<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=65781" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Real American Folk Song</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Near barcelona, the peasant crooned<br>The old traditional spanish tunes<br>The neapolitan street song sighs<br>You think of italian skys<br>Each nation has a creative vein<br>Originating a native strain<br>With folk songs plaintive and others gay<br>In their own peculiar way<br>American folk songs, I feel<br>Have a much stronger appeal<br>The real american folksong is a rag<br>A mental jag<br>A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues<br>The critics called it a joke song but now<br>Theyve changed their tune, and they like it, somehow<br>For its innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter, sweeter<br>Than a classic strain, boy you cant remain, still or quiet, for its a riot<br>The real american folksong<br>Is like a fountain of youth<br>You taste, and it elates you, and then, invigorates you<br>The real american folksong, the masses coaxed on, is a rag<br>(instrumental break)<br>The real american folksong is a rag<br>A mental jag<br>A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues<br>The critics called it a joke song but now<br>Theyve changed their tune, and they like it, somehow<br>For its innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter, sweeter<br>Than a classic strain, boy you cant remain, still or quiet, for its a riot<br>The real american folksong<br>Is like a fountain of youth<br>You taste, and it elates you, and then, invigorates you<br>The real american folksong, is a rag</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />song performed by by Ella Fitzgerald - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=65781" data-title="The Real American Folk Song" data-description="Near barcelona, the peasant crooned The old traditional spanish tunes The neapolitan street song sighs You think of italian skys Each nation has a creative vein Originating a native strain With folk songs plaintive and others gay In their own pecu..."></div> </div> </div>

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