Close your eyes and point your finger,
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
England, China or Alaska,
Mexico or Madagascar,
Indonesia, Ireland or Peru —
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
No type of blood is better,
No type of blood is best,
Each type of blood is just as good —
No better than the rest!
Close your eyes and point your finger,
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
In the mountains or in the valleys,
Rich hotels or slum-like alleys —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
Plumbers, bankers, men of science,
Clerks or teachers, dwarfs or giants —
Makes no difference what they are or do,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
It may be “A” or “AB”,
It may be “B” or “O”,
Whatever type it may be, sir,
There’s one thing you should know:
Nature has no fav’rite nation,
Color, creed, or occupation —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
Someday you may be in danger;
Then along will come a stranger
With a bit of blood to pull you through…
A stranger’s blood may save your life for you!
Close your eyes and point your finger,
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
England, China or Alaska,
Mexico or Madagascar,
Indonesia, Ireland or Peru —
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
No type of blood is better,
No type of blood is best,
Each type of blood is just as good —
No better than the rest!
Close your eyes and point your finger,
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
In the mountains or in the valleys,
Rich hotels or slum-like alleys —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
Plumbers, bankers, men of science,
Clerks or teachers, dwarfs or giants —
Makes no difference what they are or do,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
It may be “A” or “AB”,
It may be “B” or “O”,
Whatever type it may be, sir,
There’s one thing you should know:
Nature has no fav’rite nation,
Color, creed, or occupation —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
Someday you may be in danger;
Then along will come a stranger
With a bit of blood to pull you through…
A stranger’s blood may save your life for you!
Close your eyes and point your finger,
On the map just let it linger —
Any place you point your finger to,
There’s someone with the same type blood as you!
inviata da Bartleby - 31/3/2011 - 09:19
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Parole di Hy Zaret
Musica di Lou Singer
Nell’album “Little Songs on Big Subjects” del 1948.
Testo trovato sul sito di Steve Cotler, cantante, cantautore ed educatore statunitense.
Fu l’ONU a commissionare al paroliere Hy Zaret (quello di “Unchained Melody” ma anche di The Partisan, l’adattamento inglese della Complainte du partisan) e al compositore Lou Singer una serie di canzoni sul rispetto del prossimo e sulla tolleranza razziale specificamente rivolte al pubblico dei più piccoli. Le canzoncine di Zaret e Singer, affidate gruppi ed artisti come The Jesters, The Bachelors e Leon Bibb & Ronnie Gilbert, furono diffuse a manetta dalle emittenti radiofoniche americane e in televisione (per quei non molti che allora ce l’avevano) furono accompagnate da cartoons appositamente realizzati.
La copertina di uno dei dischi della serie, quello de The Bachelors (oggi dimenticato gruppo pop dei primi anni 50). Le canzoni erano sempre le stesse rifatte a gusto degli interpreti, più una canzone originale per ogni disco.