Yes, the it is originally in English
--- Annie Hughes <aehughes@y...> wrote:
--- Annie Hughes <aehughes@y...> wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance her:
>
> Is this a translation or was the original written in
> english?
>
> The english text suggests to me a working class man
> who drinks regularly - coming home after a binge and
> dancing clumsily with his child...who loves the
> interaction in spite of the obvious dangers of his
> father's intoxication, of which his mother is
> painfully aware.
>
> --- Trevor Allen <trevorjamesallen@y...> wrote:
> --- Trevor Allen <trevorjamesallen@y...> wrote:
> > Here is the complete text to "My Papa's Waltz", so
> > anyone with a question to it's child abust element
> > can
> > make up their own mind
> >
> >
> > The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy
> > dizzy, but I hung on like death. Such waltzing
> was
> > not easy.
> >
> > We romped until the pans slid from the kitchen
> > shelf.
> > My mother's countenance could not unfrown itself.
> >
> > The hand that held my wrist was battered on one
> > knuckle. At every step you missed, but right ear
> > scraped a buckle.
> >
> > You beat time on my head with a palm caked hard by
> > dirt, then waltzed me off to bed still clinging to
> > your shirt.
> >
> >
> > There they are folks, let me know what you
> > think.........
> >
>
>
> =====
> Annie Hughes
> http://www.anniehughes.com
> "And since life is the sound of the sheep
> And the taste of the stew
> And the way that you feel
> When He touches you
> Now your whole life is different
> Now your whole life is new."
>
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