My current favorite song.........from a Canadian artist who has been around a while, but who I was never familiar with before.........
Daniel Lanois doing 'Under the Stormy Sky'...
It is a bittersweet song about losing the family farm and leaving the old homestead.....and the spirit of some who can prevail under the circumstances.
Reminds me a lot of Fiddler on the Roof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFCjds--pJIThe lyrics...
***Under the Stormy Sky
He Bebette, danse avec moi
ce soir on fais dodo
danse avec moi, Bebette, oui
under the stormy sky
Papa, y a vendu la terre,
la terre et la vache
danse avec moi, Bebette, oui
under the stormy sky
Jean-Paul, il joue le violon
la belle l'accordeon
danse avec moi, Bebette
on this stormy night
I hear the whipporwill cry
I see the blue heron fly over
Sugar Hill, snowy white
big blue siren in the night
Come with me Bebette, we go
under a stormy sky
I hear the T.H.& B.
the diesel turning,
calling you and me
to the city of steel,
smokestack - spinning wheel
come with me Bebette, oui
under the stormy sky
My heart is sad
to leave Sugar town,
goodbye Sugar Hill
on this stormy night
He Bebette, danse avec moi
ce soir on fais dodo
danse avec moi, Bebette, oui
under the stormy sky
under the stormy sky
under the stormy sky
***English Translation
Hay Bebette, dance with me
You can rest later tonight
dance with me, Bebette, yes
under the stormy sky
Papa, he's sold the land,
the land and the cow
dance with me, Bebette, yes
under the stormy sky
Jean-Paul, he plays the fiddle
The beautiful plays the accordion
dance with me, Bebette
on this stormy night
I hear the whipporwill cry
I see the blue heron fly over
Sugar Hill, snowy white
big blue siren in the night
Come with me Bebette, we go
under a stormy sky
I hear the T.H.& B.
the diesel turning,
calling you and me
to the city of steel,
smokestack - spinning wheel
come with me Bebette, oui
under the stormy sky
My heart is sad
to leave Sugar town,
goodbye Sugar Hill
on this stormy night
Hay Bebette, dance with me
You can rest later tonight
dance with me, Bebette, yes
under the stormy sky
under the stormy sky
under the stormy sky
And he explains the origin of the song here......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_UdYbzLxkAnother version he performed.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SJeqPSiGSIEnjoy....meow.
Dunno 'meow' in french...LOL.