A Song of Hope
Robert Dawson
Luke 1:67-79
Growing up mom always sang to us. Her music repertoire was vast and consisted of your usual lullabies, children's songs, Sunday School Songs (The B.I.B.L.E; This Little Light of Mine), hymns, folk songs (Found a Peanut; Magalena Hagalena), and country songs. One of the folk/country songs I remember her singing, and asking her to sing, was the ''Little Paper Boy,'' originally sung by Hank Williams. If you are not familiar with it, let me read it to you...
Out on the corner standin' so bold
Stood a little paperboy so hungry and cold
And as the crowd came passin' by
These words he said with tears in his eyes
''Please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet''
Said the little paperboy, there on the street
''Out in this cold wide world all alone
I have no place on this earth to call home
I haven't had the chance that other kids had
I have no mother, nor even a dad''
''So please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet''
Said the little paperboy, there on the street
Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by
The little boy was gone, and they wondered why
They started searchin' and then found him dead
He died with the papers under his head
No one was there, his body to claim
There he was lying but he felt no pain
Now he has gone up to heaven, we know
The little paperboy who died in the snow
Lay here, friend
And some of you wonder what's wrong with me?! Why would you sing that to a kid? Doesn't it just bless your heart? That'll depress your heart!
That's some melancholy music right there. That's music in a minor key. Too many songs like that and you'll start to feel as if all the joy has been sucked out of your heart and hope siphoned from your soul.
That feeling of joy being sucked from your heart and hope siphoned from your soul would've described the spiritual outlook ...
Robert Dawson
Luke 1:67-79
Growing up mom always sang to us. Her music repertoire was vast and consisted of your usual lullabies, children's songs, Sunday School Songs (The B.I.B.L.E; This Little Light of Mine), hymns, folk songs (Found a Peanut; Magalena Hagalena), and country songs. One of the folk/country songs I remember her singing, and asking her to sing, was the ''Little Paper Boy,'' originally sung by Hank Williams. If you are not familiar with it, let me read it to you...
Out on the corner standin' so bold
Stood a little paperboy so hungry and cold
And as the crowd came passin' by
These words he said with tears in his eyes
''Please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet''
Said the little paperboy, there on the street
''Out in this cold wide world all alone
I have no place on this earth to call home
I haven't had the chance that other kids had
I have no mother, nor even a dad''
''So please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet''
Said the little paperboy, there on the street
Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by
The little boy was gone, and they wondered why
They started searchin' and then found him dead
He died with the papers under his head
No one was there, his body to claim
There he was lying but he felt no pain
Now he has gone up to heaven, we know
The little paperboy who died in the snow
Lay here, friend
And some of you wonder what's wrong with me?! Why would you sing that to a kid? Doesn't it just bless your heart? That'll depress your heart!
That's some melancholy music right there. That's music in a minor key. Too many songs like that and you'll start to feel as if all the joy has been sucked out of your heart and hope siphoned from your soul.
That feeling of joy being sucked from your heart and hope siphoned from your soul would've described the spiritual outlook ...
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