Scott Walker -The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2010
- Father - yes, I am a prisoner
Fear not, to relate my crime
The crime is loving the forsaken
Only silence is shame
Blessed are the persecuted
And blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the merciful
Blessed are the ones who mourn
"Give to me your tired and your poor
Your huddled masses, yearning to be free
The wretched refuge of your teeming shore
Send these, the homeless"
- send this task to me
And now I'll tell you
What's against us
And aught that's lived for centuries
Go through the years
And you will find
What's blackened all
Of the history
Father, yes I am a prisoner
Only silence is...
Shame 
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As talented of a singer Joan Baez is, there's no question about it, this is the ultimate version of this song. It's a crime how Scott's best works from the 60s and 70s were ignored at the time. This one is still a forgotten gem even among current-day fans.
Always one of my favourite songs as sung by the magnificent Scott Walker. There was never a better vocalist.
Sung by Scott Walker with music by Ennio Morricone.
My two favourite musicians, now gone.
R.I.P. Maestros.
Thanks for posting this song. Scott Walker's voice is so beautiful.
Overwhelming
This song is not about anti-Semitism as one commentator seems to think, not is Scott Jewish. Noel Scott Engel (his real name) is the son of a German-American father (not German-Jewish-American) Walter Noel Engel and a mother of French descent, Betty Fortier. The title to the song gives the clue as to what it is about - Sacco and Vanzetti. These were two poor Italian immigrants who took American citizenship. In the 1920's they were executed for a robbery and murder (in Massachusetts) which they did not commit. There was forensic evidence to show clearly they had not committed these crimes. They were executed anyway because of the far worse crimes (in America) of being 'reds' i.e. they were socialists and, as pacifists, had evaded military service during WW1. The two men had believed what America believed it believed - that it was the land of the free where one might say whatever one wished without fear of retribution. This is why words from an inscription on the Statue of Liberty - "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..." etc. - are used as part of the lyrics to the song: they are used with bitter irony to illustrate the gap that sometimes exists between American aspirations and American reality.
The song itself I find to be touching and dramatic in a way only Scott Walker (who I have admired since 1965) can achieve.
His mother, Betty, was from Germany. The French woman is not his mom. There were so many Engel families in Ohio, that researchers got the wrong one.
Laurence middle...
Scott soooo perfect he became an english citizen around 1970 or early 70ts best thing that happened to england loved this guy from being 13yrs im 67 now xx
You're right about the meaning of this song, but it's irrelevant to argue Scott's ancestry to rule out that other (misguided) interpretation. The lyrics were written by Joan Baez for the movie Sacco & Vanzetti. This version is only a cover.
This song was used as a soundtrack in an Estonian movie. :)
One of my favourite tracks. It seems a shame so few people have even heard it. Scott fans aren't doing much to spread the word are they.
Yes, we are. There are groups on Facebook and people here who find and post everything and anything regarding the man.
So why have only 12k played this? And it's a similar sad story with most of his other tracks - some of them absolutely brilliant.
we Scott fans were always a classy minority haha...
Too true.
Even today, I've only found one friend who's almost as big a fan as me.
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[corrected lyrics]
The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti
[Baez/Walker/Morricone]
Father - yes, I am a prisoner
Fear not, to relate my crime
The crime is loving the forsaken
Only silence is shame
Blessed are the persecuted
And blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the merciful
And blessed are the ones who mourn [1]
Give to me your tired and your poor
Your huddled masses, yearning to be free
The wretched refuge of your teeming shore
Send these, the hopeless [2]
Send this task to me
And now I'll tell you
What's against us
An art that's lived for centuries [3]
Go through the years
And you will find
What's darkened all [4]
Of history [5]
Father,
Yes I am a prisoner
Only silence is...
Shame
*This post uses Scott Walkers as recorded words as well as Joan Baez's original "Sacco and Vanzetti part two" lyrics to correct a number of commonly made mistakes. [1 ]"AND blessed are the ones who mourn" [2] "send these the HOPELESS" [3] "AN ART that's lived for centuries" [4] "whats DARKENED all" [substitute word for "blackened" [5] "OF HISTORY [not "Of the history"]