Folk Songs

Last week we talked about folk songs and how they represent something. It came from our Chinese unit. One of my favorite  folk songs was and still is Oh Suzanna.It's about a man going to find his true love and going through tough times to get to her. Now as part of our assignment we were told to right a folk song. Mine is called Freedom and is based on the American idea of freedom.



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          Freedom
Chorus: America is freedom
Freedom of chance
Freedom of will
Free to do whatever you please

Though we have rules
It's for our safety
That's what the government says
But it's pointless

Chorus

We pay taxes
We have to go to school
Limited rights
Having to listen to the man

Chorus

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Deep within out country
We get treated like crap
Government doesn't really care
No one gives a crap about the other
It's all an illusion
This so called thing we call freedom

Chorus 2x


I mention taxes in the song because our ancestors came here from England to escape things like taxes. They wanted to be able to practice what ever religion they wanted to and not having to worry about pay a big amount of taxes. Though the government is letting up some on the rights now. Like some states have legalized gay marriage. Which is great for those people because now they came marry the one person they love. So that's where some of the lyrics came from.