Momma, can I go on the merry-go-round?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
I can't help but wonder
When I will be allowed?
Will another summer come and go?
The carousel keeps turning 'round
An I just want to know?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
Last night I was dreaming
Riding on the carousel
And kids all over Baltimore
They were riding as well
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
I can't help but wonder
When I will be allowed?
Will another summer come and go?
The carousel keeps turning 'round
An I just want to know?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
Last night I was dreaming
Riding on the carousel
And kids all over Baltimore
They were riding as well
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Someday child
Someday child
It's the only one in town
Can I go for a ride?
We get on the bus
Sit in the back
Where's the horse
For a kid that's black?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
Can I go on the merry-go-round?
Momma, can I go for a ride?
envoyé par Bernart Bartleby - 2/4/2020 - 21:06
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Non credo che il brano risalga agli anni 60 ma che sia abbastanza recente, forse composto nel 2014.
Tuttavia il testo si riferisce ad uno dei tantissimi grandi e piccoli episodi che tra i 50 e i 60 portarono al trionfo del movimento per i diritti civili, quelli degli afroamericani in particolare.
Il 28 agosto del 1963 fu il giorno della Grande Marcia su Washington per il lavoro e la libertà.
Sappiamo bene cosa accadde: fu il giorno del I Have A Dream pronunciato da Martin Luther King Jr....
A 50 km da lì, a Baltimora, quello stesso giorno, successe un evento analogo, molto più piccolo, ma altrettanto significativo: nel Gwynn Oak Amusement Park c'era una splendida giostra a cavalli, una merry-go-round, e Sharon, una bambina nera di soli 11 mesi, fu la prima afroamericana a salire su quella giostra, accompagnata dal padre Charles Langley Jr....