Comment je me suis retrouvé là bas ?
("on connaît la chanson"), meriterait plus d'attention de la part de nos plus
grands chercheurs.
Je veux parler de ces illuminations musicales qui nous assaillent sans crier
gare dans les situations les plus inattendues.
Les paroles d'une chanson ou un air viennent se substituer à toute tentative
d'une expression personnelle, l'esprit s'incline devant la force évocatrice
de ces chansons qui résument si bien, ce que 100 mots n'arriveraient pas
à décrire. On reste bouche bée, l'air béat face à tant de pertinence, devant un
interlocuteur qui ne se doute à aucun moment de la grande playlist qui se
déroule en vous. A moins que que ne commenciez à fredonner ou à battre
du pied. Ca répond peut-être à des difficultés pour communiquer avec autrui
ou cela reflète de grandes obsessions musicales, allez savoir
Un air de banjo commença à jouer pour moi seul :
"Come all you good workers,
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell.
CHORUS:My dady was a miner,
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
And I'm a miner's son,
And I'll stick with the union
'Til every battle's won.
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there.
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair.
Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can?
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?
Don't scab for the bosses,
Don't listen to their lies.
Us poor folks haven't got a chance
Unless we organize."
Cette chanson "Wich side are you on ?" des Almanacs Singers est extraite
de l'album "Talking Union" (Keynote records, May 1941). Les disques
Les Almanacs Singers était un groupe folk des années 40, dont la longévité fut brève mais dont le line-up demeure mythique : Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Millard Lampell, Woody Guthrie, Bess Lomax-Hawes, Sis Cunningham...
(en guests leadbelly et josh White !)
Le nom du groupe vient du pragmatique Seeger qui constata que les
gens de la campagne ne possédaient que 2 livres : la Bible et le fameux
"The Farmer's Almanac", un nom crédible en phase avec son public,
sacré Pete. Ils jouaient la plupart du temps, lors de meetings pacifistes,
syndicaux ou politiques, très à gauche.
Ceci leur valut d'être mis en liste noire, le groupe fut bientôt dissous.
Vous trouverez sur ce très bon site plein d'infos, sur les Almanacs.
C'est d'ailleurs là-dessus que j'ai découvert l'histoire de notre chanson,
extrait de "Songs of Work and Protest", Edith Fowke and Joe Glazer
, New York, NY, 1973, p. 55 :
"En 1931, les mineurs du comté de Harlan étaient en grève. Les représentants armés de la compagnie ont alors battu la campagne, terrorisant les communautés de mineurs, recherchant les chefs des syndicats pour les battre, les emprisonner, ou les tuer. Mais les mineurs, élevés dans ce pays de montagne du Kentucky, ont su battre en retraite, des coups ont été échangés et des balles ont été tirées des deux côtés dans ce Harlan sanglant.C'était ce genre de guerre des classes -- les propriétaires de mine d'un côté, et les mineurs de charbon indépendants du Kentucky de l'autre -- qui a fourni la matière à Florence Reece pour écrire la chanson "Wich side are you on?" où elle a capté l'esprit de cette période avec éloquence.
Mme Reece décrit une expérience personnelle. Son mari, Sam, était l'un des chefs des syndicats. Le shérif J. H. Blair et ses hommes sont venus à sa maison à sa recherche quand elle était seule avec ses sept enfants. Ils ont saccagé toute la maison et puis ont surveillé les alentours, se préparant à abattre Sam s'il revenait.
Un jour pendant cette période tendue MmeReece a déchiré une feuille d'un calendrier mural et a écrit les paroles de "Wich side are you on?". La forme simple de la chanson l'a rendu facile à adapter pour d'autres grèves, et beaucoup de versions différentes ont circulé.
vous vous trouvez. J'entends à nouveau le banjo de Pete,
"Come all you good workers..."
Dédié à Kürün "Sam".




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