Brennemann 5th graders returned to their bluesy ideas from last week. While much of the blues are steeped in heartfelt sadness, some blues can make us laugh. Remembering that blues songs and poems have rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, some students worked to give their poems a musical feel. We had time toward the end of class to imagine ourselves in a blues cafe where “up-and-coming blues artists” shared their work. Enjoy!
Ms. Keuten
5th Grade
Solo quiero un papá me quiera blues
por Curly Money Dupree aka Karen
las cosas que nos gusta no lo
tenemos lo que yo
quiero es solo un papá que te quiera y la que
no quiero cosas materia les
nadie me ama
yo solo quiero un papá
un papá que me quiera
The bad day blues
by Boney Fingers Silly Washington aka Janelle
Mmmmmm
we have a bad day every once in a while
we don’t wanna play games, but I believe a smile
will make our day. It’ll change your day
and make a way. But that way must be a good way.
We have a right
to defend and fight
But that right must be fair
If we never share,
that fight will never be fair.
Oooo, I have the bad day blues.
I Can’t Take These Players
by Boney Dog Jackson aka Jocelyn
Every day Real Madrid loses
Nicolas Jackson real back thriving
bones, ACL’s, ankles, breaking like how
dogs, cats, and crows are rowing
in the true sad story
Lucas Vasquez suddenly don’t know how to play
in plain day
they
are giving me the blues
I am so doomed.
Fat Franklin aka Angel
Why the blues? What is my blues?
going to the dentist
you don’t want to be in my shoes
getting a tooth pulled feels so bad
it makes me feel mad
I’ve got the
going to the dentist blues.
Ms. Birkeland
5th Grade
Younger Sister Blues
by Jailhouse Liver Lee aka Miracle
version 1:
I have the blues, my sister gives me the blues
she hits me and scratches she pulls my hair
I have the blues, my sister always copies me
I have the blues, my sister wants every thing I want
I have the blues
version 2:
She hits me and she scratches me, she even pulls my hair
she hits me and she scratches me, she even pulls my hair
I can’t even go to the bathroom, she follows me everywhere
She wants everything I want
She copies everything I do
If you had my younger sister
you would have the blues too
Curly Money Blues aka Kadesh
they keep playing with me blues
I said you better start running
before I start popping, blues
I have a fine sh—
but I don’t know if he likes me blues
I failed at my game blues
but I got up with my name, so I can cruise
They beat me up blues
and I started crying, blues
Playing in the Rain Outside
by Peg Leg Foot Davis aka Nancy
playing outside
is always a fun time
but when it rains
we can’t play
it’s always a pain
but today we play in the rain
there is a little rain so play
playing outside
is always a fun ride
is a fun time outside
every day, every time
playing outside
is always a fun time.
You Need to Look before You Do
by Lazy Bones Brown aka Sebastian
version 1:
My blues is to waste food that the only
thing left is my spoon. And I feel
sad when someone or I waste some food.
And I felt bad for the people in Africa
having a bad time, and I’m looking for something
if I can make them shine. Waste food my blues.
version 2:
My blues is about wasting food
All I have left is my empty spoon
it makes me feel sad
it makes me feel bad
for people all over the world who are having a bad time
I’m looking to do something to make them shine
wasting food gives me the blues
Fat Gumbo Bradley aka Ahmed
I hate when I get nervous about
myself. I sometimes get anxiety
when I owe someone something
or need help.
it is hard, blues, and sibling blues.
