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media type="custom" key="25051008"Robert Johnson

__**Lyrics**__ I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above "Have mercy, now save poor Bob, if you please"

Yeoo, standin' at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride Ooo eeee, I tried to flag a ride Didn't nobody seem to know me, babe, everybody pass me by

Standin' at the crossroad, baby, risin' sun goin' down Standin' at the crossroad, baby, eee, eee, risin' sun goin' down I believe to my soul, now, poor Bob is sinkin' down

You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown You can run, you can run, tell my friend Willie Brown That I got the crossroad blues this mornin', Lord, babe, I'm sinkin' down

And I went to the crossroad, mama, I looked east and west I went to the crossroad, baby, I looked east and west Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman, ooh well, babe, in my distress __**Background of Song**__

In a general sense Robert Johnson wrote this song about blacks having to be about being caught in a strange place after dark. Some people believe Johnson wrote this song after losing his woman or even that he sold his sole to the devil to get his musical ability (Wikipedia).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsB_cGdgPTo http://www.songlyrics.com/robert-johnson/crossroad-blues-lyrics/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

media type="custom" key="25079664"Louis Armstrong

__**Lyrics**__ Carolina Gave me Dinah; I'm the proudest one Beneath the Dixie sun.

News is spreadin' 'Bout our weddin'; I hear church bells ringin', Here's the song my heart keeps singin':

Dinah, Is there anyone finer In the state of Carolina? If there is and you know her, Show her!

Dinah, With her Dixie eyes blazin', How I love to sit and gaze in To the eyes of Dinah Lee!

Yet, every night, My, how I shake with fright, Because my Dinah might, Change her mind about me!

But if Dinah, Ever wandered to China, I would hop an ocean liner, Just to be with Dinah Lee!

Dinah, Is there anyone finer In the state of Carolina? If there is and you know her, Show her!

Dinah, With her Dixie eyes blazin', How I love to sit and gaze in To the eyes of Dinah Lee!

Yet, every night, My, how I shake with fright, Because my Dinah might, Change her mind about me!

But if Dinah, Ever wandered to China, I would hop an ocean!, Just to be with Dinah Lee!

__**Interpretation of** **Song**__

This song talks about a woman that a guy is crazy about and would do anything to see her and be with her. This shows that back in the 1930's finding love and chasing your dreams was important to the times.

[] http://www.lyrics007.com/Louis%20Armstrong%20Lyrics/Dinah%20Lyrics.html

media type="custom" key="25079708"Glenn Miller

__**Lyrics**__ Who's the loving daddy with the beautiful eyes

What a pair o' shoes, I'd like to try 'em for size

I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"

Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be

So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm in the mood" First I held him lightly and we started to dance

Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance

And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three

There's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood" In the mood, that's what he told me

In the mood, and when he told me

In the mood, my heart was skipping

It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now" In the mood for all his kissing

In the mood his crazy loving

In the mood what I was missing

It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now" So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm in the mood" "Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood" Who's the loving daddy with the beautiful eyes

What a pair o' shoes, I'd like to try 'em for size

I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"

Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be

So, I said politely "Darling may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waiting when I'm in the mood" First I held him lightly and we started to dance

Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance

And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three

It's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't you know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waiting when they're in the mood"

__**Interpretation of Song**__ This is definitely a song that you could find playing at the dances in the 1930's and 1940's. This song talks about a man and a woman dancing with each other and they lose track of time because they are having a great time and they are in the mood for kissing each other. We can see here that back then it was just as important as now to let good distractions come into your life every once in a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CI-0E_jses http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-mood-lyrics-glenn-miller.html

media type="custom" key="25241928"Aaron Copland

__**Lyrics**__ Another new day takes up on you A fanfare wakes the land The naked lives just a shining down At the dawn of the common man

Outside in the madding crowd He laughs along the way Traffic city, what a pity It doesn't have a word to say

Troubled people, billions of people They can't seem to understand The ringing ears are unable to hear The sounds of the natural plan

Yeah yeah yeah

This song has used in various movies including a childhood favorite, "Sandlot." It talks about how common things happen to common men. We can take from this song that its better to be different and approach things from a unnatural perspective.
 * __Interpretation of Song__**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjssV8UuVA http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/styx/fanfare+for+the+common+man_20132993.html