Reid and I use a white cane And I find quite a few misconceptions remain People look at that cane, and it's all that they see Use your eyes! Behind all that white metal is me.