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

[Ted Moffett]

I likely got the lyrics wrong on that last verse, courtesy of my brain's
wishful thinking, though I think I like my wording better...

The actual lyrics, courtesty of The Carter Family, according to this
website, are:

http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/the-carter-family/hello-stranger/20065460/lyrics.jhtml

We'll be like the willow
And morning like it does
We'll be like the willow
And morning like it does
There's a [Incomprehensible] country
That I really love

Rather than, as I guessed:

Weeping like the willow
And mourning like the dove
Weeping like the willow
There's a country that I love
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Incomprehensible?  That's what the website says....
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 3/28/09, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> ---------------------------------------
>
> 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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