Chansons reprises contre la guerre : The fiddle and the drum

En français Le violon et le tambour.

Chanson de l'auteure-compositrice-interprète canadienne Joni Mitchell (1969).

Ses paroles déplorent, d'un point de vue étranger que l'Amérique "nous combatte tous" et qu'elle ait "troqué le violon contre le tambour".

Chanson antimilitariste associée à la guerre en Irak grâce à la reprise de A perfect circle en 2004.

And so once again
My dear Johnny, my dear friend
And so once again you are fightin' us all
And when I ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry and I fall
Oh, my friend, how did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum?

You say I have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
But I can remember all the good things you are
And so I ask you, please
Can I help you find the peace and the star?
Oh, my friend, what time is this
To trade the handshake for the fist?

And so once again
Oh, America, my friend
And so once again you are fighting us all
And when we ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry and we fall
Oh, my friend, how did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum?

You say we have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
But we can remember all the good things you are
And so we ask you, please
Can we help you find the peace and the star?
Oh, my friend, we have all come
To fear the beating of your drum

Fiddle And The Drum

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Fiddle And The Drum · A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Released on: 2004-01-01 Producer: Billy Howerdel Executive Producer: Maynard Jam...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7sDi3V8xU

June Tabor - The Fiddle and the Drum (by Joni Mitchell)

Uploaded by portugasque on 2016-11-05.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI4ax26KcmY