"Down Don't Bother Me"

Cyndi Lauper's energetic version of this song, with Charlie Musselwhite:



Audio (Albert King's original version)


Purchase track on amazon.com.

Lyrics (Albert King)

I've been down so long
You know, down don't bother me
I've been down so long
You know, down don't bother me
I'm gonna take all my troubles
And cast 'em in the deep, blue sea

I work hard every day
I come straight home at night
And no matter how hard I try
Y'know you never wanna treat me right
I've been down so long
You know, down don't bother me
I'm gonna take all my worries
And cast 'em in the deep, blue sea

I bought you a fur coat for Christmas
And a diamond ring
And now you've got the nerve to tell me
That my love don't mean a thing
I've been down so long
'Til down don't bother me
I'm gonna cast all my troubles
And take 'em to the deep, blue sea

200-level homework: make your own essay exercise

Once again, it's your turn to be the textbook writer!

If necessary, you can look at some of the essay assignments you've enjoyed in the past:

• Fame and its disadvantages
• The thrills of extreme sports
• Animals should never be kept in zoos
• Should children be allowed to play video games?
• Too many cars

The best essay assignments might end up in the final exam!

200-level homework: your favorite place

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Group 206: Remember that, this week (April 16-20), we meet Friday at 18:00 instead of Wednesday at 15:00. Place: Room 16.

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Exercise adapted from Olga Afanasyeva, Virginia Evans, Victoria Kopylova, Practice Exam Papers for the Russian State Exam, 2010 Revised Edition, Moscow: Express Publishing/Prosveshchenie Publishers.

Be sure to give your article a title. Articles are often more interesting if they begin with an incident or a quotation.

Buddy Guy plays acoustic guitar

Buddy Guy is best known for playing electric guitar and for making his own enormous contribution to Chicago blues. His appeal and influence go way beyond Chicago, of course: Eric Clapton acknowledges that Guy is one of the very best guitarists in the world.

I've been to maybe ten of his concerts over the years, and he always takes some time to pick up an acoustic guitar, as he did here in Des Moines, Iowa, USA: (Notice the showmanship and the rapport between musician and audience. This is typical at his concerts.)



And again at Montreux:



The song we heard him sing this past week in class was "Anna Lee," written by Elmore James, Robert McCullom, and Marshall Sehorn.

Here's an audio track of the song:



Amazon.com purchase link

And here are the lyrics, transcribed from Buddy Guy's version:

Anna Lee, I want you for my own, Anna Lee
Anna Lee, I swear I can't leave you alone, Anna Lee
You promised to be mine, just hang around and see

Anna Lee, what's that you got, Anna Lee
Anna Lee, you got me on the spot, Anna Lee
Well, you got to be mine, you just hang around and see

Anna Lee, this is my last goodbye, Anna Lee
Anna Lee, this is my last time to cry, Anna Lee
Well, you got to be mine, you just hang around and see

Two songs: "Diner" and "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"

We played "Diner" in our last Fifth Course classes together. Here it is:



Audio:

Amazon.com link to "Diner"

By Martin Sexton, Ned Claflin You might have seen one out in Minnesota Or maybe down by the sea in Sarasota But they were made back in Worcester, Mass. Of aluminum and Bakelite and glass Like a locomotive they were streamlined And the blueprints were drawn up from a dream of mine Slap 'em up, put 'em on the train Out to Michigan up to Maine You may find a diner down in Georgia or Carolina off the Twenty by the Piggly Wiggly In the country out of Waynesboro Or when it's getting late and rainy out in New York State You hang a louie off the thru-way And you go and grab yourself a cheeseburger At the Little Gem diner off Sixty Niner Refrain: Diner my shiny shiny love In the night you’re all I’m thinking of Diner my shiny shiny love The cruiser pulls in where the troopers always stop As we dine over the chrome

and Formica table top The cashier she always squints By the gum and the bowl of mints She's tapping her toe To the Dean Martin on the Consolette Booth service and a cigarette we're loving it so Side of fries a dollar Or the haddock plate two ninety five A rootbeer float a Pepsi And be sure to save some room for some apple pie Better make it a-la-mode Refrain Dean Martin God rest his soul Talkin' to me from the cereal bowl There's a couple from the Show Me State Knockin' back a little meatloaf plate Diner my shiny shiny love Diner my shiny shiny love Diner my shiny shiny shiny love Chicken and biscuits With a side of gravy Peach cobbler

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And here's "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis:



Audio:

Amazon.com link for "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"

By Noel Gallagher

Hold up, hold up
Don’t be scared
You’ll never change what’s been and gone

May your smile
Shine on
Don’t be scared
Your destiny will keep you on

’Cause all of the stars have faded away
Just try not to worry, you’ll see them some day
Take what you need and be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

Get up
Come on
Why you scared? (I’m not scared)
You’ll never change what’s been and gone

’Cause all of the stars have faded away
Just try not to worry, you’ll see them some day
Take what you need and be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

’Cause all of the stars have faded away
Just try not to worry, you’ll see them some day
Just take what you need and be on your way
And stop crying your heart out

We’re all of the stars, we’re fadin’ away
Just try not to worry, you’ll see us some day
Just take what you need and be on your way
And stop crying your heart out
Stop crying your heart out

200-level homework: use these words and phrases...

Homework due week of April 9. Print out and use this sheet--or simply write to me and send me your twelve sentences.

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