Songs Part 3 (5-1)

5. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
This was a very interesting and sad folk song indeed. It is truly a song about love and the feelings of a lady after her love left for the war. The first lines talks about her crying on top of a hill and the second lines talk about how broken hearted she feels and how it isn't going to go away.
The third line is sweet that she will sell her possessions to help her love, Johnny fight. She will sacrifice herself to the streets to help Johnny which is really touching.
Love is important in the U.S. while in other countries, arranged marriages play a big role in culture. There is committment in families and people have to make a lot of sacrifices just to chip in. I know many teenagers my age who have fathers or mothers in the military and usually, they are called for a years service in Afganistan. It breaks the families' hearts but makes them closer.

4. Brave Wolfe
Very interesting song selection. You couldn't hear any words but there is nice music which relates that this is a war (probably revolutionary) song and talks about a hero named Wolfe who had a big impact on the war. I don't really have much to say for this song because it was hard to decode. However, relating to being a hero, its moral is that anyone can be one.

3. Shaman's Call
A nice Native American song and it is a native song. When I was in Arizona, a native told me that Native American music tells a story. This song sounds peaceful so it must be very spiritual songs because in Native culture, the peaceful songs are the spiritual ones. I am pretty sure this song was sung before the arival of the Spanish or French or English.
Anyway, Shaman must be a profound ancestor and this must be his call to the Gods which is probably very notorious. This is one of those songs where the culture is there and so is the deserving pride.

2. Apache NATIVE AMERICAN Drums
Another very cultural Native American song. This one must be very cultural since drums were a key instrument in Native culture. I can picture Natives dancing to this beat around a fire. It sounds more violent that Shaman's Call but it still resembles peace; it is just less spiritual. It also makes the people proud to be who they are. The last song was serial and serious, but this one was a happy and more playful.

and finally... 1. Anon: Virgen Madre de Dios or Virgin Mother of God
This song lets us know where the Europeans (and most of America's ancestors) came from. At the time the Europeans came (and thank AP Euro) Catholocism was big in Southern Europe, especially Spain, Portugal, and France, three big countries that colonized places in America. They sent with them Jesuit priests who came and taught these spiritual natives Catholic music. This is a depressing songs and reflected the hardships of the natives who were conquered, enslaved, and forced to change religions. Catholocism ended up becoming THE religion in South and Latin America along with Mexico and it is thanks to the Spaniards.

I enjoyed this project and learning old songs and stages of American life. It is nice to take a break from rap.