Daddy Frank

Merle Haggard

Transposer:

Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp Sister played the ringing tambourine Mama couldn’t hear our pretty music She read our lips and helped the family sing That little band was all a part of living And our only means of living at the time And it wasn’t like no normal family combo Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind Frank and mama counted on each other Their one and only weakness made them strong Mama did the driving for the family And Frank made a living with a song Home was just a camp along the highway A pick-up bed was where we bedded down Don’t ever once remember going hungry But I remember mama cooking on the ground Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp Sister played the ringing tambourine Mama couldn’t hear our pretty music She read our lips and helped the family sing That little band was all a part of living And our only means of living at the time And it wasn’t like no normal family combo Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind Don’t remember how they got acquainted I can’t recall just how it came to be There had to be some special help from someone And blessed be the one that let it be Fever caused my mama’s loss of hearing Daddy Frank was born without his sight And mama needed someone she could lean on And I believe the guitar man was right Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp Sister played the ringing tambourine Mama couldn’t hear our pretty music She read our lips and helped the family sing That little band was all a part of living And our only means of living at the time And it wasn’t like no normal family combo Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind

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Dans cette chanson, on découvre une famille unie par la musique, où le père, malgré sa cécité, joue de la guitare et de l'harmonica, tandis que la sœur accompagne avec un tambourin. La mère, qui a perdu l'audition, communique avec ses enfants en lisant sur leurs lèvres pour les aider à chanter. Leur petite formation musicale représente non seulement leur moyen de subsistance, mais aussi le bonheur et la solidarité qui les unissent. L'histoire se déroule sur la route, où ils vivent dans une camionnette, se contentant de peu, mais toujours ensemble. Les épreuves de la vie, comme la cécité du père et la surdité de la mère, les rapprochent plutôt que de les séparer. Au fond, c'est un hommage à la force des liens familiaux et à l'importance de la musique dans leur existence.

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