Ey jo

by @morganxamethyst

Liner Notes

I heard a few political songs the last couple of weeks where people change the lyrics of already existing songs and I want to continue in this tradition and decided to turn a German folk song into a process song
The original song is Hejo Spann den Wagen an
Due to visual impairment, I cannot read the lyrics while I’m playing so I have to learn everything by heart which is hard nowadays because due to chronic illness I suffer from brain fog where it’s very hard to memorise things and it’s easier to just improvise which is not possible in this case so I hope you don’t mind the brakes that much
#banjo #folk #indiefolk #acousticonetake #german #political #queer

Lyrics

English translation at the bottom

Hey jo hört uns bitte an
Denn sie treiben wieder Menschen übers Land
Lasst sie nicht erstarken
Nicht noch mehr erstarken

Ey jo es ist angespannt
Denn es wird immer kälter in diesem Land
Geht's bitte zu den Wahlen
Geht doch zu den Wahlen

Ey jo sonst gibt's wieder flächenbrand
Und alle haben es angeblich nicht früh genug erkannt
Holt euch doch die Fakten
Holt euch doch die Fakten

Ey jo wir brauchen Widerstand
Lasst uns zusammen aufschreien jeder wie er kann
Gemeinsam können wir es schaffen
Gemeinsam können wir es schaffen

Ey jo das Frieden herrscht im Land
Dass sich jeder Mensch wieder frei fühlen kann
Lasst uns dafür kämpfen
Lasst uns dafür kämpfen

Ey jo jeder Mensch ist relevant
Denn wir brauchen neuen Wind immer diesem Land
Mit ganz vielen Farben
Mit allen unseren Farben

Hey yo please listen to us!
Because they are driving people across the country again
Don't let them get stronger
Don't let them get stronger

Hey yo it's tense
Because it's getting colder and colder in this country
Please go to the elections
Go to the elections

Ey yo otherwise there'll be another conflagration
And everyone supposedly didn't realize it soon enough
Why don't you get the facts
Why don't you get the facts?

Ey yo we need resistance,
Let's shout out together everyone as he can
Together we can do it
Together we can do it

Ey jo that peace prevails in the country
That every person can feel free again
Let's fight for it
Let's fight for it

Ey jo every person is relevant
Because we always need a breath of fresh air in this country
With many colors
With all our colors

Comments

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so interesting! i recently had a chance to do a research on german fairy tales so this was very interesting to listen. it's got an adventure vibe
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All I can write is resistance songs these days, so I’m here for it! Thanks for providing the English translation for us non-German speakers. The ey jo is so sing-along-able, what a wonderful protest chant.
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I don’t understand german but after I put into translate I was able to understand the lyrics and these are very timely and much needed.
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Dieses Lied ist so ein Protest-Klassiker, und ich finde deinen neuen Text dazu echt stark.
[FAWM]