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Hope the puppy is not in bed as yet.

Here is the comparison of Paton's characters to David's son.

Cry, The Beloved Country In Comparison To The Bible

Paton’s novel, Cry, The Beloved Country was written in 1946. The novel has many correlation’s with the Bible. Paton obviously knew the Bible very well. We see parallelism between the novel and the Bible through the theme of faithfulness in God. We also see similarities between characters of the novel to Biblical characters.

The first sign we find in the novel that connects it to the Bible is in Kumalo’s son’s name. His son’s name is Absalom. Absalom is the name of King David’s son. Absalom, son of David, rebelled against his father by killing his brother Amnon (2 Samuel 13:30). Absalom fled away from his father’s land (2 Samuel 13:37). David mourned for his son. 2 Samuel 13:39 says, “And the heart of the king went out, yearning for Absalom.” David is like Kumalo. His son has also left. Absalom Kumalo had left Ndotsheni and gone to Johannesburg. Kumalo has not heard from his son. Kumalo worries about his son and wishes to see him again. Absalom was Kumalo’s only son (Paton 8).

And now, the end of the movie based on the book, y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw28ijadUSs

Thanks for that, letty. I have not seen the film or read the book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8k6xIkyiHE
My good night song is Peregrine. I appreciate you all. See you on the radio in the AM.

Goodnight, dear edgar. Loved that falcon song (and the other stuff as well), Texas.

Time for me to say goodnight, and I have always been fascinated by the dark continent, so this shall be my song to end the day on WA2K.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3saKwQTZ1qE

Tomorrow, all.

From Letty with love

Good morning, WA2K radio.

My goodness, A2K has a great new look! Love it!

Well, we closed with the jungle last evening, and since today is Brendon Fraser's birthday, how about some more of the same, y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFMCuInryA&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSDeROnTq64
Good morning. This is the first song I heard from this wonderful person. It appeared on a Harry Belafonte concert album. I saw in the morning news, Odetta has died, at age 77.

I used to work with a man named George. I occasionally addressed him as Mr Of-the-Jungle.

Morning, edgar. I know that combo of songs by Odetta. Thanks, Texas. I appreciate Odetta and her great musical contributions. What a legacy!

Maya Angelou

"If only one could be sure that every 50 years a voice and a soul like Odetta's would come along, the centuries would pass so quickly and painlessly we would hardly recognize time"

Love this one, too, folks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pHR7-_sRI&feature=related

Speaking of "George", our soccer George is back from Montreal. Hope he continues to contribute to our forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eErOLkO2bSU
Odetta's voice somehow hearkens to this, by Paul Robison.

I just did a quick check on Paul Robeson's background. WOW! The man's credentials were awesome, edgar. That may have been part of his problem later on in life. That bass voice singing to his only child (I presume) was operatic, no?

I have always been fascinated with shanties, y'all, and here is one of my favorites The background is great art, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfsWoNpHg2s&feature=related

and here are the English lyrics.

Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho!

Once more, once again, still once more

Verse 1

Now we fell the stout birch tree,

Now we pull hard: one, two, three.

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

Now we fell the stout birch tree

Yo, heave ho!

Hey, hey, let's heave a-long the way

to the sun we sing our song

Verse 2

As the barges float along,

To the sun we sing our song.

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

To the sun we sing our song.

Hey, hey, let's heave a-long the way

to the sun we sing our song

Verse 3

Volga, Volga our pride,

Mighty stream so deep and wide.

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

Ay-da, da, ay-da!

Mighty stream so deep and wide.

Volga, Volga you're our pride.

Hey, edgar. Where is JPB. This one is for her. Great song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdO_dx3U0YI&feature=related

Laura Nyro was a great songwriter. I am not aware that she made any hit records, but dozens of artists made hits off her writing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXHvUXtS68

That was the first time I heard that version of Chicago, letty.

That was the jazz version, edgar. Here's the one you may know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAhm3hYlUY

And the lyrics as done by Ann Margaret


Chicago

Chicago, Chicago
That toddlin' town
That toddlin' town
Chicago, Chicago
I'll show you around, I love it

Bet your bottom dollar
You'll lose the blues
In Chicago, Chicago
The town that Billy Sunday
Could not shut down

On State Street, that great street
I just wanna say
They do things
They don't do on Broadway, say
They have the time
The time or their life
I saw a man
He danced with his wife
In Chicago, my home town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Z0CzIZIVM
For my good night, some more Laura Nyro.

I missed your song Eli's Coming by Laura, edgar. Love "Won't You Marry me Bill" and I just noticed that she did "Sweet Blindness". She is great and thanks, Texas.

My goodnight song, folks, and we'll dedicate this one the the hamburgers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdcMYRhUeA&feature=related

From Letty with love and hope

I love Bert's music, too, letty.

Good morning, WA2K and edgar. Yep, Texas, Bert is a great performer.

I just checked out Laura Nyro's bio and was stunned to see that she wrote the lyrics to so many songs done by others. What a shame that she died so young.

Speaking of which, y'all, today is Brian Wilson's birthday, and I had forgotten that he had a brief association with Charles Manson. One thing that I noted, was the fact that he wanted to give love, but it was difficult for him to accept love. Hmmm; sounds like someone that I know.

Here's Brian and The Beach Boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_UILNwWrc&feature=related

Good morning everybody.
Sorry I couldn't post yesterday. A power outage in the neighborhood.

December 4 birthdays:

1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877) ;1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922);1910 - Alex North, American film music composer (love his score for the movie, Streetcar Named Desire)(d. 1991);1921 - Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress ;1933 - Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (d. 2003) ;1934 - Victor French, American actor (d. 1989); 1937 - Max Baer, Jr., American actor ; 1944 - Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds); 1944 - Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983) ;1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor;1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress ; and 1973 - Tyra Banks, American supermodel ;

Deanna Durbin; Horft Buchholz; Victor French; Max Baer, Jr; Jeff Bridges and Marisa Tomei




Wishing all a pleasant day.

Welcome back, O blue one. We always miss your contributions to our wee cyber radio. Thanks for the fabulous face quartet and the added info about others. Glad the lights went on again in your corner of PA.

I really like Jeff Bridges, and although the title of the video says otherwise, I like the way he sings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OG0Y2zMMsM&feature=related