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Poesia scritta nel 1928 da Hsi Tseng Tsiang (1899-1971), cinese, immigrato in America da bambino e divenuto poeta e scrittore attivo nella scena letteraria del Greenwich Village a New York.
Musica composta nel 1932 dalla madre di Mike e Peggy Seeger (e matrigna del più celebre Pete)
Pubblicata anch’essa sul Daily Worker nel 1928, questa poesia fa parte insieme a Sacco, Vanzetti dell’opera “Two Ricercari” (il “ricercar” è un tipo di composizione musicale strumentale del tardo rinascimento e del primo barocco).
Il tema affrontato è qui quello - molto più personale per Tsiang – dello sfruttamento dei suoi connazionali immigrati negli USA.
La Seeger ne alterò il testo per musicarlo.
Inserisco a commento anche la versione originale della poesia.
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