2011年7月21日木曜日

Abraham, Martin and John


Dion

Abraham, Martin and John


1968,Laurie



 タイトル曲は,マーティン・ルーサー・キング牧師,
大統領選を戦っていたロバート・ケネディの二人が暗殺された1968年に発表された。

以下,曲にまつわる事柄は Wikipediaに大変詳しい。



それは銃弾に倒れた政治家たちに捧げられた歌
国の為に身を捧げた政治家が,名を残す


Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.

Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...

Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.


(Written by Dick Holler)



Dion Francis DiMucci
July 18, 1939 - (age 72)