Heinrich Baumgarten
Great-Grandmother's Walkman
When the people had no radio, no records, no TV,
Well, where did they get their music from they liked as well as we?
There was a man who walked the streets, who went from town to town:
A real walkman, you could say; a tophat was his crown.
When he came the windows opened wide, faces popping out.
His barrel-organ played the tunes, the ballads sounding loud.
He was the hurdy-gurdy man whom everybody liked.
Nobody knew how many miles a year the fellow hiked.
He was welcome at the fairs in any village he came to,
And the people cheered his grinding-work, the children loved him, too.
His tophat put on top his organ waited to be filled.
In no time - imagine! - the audience had filled it to the hilt.
And today you rarely find an organ-grinder any more
Since so many people practise that they are themselves a bore.
Caught tightly in the pliers of their tiny walkman's phones,
They think their culture's up -to -date, but aren't they really drones?
Well, where did they get their music from they liked as well as we?
There was a man who walked the streets, who went from town to town:
A real walkman, you could say; a tophat was his crown.
When he came the windows opened wide, faces popping out.
His barrel-organ played the tunes, the ballads sounding loud.
He was the hurdy-gurdy man whom everybody liked.
Nobody knew how many miles a year the fellow hiked.
He was welcome at the fairs in any village he came to,
And the people cheered his grinding-work, the children loved him, too.
His tophat put on top his organ waited to be filled.
In no time - imagine! - the audience had filled it to the hilt.
And today you rarely find an organ-grinder any more
Since so many people practise that they are themselves a bore.
Caught tightly in the pliers of their tiny walkman's phones,
They think their culture's up -to -date, but aren't they really drones?
Toutes les droites appartiennent à son auteur Il a été publié sur e-Stories.org par la demande de Heinrich Baumgarten.
Publié sur e-Stories.org sur 26.03.2022.
L´auteur
- Lire d´autres travaux de Heinrich Baumgarten
- hei-bau
t-online.de(Spam protégé - Ecrit s´il te plaît le eMail-Adresse par main) - http://www.hein-baumgarten.de
Commentaires de nos lecteurs (0)
Choisissez svp
Contribution antérieure Prochain article
Plus dans cette catégorie "Paroles" (Poèmes en anglais)
Other works from Heinrich Baumgarten
Cet article t'a plu ? Alors regarde aussi les suivants :
Stars - Christiane Mielck-Retzdorff (La Vie)