[Vision2020] "Hello Stranger, Put Your Lovin' Hand In Mine" Re: Immigration Discussion

[Ted Moffett]

Emmylou Harris's version of "Hello Stranger" is one of my favorites, from
the studio album "Luxury Liner," sung with Nicolette Larson.  The song
captures a simple (it might seem simple, but is yet complex), profound and
compassionate wisdom of the heart, that seems quite relevant to
the discussion.  The lyrics come in different versions, but I listened
carefully to approximately, I hope, just maybe, get the lyrics mostly
correct below, given how the song is sung in the YouTube live version that
is available at the website lower down.  The final verse is absent from many
of the lyric listings for this song on the Internet, yet is contained in
this live version:

Hello Stranger

by A. P. Carter

Hello stranger
Put your loving hand in mine
You are a stranger
And you're a friend of mine

Get up, rounder
Let a working girl lay down
You are a rounder
And you're all out and down

Every time
I ride the four and six street cars
I can see my baby
Peeping through the bars

He bowed his head
And he waved both hands at me
He's prison bound
And longing to be free

I'll see you
When your troubles are like mine
Yes. I'll see you
When you haven't got a dime

Weeping like the willow
And mourning like the dove
Weeping like the willow
There's a country that I love
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Below is a live "YouTube" version, Harris with the Nash Ramblers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beh9e2i1eaE

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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On 3/28/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:


> "I was a stranger, and you welcomed me."
>
> - Matthew 25:35
>
> Good words, wouldn't you say, Arnold?
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
> >
> > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:15:03 -0700
> > From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> > To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com; kjajmix1 at msn.com
> >
> > Keely,
> >
> > I don't know where you get your information that 135 million American
> belie> ve as Buchanan does. However, I do agree that illegal immigration
> is a
> se> rious threat to the survival of the United States as an economically
> strong>  nation with a positive future.
> >
> > The strength of the United States is based on the diversity which it
> has,>  a commitment and loyalty to the nation, a willingness to put more
> into
> t> he community than they take out, and adherence to its laws and
> conversion>  to its societies norms.
> >
> > I don't think see that with most illegal immigrants. For starters, most
> o> f them don't even hold a loyalty to the United States and many are not
> even>  willing to learn English. Many of them wish to convert their
> environment
> t> o the nation they came from, not convert to the US.
> >
> > Second, they do not follow the nation's laws. They disobey and destroy
> th> e communities they live in, and send money out of the country, to
> their>  country of origin. They often return to their nation of origin and
> still
> d> o not consider the US home. They just work here seasonally, or for just
> a>  few years.
> >
> > Third, they take jobs from other US Citizens. Which weakens the
> economy> , increased unemployment, and reduces tax revenues.
> >
> > Look at California and Southern Nevada. These areas are stricken with
> dire
> > poverty, record unemployment rates, astronomical deficits, and an
> ina> bility to govern themselves. The proof is in the pudding.
> >
> > There is absolutely no reason to support a system which exploits illegal
> wo> rkers, US workers, and the community tax base in favor of a handful of
> > businesses trying to make a few bucks.
> >
> > Finally, It is incredibly discriminatory to deny people who follow the
> la> w in over 200 nations worldwide fair and equitable access to the US and
> bid>  on a chance for citizenship in favor of flooding the country with
> illegal
> > immigrants from a handful of nations to our south that follow no rules or
> r> estricts.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Donovan
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 3/26/09, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> > To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:01 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm far more concerned about the 135 million people in this country who
> bel> ieve as Pat Buchanan does, presuming that the only way our nation
> "surviv> es" is if it remains, or reverts to, a nation full of
> European-immigran> t descendants.  My 11 years of ministering to largely
> undocumented Mexican
> > immigrants has convinced me that we have nothing to fear, and much to
> gai> n, from Hispanic immigration.  Recognizing that we have millions of
> hard-> working, loyal, decent immigrants who desperately love the United
> State> s of America would best be demonstrated by a broad and generous
> amnesty,
> > one that enfranchises people and, not insignificantly, allows the
> count> ry to collect taxes and regulate employer abuse they often suffer.
> >
> > Why Pat Buchanan is so frightened would be a mystery to me, if I didn't
> r> ead his stuff and have it confirmed that the "browning" of America, and
> t> he "accented" English he hears, threaten his position as a privileged
> whi> te
> >  male and his dream of a country led and populated by people just like
> him.>   Believe me, he makes it perfectly clear . . .
> >
> > Keely
> > http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:22:35 +0000
> > > Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
> > >
> > > "Who is going to care 30 years from now whether a Sunni or a Shia is
> in
> > > Baghdad or who's ruling in Kabul? We're going to have 135 million
> > > Hispanics in the United States by 2050, heavily concentrated in the
> > > southwest. The question is whether we're going to survive as a
> country."
> > >
> > > - Pat Buchanan
> > >
> > >
> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > >
> > > Tom Hansen
> > > Moscow, Idaho
> > >
> > > Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th,
> featuri> ng
> > > Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale. For details go to . .
> >  .
> > >
> > > http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding<http://www.moscowcares.com/Wingding>
> > >
> > > Seeya
> > > there.
> > >
> > >
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