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Bonnie Elizabeth Parker
(1910 – 1934)
The trail’s end
You’ve read the story of Jesse James
of how he lived and died.
If you’re still in need;
of something to read,
here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang
I’m sure you all have read.
how they rob and steal;
and those who squeal,
are usually found dying or dead.
There’s lots of untruths to these write-ups;
they’re not as ruthless as that.
their nature is raw;
they hate all the law,
the stool pigeons, spotters and rats.
They call them cold-blooded killers
they say they are heartless and mean.
But I say this with pride
that I once knew Clyde,
when he was honest and upright and clean.
But the law fooled around;
kept taking him down,
and locking him up in a cell.
Till he said to me;
“I’ll never be free,
so I’ll meet a few of them in hell”
The road was so dimly lighted
there were no highway signs to guide.
But they made up their minds;
if all roads were blind,
they wouldn’t give up till they died.
The road gets dimmer and dimmer
sometimes you can hardly see.
But it’s fight man to man
and do all you can,
for they know they can never be free.
From heart-break some people have suffered
from weariness some people have died.
But take it all in all;
our troubles are small,
till we get like Bonnie and Clyde.
If a policeman is killed in Dallas
and they have no clue or guide.
If they can’t find a fiend,
they just wipe their slate clean
and hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.
There’s two crimes committed in America
not accredited to the Barrow mob.
They had no hand;
in the kidnap demand,
nor the Kansas City Depot job.
A newsboy once said to his buddy;
“I wish old Clyde would get jumped.
In these awfull hard times;
we’d make a few dimes,
if five or six cops would get bumped”
The police haven’t got the report yet
but Clyde called me up today.
He said,”Don’t start any fights;
we aren’t working nights,
we’re joining the NRA.”
From Irving to West Dallas viaduct
is known as the Great Divide.
Where the women are kin;
and the men are men,
and they won’t “stool” on Bonnie and Clyde.
If they try to act like citizens
and rent them a nice little flat.
About the third night;
they’re invited to fight,
by a sub-gun’s rat-tat-tat.
They don’t think they’re too smart or desperate
they know that the law always wins.
They’ve been shot at before;
but they do not ignore,
that death is the wages of sin.
Some day they’ll go down together
they’ll bury them side by side.
To few it’ll be grief,
to the law a relief
but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.
A few weeks before Bonny Parker was killed by 26 bullets from the police, she wrote this poem which she sent to her mother.
Bonnie Parker poetry
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Ramsey Nasr & Hagar Peeters
in Poetry concert van Magogo
Ramsey Nasr, Hagar Peeters en Cees van Raak brengen samen met Magogo Kamerorkest en sopraan Charlotte Schoeters een avond vol poëzie en klassieke muziek. De avond Poetry on a String vindt plaats op zaterdag 5 november vanaf 20:30 uur in Concertzaal Tilburg.
Schrijver, acteur, regisseur en Dichter des Vaderlands Ramsey Nasr wordt geroemd om zijn virtuoze gedichten waarin, onder de glans van melancholie, vileine krassen en barsten schuilgaan. Afgelopen zomer nog maakte hij grote indruk met zijn toespraak bij de Mars der Beschaving in Den Haag. De taal van dichteres Hagar Peeters is juist speels, subtiel en soms ook licht satirisch. Cees van Raak, Stadsdichter van Tilburg (2009 tot 2011), kijkt in zijn werken met een scherpe blik naar de gebeurtenissen in deze stad. Componist, dirigent en dichter Micha Hamel is gastdirigent deze avond; Poetry on a String belooft dan ook een bijzondere kruisbestuiving tussen grote talenten te worden. Woord en muziek smelten samen tot een sfeervol concert waarbij Magogo zich laat inspireren door prachtige poëzie en vice versa!
Magogo Kamerorkest is gevestigd in Tilburg en is sinds vijf jaar huisorkest van Concertzaal Tilburg. Magogo brengt zowel ‘puur klassieke’ concerten als ook cross-overs, waarin klassieke muziek de verbinding aangaat met een ander genre. Daarnaast biedt Magogo ruimte aan jonge talenten en speelt het orkest nieuw geschreven werk en arrangementen. De beleving van de muziek zoals Magogo die maakt, wordt versterkt door visuele elementen, verrassende intermezzo’s, spannende nieuwe composities en unieke gasten. Camera’s kruipen in het orkest, sfeerbeelden visualiseren de muziek, dirigent Arjan Tien en zijn enthousiaste musici vertellen vanaf het podium meer over de muziek.
Magogo Kamerorkest – Poetry on a String – dirigent: Micha Hamel | dichters: Ramsey Nasr, Hagar Peeters & Cees van Raak | sopraan: Charlotte Schoeters
Sibelius: Grevinnans Konterfej | Zemlinsky: Maiblumen blühten überall | Schoeck: Sommernacht | Vivaldi: La Tempesta di Madre | Janco Verduin: nieuw werk op gedicht van Ramsey Nasr
za 5 november – Concertzaal Tilburg 20:30 uur
Informatie: www.theaterstilburg.nl
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