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I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man

Big Bill Broonzy
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Big Bill Broonzy

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[1957]

Big Bill Broonzy London 1952


Canzone scritta quando Broonzy aveva 53 anni ma registrata poco prima della morte, avvenuta nel 1958.
Il brano รจ contenuto nell'antologia intitolata "Trouble In Mind" (Smithsonian Folkways, 2000)
When I was born into this world, this is what happened to me
I was never called a man, and now I'm fifty-three (*)
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

When Uncle Sam called me, I knowed I'd be called a real McCoy
But I got none of this, they just called me soldier boy
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

When I got back from overseas, that night we had a ball
Next day I met the old boss, he said "Boy get you some overalls"
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

I've worked on the levee camps, and axer gangs too
Black man's a boy, don't care what he can do
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

They aid I was uneducated, my clothes were dirty and torn
Now I've got a little education, but I'm still a boy right on
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
(*) Canzone scritta quando Broonzy aveva 53 anni ma registrata poco prima della morte, avvenuta nel 1958.

Contributed by Alessandro - 2009/6/10 - 14:48




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