The Seekers were a folk group during the mini "folk" boom of the '50s and '60s. When I first heard this song, I did not the antecedent of "you." Eine Schade! You can have the lyrics displayed while they sing.
"Mit siebzehn"
Jasmine Bonnin sings live on the Dorffmann & King-Show. This is a Joni Mitchell song. Very pretty. Very well done. Poignant. In german.
Noch Einmal
And then you can hear the German version "in our streets." Never in our streets of course.
Jasmine Bonnin sings a compact and powerful version in German:- "Strassen unserer Stadt." it is too easy to think this is a song about somewhere else.
The Power of Folk songs
Teller sings "The Streets of London." I have heard folksingers sing this in many a place, often changing the lyrics to reflect where we were. It is evocative, haunting.
The Mass In English
The English have a home court advantage when it comes to Shakespeare's tongue. They have stolen the march on us with the new translation of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. They started using the new translation with this month already. We do not start until Advent, the start of the next liturgical year.
Bishop Davies also wrote his flock:
"I am also conscious we have just begun to use the new translation of The Roman Missal which unites us in worship. At the heart of Pope Benedict's visit to our country was always the Holy Eucharist celebrated with great dignity and adored with love and reverence. The Holy Father asked that the introduction of this revised English translation would be something more than simply a change of wording: "I encourage you now to seize the opportunity that the new translation offers," he asked, "for in-depth catechesis on the Eucharist and renewed devotion in the manner of its celebration." As we become more familiar with this fresh translation, I hope it will enrich our prayer and understanding, help us to recognise more clearly in the Liturgy the words and images of Scripture and, by the beauty and richness of its language, express our wonder at the mystery and reality of the Mass. I hope we will always go beyond the translated words to the reality they express at the heart of the Mass: Jesus Christ, His Sacrifice and His Real Presence with us as we come together with all the Church. "
