Rednecks

Randy Newman

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Date: Sun 12 Nov 1995 16:47:54 -0600 (CST) Subject: Randy Newman-Rednecks This was requested from an individual so I though i would also post it to nevada. This is basically a piano song (most Newman songs are) but I think the chords are pretty close. I apologize for any mistakes but this is my first posting of music. I hope to do many more. Jeff H. Rednecks--Randy Newman From--Good ’Ole Boys Intro: Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show with some smart-ass New York Jew. And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox and the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too. Well he may be a fool but he’s our fool. If they think they’re better than him they’re wrong. So I went to the park and I took some paper along and that’s where I made this song. Verse 1: We talk real funny down here. We drink too much and we laugh too loud. We’re too dumb to make it in no Northern town and we’re keepin’ the niggers down. We got no-necked oilmen from Texas good ol’ boys from Tennessee college men from L.S.U. Went in dumb come out dumb too. Hustlin’ ’round Atlanta in their alligator shoes. Gettin’ drunk ev’ry weekend at the barbuques and they’re keepin’ the niggers down. CHORUS: We’re Rednecks we’re Rednecks and we don’t know our ass from a hole in the ground. We’re Rednecks we’re Rednecks and we’re are keeping the niggers down. (last time only--slowly) We are keepin’ the niggers down. Verse 2: Now your Northern nigger’s a Negro You see he’s got his dignity Down here we’re too ignorant to realize That the North has set the nigger free. Yes he’s free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City And he’s free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and the West side And he’s free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland And he’s free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis And he’s free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco And he’s free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston. They’re gatherin’ ’em up from miles around Keepin’ the niggers down. (CHORUS)

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Cette chanson aborde le thème du racisme et des préjugés, en décrivant la vie de certaines personnes dans le Sud des États-Unis. Le narrateur, en se moquant de lui-même et de ceux qui l'entourent, souligne une certaine ignorance face aux inégalités sociales et au racisme systémique. Il met en lumière le fait que, bien qu'ils se croient supérieurs aux autres, ils restent enfermés dans leurs propres stéréotypes. Le contexte de la chanson est important car elle a été écrite à une époque où les tensions raciales aux États-Unis étaient très présentes. Elle illustre la dynamique complexe entre les différentes classes sociales et les races, tout en prenant un ton satirique pour dénoncer les attitudes répandues dans certaines parties du pays. C'est une critique accrue des mentalités fermées et du déni des réalités sociales, le tout enveloppé dans un humour grinçant.

Le Chansonnier