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Let Them In

John Gorka

"Let Them In was made into song by John Gorka from a poem found in a hospital in the Philippines during World War II. The nurse that found the poem kept it all these years until the recent war brought out all the memorabilia. Luckily, her daughter sent a copy to John"

Vedi The Best Anti-War Song ever

Let them in, Peter
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/12/4 - 14:20

La musica è di John Gorka
I versi sono di Elma Grace Dean, una donna di Oakland, California, che li compose nell’estate del 1942. Il titolo della poesia, originariamente pubblicata sulla rivista “The American Mercury” (novembre 1942), è “Letter to Saint Peter”.

Bernart Bartleby 2015/2/26 - 11:09

Aggiungo solo che la foto scelta a corredo della pagina non mi sembra pertinente. E' infatti piuttosto recente e mostra soldati statunitensi in addestramento, giovani che hanno fatto quella scelta di vita.
Nel 1942, quando il testo di "Letter to Saint Peter (Let Them In)" fu composto, i giovani non potevano scegliere se andare in guerra o no...

Bernart Bartleby 2015/2/26 - 11:26

U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt watching while the blindfolded secretary of war, Henry L. Stimson, draws the first number in the first peacetime draft lottery in U.S. history, October 29, 1940.

Il presidente USA Franklin D. Roosevelt assiste mentre il segretario di Stato Henry L. Stimson, bendato, estrae il primo numero nel corso della prima lotteria di coscrizione in tempo di pace nella storia degli Stati Uniti, 29 ottobre 1940.

Bernart Bartleby 2015/2/26 - 12:57

War Makes War

John Gorka

[2003]

Da/From: "Old Futures Gone"

War makes war, it won’t bring peace
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/11/14 - 14:06

Versione italiana di Kiocciolina

LA GUERRA GENERA GUERRA
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Contributed by Kiocciolina 2007/11/16 - 16:27

Could anyone put here or send me the chords of the song. I think it is really a good song.

Aitor 2012/12/1 - 11:22

Semper Fi

John Gorka

[1991]
Album: "Jack’s Crows"

My father met Eleanor Roosevelt
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2008/12/3 - 13:57

Temporary Road

John Gorka

[1992]
Album: "Temporary Road"

He is skating on a river
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2008/12/3 - 13:55

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[1864]
A Christmas carol based on the poem Christmas Bells by Harry Wadsworth Longfellow
Càrola natalizia basata sulla poesia Christmas Bells di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tunes / Melodie:
1. John Baptiste Calkin, "Waltham" [1872]
2. Joseph Mainzer, "Mainzer" [orig. 1845]
3. Johnny Marks [1950]
4. John Gorka [1990]

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the poem "Christmas Bells," composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in 1864.

Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" on Christmas day 1864 in the midst of the American Civil War and the news of his son Charles Appleton Longfellow having suffered wounds as a soldier in battle. He had suffered the great loss of his wife two years prior to an accident with fire. His despair in the following years after was recorded in his journal.

The poem has been set to several tunes. The first tune was set in the... (Continues)

I heard the bells on Christmas day
(Continues)

Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/1/12 - 05:15

Road Of Good Intentions

John Gorka

Lyrics and music by John Gorka
Testo e musica di John Gorka
Da/From: "Writing in the Margins"

There’s addition and subtraction
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/12/5 - 21:41