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Freedom Come Aa Ye

Freedom Come Aa Ye
[1960]
Written to the pipes tune The Bloody Fields of Flanders
Registrata, fra gli altri, anche da Dick Gaughan in "Earl O' Moray" (1978)

Freedom Come-All-Ye is a song written by Hamish Henderson, the Scottish poet, songwriter, and intellectual. It is written in the Scots Language. Freedom Come-All-Ye, one of Henderson's most important songs, gives a non-romantic, revisionist view of the role of the Scots in the world at the time it was written. It describes a wind of change blowing through Scotland and the world at large, sweeping away exploitation and imperialism. It renounces the tradition of the Scottish soldier both as imperial cannon-fodder and colonial oppressor, and ends with a vision of a future global society which is multiracial and just.

The song was written in 1960, to an adaptation of the First World War pipe march The Bloody Fields of Flanders, which Henderson first heard... (continua)
Roch the win i the clear day's dawin
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inviata da Alessandro 24/9/2009 - 14:22
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Ghost Army Of Korea

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In "Barrack Room Ballads" e "Bundook Ballads" (1958) di Ewan Ewan MacColl.
Alessandro 24/9/2009 - 13:35
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The Time Of Man

The Time Of Man
Incluso nell'album di Rdmonson intitolato "On His Own" del 1962 ma registrata l'anno prima dai Limeliters in "The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters".

Travis Edmonson's explicit juxtaposition of a natural world in harmony against one where life no longer existed was a warning against nuclear proliferation which could not fail to reach anyone alive. The lyrics were written into The Congressional Record after he and Bud Dashiell unprecedentedly performed the piece before a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
Once there were trees and a river,
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inviata da Alessandro 23/9/2009 - 22:07
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Paul Reutershan (The Agent Orange Song)

Paul Reutershan (The Agent Orange Song)
La musica fu probabilmente scritta da Kate Wolf (1942-1986), la folksinger e songwriter americana che la incise nel suo album "Give Yourself To Love" del 1983.
Alessandro 23/9/2009 - 15:53
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If I Were Free

If I Were Free
Scritta dal folksinger Travis Edmonson, che è mancato nel maggio scorso, e incisa da Peter, Paul & Mary (anche Mary Travers è scomparsa solo qualche giorno fa, il 16 settembre) nell'album "See What Tomorrow Brings" (1965)
If I were free to speak my mind,
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inviata da Alessandro 23/9/2009 - 15:43
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Maudit

Maudit
PROFETICI, DIREI...
STEVE 23/9/2009 - 12:58
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Scarecrow

Scarecrow
[1999]
Album "Alright Jack" (con il gruppo "Home Service")
I see the barley moving as the mowers find their pace
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inviata da Alessandro 23/9/2009 - 08:50
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Eu vivo num tempo de guerra

Eu vivo num tempo de guerra
Non è che questa canzone "riprenda il testo" di Brecht: ne è proprio la traduzione. Sarebbe quasi da metterla nella relativa pagina, come tale.
Riccardo Venturi 23/9/2009 - 04:44




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