Took the children away
LYRICS
- 'This story's right this story's true’.
- 'They fenced us in like sheep’,
- ‘Snatched for their mother’ breast’
- 'I, we, us.'
Archie Roach
- Song is slow.
- Background music
- Soft Guitar,Piano Keyboard,
- Tambourine,
- Electric guitar
- words are more important than the backing
- Echoes
Born January 8 1956
Framlingham - Home town
Part of the Stolen Generations
Conclusion
Sentence Structure
Stolen Generation
- short and long sentences
- repetition
- took the children,told,away,back .
- paragraphs
- long and short
- Chorus, verses.
- Important life event
- Telling his story
- What he went through during the times of the Stolen Generations.
- Made me feel sad,emotional
- WHERE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILY
- SENT TO MISSIONS RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT AND CHURCHES
- FRAMLINGHAM MISSION
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG
- Took the children away
- Folk song
- BALLAD