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Message board > A very sad song...?
A very sad song...?
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Je suis papillon
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A very sad song...?
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 people! How are you?
I was listening the song Didn �t Leave Nobody But The Baby and I realised that I didn�t get the whole meaning of it, I didn�t understand all the phrases. I can translate the song by myself, but I don�t get the meaning of the red utterances:
go to sleep little babe
go to sleep little babe
your momma �s gone away and your daddy �s gonna stay
didn �t leave nobody but the baby
go to sleep little babe
go to sleep little babe
everybody �s gone in the cotton and the corn
didn �t leave nobody but the baby
you �re a sweet little babe
you �re a sweet little babe
honey in the rock and the sugar don �t stop
gonna bring a bottle to the baby
don �t you weep pretty babe
don �t you weep pretty babe
she �s long gone with her red shoes on
gonna need another loving babe
go to sleep little babe
go to sleep little babe
you and me and the devil makes three
don �t need no other lovin � babe
go to sleep little babe
go to sleep little babe
come lay bones on the alabaster stones
and be my everlovin baby
What do you understand? The baby cries because his a baby or his ill or dying? He died because his parents left him alone?
I really like te song although it makes me quite sad...it is like a gospel I think...
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8 Feb 2010
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Nannini
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Hi...I think the baby is the one who is crying because his mother has just died...
Have a look at these posts:
Ana :) |
9 Feb 2010
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Je suis papillon
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Thank you very much Nannini!!!
I�ve read the post, and I get the meaning...a very very sad song but beautiful...
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9 Feb 2010
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