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"Banks Of Marble" Improvisation during the Frankfurt concert of April 6th, 1972 |
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Note : The original song by Lee Rice
(made famous by Pete Seeger's covering) is partly sung by Leonard, melted with
an improvisation about the Revolution... |
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In bold, the improvisation by Leonard. The fisrt two stanzas are from the original song (lyrics by Lee Rice) The banks are made of marble With a guard at every door And the vaults are stuffed with silver That the miners sweated for I wandered around this country From shore to shining shore It really made me wonder The things I heard and saw. But the banks are made of marble With a guard at every door And the vaults are stuffed with silver That the miners sweated for Well I have wandered around the country and I see it's about the same. But I wouldn't want to try myself to start a revolution here. Because I know that nobody here is ready for a revolution. I mean you've all got your good suit of clothes in the closet. You're still feeling pretty good about your family - don't want to disappoint your father. Still building up the old bank account, pfennig by pfennig. So this ain't no time to start a revolution. I suggest, if you feel like, organising something you start off with the Rotary club. Anyhow.... (then the song "The Partisan" is introduced with an homage to the Four students shot by the Police at the Kent State University, USA, in 1970).... |
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"Banks Of Marble", an album by Pete Seeger, including the song that Leonard melted with "The Partisan", during his 1972 tour. |
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