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Background. "6 Foot 7 Foot" is the first single off Tha Carter IV. The track is the first single Lil Wayne recorded following his release from prison on November 4, 2010, though it is the second song on which he has appeared since his prison release, after the final version of Birdman's single "Fire Flame", on which he had 2 verses.
Harry Belafonte, Almanac, 18 February 1954. "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music . It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships.
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
Bless 'Em All. " Bless 'Em All ", also known as " The Long and the Short and the Tall " and " Fuck 'Em All ", is a war song. The words have been credited to Fred Godfrey in 1917 set to music composed by Robert Kewley, however, early versions of the song may have existed amongst British military personnel in the 1880s in India.
Seven Drunken Nights. " Seven Drunken Nights " is a humorous Irish folk song most famously performed by The Dubliners. It is a variation of the English/Scottish folk song "Our Goodman" ( Child 274, Roud 114). It tells the story of a gullible drunkard returning night after night to see new evidence of his wife's lover, only to be taken in by ...
The lyrics also show a trend toward those more commonly associated with "Children, Go Where I Send Thee." For instance, the line "Two, two, the lily-white boys clothed all in green" in Grainger's recording has become "One was the little white babe all dressed in blue" in the Bellwood Prison Camp recording. [7] [2]
My Old Kentucky Home. " My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night! ", typically shortened to " My Old Kentucky Home ", is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. [ 1][ 4] Foster was likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe 's anti-slavery ...
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