country music
American Country Music
Vocabulary
| storm | cotton | midwinter |
| smile | field (2) | ride/rode/ridden |
| tool | strong | handsome |
| gun | disaster | heart (2) |
| break/broke/broken |
Video
Transcript
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so
Handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of cotton-eye Joe
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
Questions
901. The music video clip featured “modern”, “contemporary” American culture. True or false?
902. Where was this place?
903. How did the performers dress? Did they wear modern fashions?
904. Describe their physical appearance. What did they look like?
905. What were some of their activities?
906. What is their socio-economic class? Do you think rich, upper-middle class, middle-class, working class or poor?
907. What kind of jobs do you think they have?
1008. Is this (your image or stereotype of) traditional American dance and music? Do you think people are like this all over America?
1009. Country and Western music and dance is popular in my country. Yes or no?
1010. Are your nation’s traditional and folk dancing and music popular?
1011. My friends and I perform traditional or folk dancing. Yes or no?
1012. What will happen in the future?
