Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, a-a-aah
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, a-a-aah
Emily Hobhouse had clear intention to make peace in a war torn world
She travelled independently into the heart of “enemy territory”
Spoke in person to the Foreign Minister
As countless lives were lost
She dared to disagree with
The sacrifice, the slaughter
the sacrifice, the slaughter.
Attacked for being crazy:
“Traitor!”
“Lunatic! ”, “Hysterical spinster”
“A misguided peacette"
Fearless in the face of fire.
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, a-a-aah
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, Emily
With knowledge and experience, Emily Hobhouse
Was a beam of light in a war torn world
Discussions with high officials led to
Hope of peace
But war doesn't listen to women and
England said, “No”
Oo, Emily
A bridge of peace
Bridges can’t be built without collaboration
There was such support from people of both nations
But England said, “No”
A bridge of peace
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, a-a-aah
Emily Hobhouse had clear intention to make peace in a war torn world
She travelled independently into the heart of “enemy territory”
Spoke in person to the Foreign Minister
As countless lives were lost
She dared to disagree with
The sacrifice, the slaughter
the sacrifice, the slaughter.
Attacked for being crazy:
“Traitor!”
“Lunatic! ”, “Hysterical spinster”
“A misguided peacette"
Fearless in the face of fire.
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, a-a-aah
Oo, Oo-oo-oo, aah, Emily
With knowledge and experience, Emily Hobhouse
Was a beam of light in a war torn world
Discussions with high officials led to
Hope of peace
But war doesn't listen to women and
England said, “No”
Oo, Emily
A bridge of peace
Bridges can’t be built without collaboration
There was such support from people of both nations
But England said, “No”
A bridge of peace
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2015/12/23 - 22:22
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Parole e musica della cantante, compositrice ed attrice australiana Krysia Mansfield
Una canzone scritta appositamente per The World Is My Country, progetto inglese nato per celebrare gli obiettori di coscienza della Grande Guerra.
Il brano è dedicato alla figura di Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926), socialista e pacifista inglese che prima scandalizzò la “candida” opinione pubblica del suo paese rivelando le atrocità commesse - soprattutto nei campi di concentramento e sui civili - dall’esercito di Sua Maestà nella guerra contro i Boeri in Sudafrica (1899-1902), e poi si oppose strenuamente alla Prima guerra mondiale essendo fra le promotrici della Open Christmas Letter, una lettera pubblica che le donne suffragiste inglesi spedirono nel dicembre 1914 alle loro corrispettive tedesche ed austriache in cui si sollecitavano tutti i governanti ad evitare altri spargimenti di sangue, dopo quelli delle guerre boere e balcaniche.