THE MEANING OF “SONG” MILLIONS OF THEM HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, PLAYED BY INSTRUMENTS, OR BEEN SUNG TRILLIONS OF WORDS IN THEIR LYRICS, COMPOSED FOR THE OLD AND THE YOUNG WHAT’S THE TRUE MEANING OF “MUSIC” , HOW COULD IT EVER BE WRONG? , READING MY WORDS WILL NOW TELL YOU, EXACTLY, THE MEANING OF “SONG”. “Music” is the only TRUE International Language in this World of ours. Even the tiniest corner of the Globe will, at some time, during it’s day or night, feature the music, song or dance common to that particular area and although the word “dance” is the odd one out, to do this, one MUST have “music” of some sort, even if it is just the beating of a drum or tom-tom. It is said that music originated in Africa. I beg to differ. Granted, ancient drums in Africa told their people, for miles around, exactly what was happening that ...
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“THE CATTLE CALL” – By Des Kelly Many years ago, a “Country & Western” singer by the name of Eddie Arnold recorded “the cattle call”, a song that subsequently became very popular, not only because of the “introductory yodel” sung by Eddie but also movies about “Cowboys & Indians” that were very popular in the 50s era, which involved ranches, horses & cattle.. I do know the song, have sung it many times, but particularly remember the two final lines of this ballad which “jumped out at me” as I watched the A.B.C. News on television just recently. “THE COWBOYS ARE SINGING THEIR LONESOME CATTLE CALL”. Australia is supposed to be “a compassionate Country”. Aussies, generally, ARE compassionate. An “election” has just taken place and we now have a “NEW” Government. Politicians have jabbered their heads off, during what has been an overlong election campaign, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS have ...
