Mel sir,

Your thoughts are indeed very good, lead people to think about the lyrics from different angles.

On the other hand, I am often impressed by the americans who love their country so well and proud of being the citizen of the USA.

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Sum 哥，sampson :

請勿誤會，我也是飲自由神的奶而成長的，西方文化對我的正面影響是不容置疑。 而早前 dear sampson在趣屋唱此曲時我也口噏噏地跟看唱。

不過前兩天看到美國選舉新聞時，聽到其豪言壯語和此曲，立時扯火兼有感。 此曲本身是不錯，只是我的心態問題﹔不平則口沫橫飛，ka ka ka ka!


mel

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It just come to my attention that it should be " This Land Is Your Land " and the lyric (PPM's version) is:

This Land Is Your Land

This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California, to the New York island,
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters,
This land was made for you and me.

I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was singing
This land was made for you and me! (Chorus)

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me those golden valleys
This land was made for you and me! (Chorus)

As the sun was shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting, a voice was saying
This land was made for you and me! (Chorus x 2)

Sampson

十分同意Frankie的提議，其實每個年代、每個地方都有不同的特色，不同的事情發生，民歌正好反映當時的社會情况及情懷。如果有地道特色的民歌，就更加令聽眾有親切感及引起共鳴。
如Capo創作的Just a game，便能夠諷刺香港的選舉制度，而且現在還有一大班民歌創作人，起碼都可以寫一首香港友Folk標題歌一齊大合唱，就更加有意思。
就從現在開始，就携手共創本地民歌！

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Yes, it is the right time for the folkers like us to compose our own songs and make our local Hong Kong folk song. I would suggest the performers of HKFolk 2007 should compose at least one new song and make a CD before the show. I hope we can make it!!!

Cheers,
Frankie(Capo)

Thanks mel sir for the inspiring sharing.

May be I hear too much (amercian) country music and sometimes I feel so "americanized" myself that I never treat these lyrics too seriously. When we hear/sing a lot of these folk songs/country songs, we helplessly became much influenced by the amercian culture.

Beautiful correspondace by Danny to Mel Sir.

Thanks to both of you!

Rod

Mel:
Just can't keep reading your post and thinking again and again tonight.

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係咪呢首？
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Mel, hahahaha, 真係要叫醒Woody Guthrie問�懮\作呢首歌時�儱P想, 咦, 我未聽過S&G個版本, 可否??? mmm...... 有人類就係會咁樣

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