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Legend Of Andrew Mccrew

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Dificuldade: médio | Estilo: folk / folk rock | Sentimento: melancólica, narrativa | Ocasião: violão acústico, bar intimista, ensaio | Tags: don mclean, folk, folk rock, violão, acústico, balada, melancólica

"The Legend of Andrew McCrew" é uma das faixas mais marcantes e narrativas do cantor e compositor americano Don McLean, lançada originalmente em

seu álbum Homeless Brother de 1974. Facebook ·Gandhi Information Center (Research and Education for Nonviolence) +1 Aqui estão os principais detalhes sobre essa música: A História Real e Assustadora: A música narra a verdadeira história de Anderson "Andrew" McCrew, um homem negro que morreu em 1913 após cair de um trem de carga. Facebook ·Gandhi Information Center (Research and Education for Nonviolence) A "Múmia" de Exposições: O aspecto mais chocante da letra é que, em vez de ser enterrado, o corpo de McCrew foi embalsamado e exibido como uma atração de "sideshow" (circo/feiras) por décadas. A letra menciona a "múmia" em uma cadeira dobrável que as pessoas passavam e ignoravam. O Enterro Tardio: A música retrata o horror dessa exploração, com o corpo de Andrew McCrew finalmente recebendo um enterro digno apenas em 1973, após 60 anos de exposição, um fato que comoveu McLean a escrever a canção. Facebook ·Gandhi Information Center (Research and Education for Nonviolence) Estilo Musical: É uma balada folk que destaca a habilidade de contador de histórias de Don McLean, com uma atmosfera melancólica e reflexiva. Vídeo Relançado (2026): Recentemente, um vídeo de 16mm nunca antes visto, filmado em 1974 na casa de Don McLean em Camden, Maine, foi restaurado e lançado, trazendo um novo olhar para a performance desta canção. YouTube ·Don McLean +1 A música é um exemplo poderoso de como McLean utiliza a música folk para contar histórias esquecidas e injustiças sociais.

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From: Juergen Wuest <wuest@informatik.uni-kl.de> The Legend of Andrew McCrew - by Don McLean as performed on his live album "Solo" Intro: F Am Dm F There was a mummy at the fair, all crumpled in a folding chair. Am G C The people passed, but didn't care that the mummy was a man, G7 C7 so tell me if you can Chorus: F C7 F C7 Who are you? Who are you? F Dm G7 C7 Where have you been, where are you going to? F F7 Bb Bbm Well, Andrew McCrew must have lost his way F G7 C7 F C7 F C7 F 'Cause though he died long ago he was buried today. Verse 1: F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7 Down on nightmare alley, where the shady people sway F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7 a hobo came a-hikin' on a salty summer day F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7 Well he hopped a freight in Dallas, and he rode out of sight F F7 Bb Bbm But on a turn he slipped, and he lost his grip F C7 F C7 and he fell in-to the night. Repeat Chorus Verse 2: (same chords as first throughout all other verses) Well, Andrew had one leg of wood, the other leg was small. And when he fell off the train that night he found he had no legs at all. Well they found him in the thicket, and the undertaker came. And they mummified his body for a relative to claim. Repeat Chorus Verse 3: But no one came to claim him, until the carnival passed through. The carnies took him to their tent and they decided what to do. Well they dressed him in a worn-out tugs and they put him on a stand. And millions saw the legend called the `famous mummy man'. Repeat Chorus Verse 4: Well, what a way to live a life and what a way to die. Left to live a living death with noone left to cry. Petrified amazement, and wonder beyond words, A man who found more life in death than life gave him at birth. Repeat Chorus Verse 5: But what about the ones who live and wish that they could go. Whose lives are lost to living and performing for the show. Well at least you got the best of life until it got the best of you, So from all of us to what's left of you Farewell, Andrew McCrew. eadgbe eadgbe Csus2: x32030 Bbm: xx3321 Nice to know: The song is based on an authentic case. Andrew McCrew toured with the carnival, posthumously, for about 35 years. He was buried in 1973. That was when Don McLean read an article about him and wrote the song. When the song came out, someone stepped forward and donated a headstone on McCrew's previously unmarked grave. The fourth verse of the song is carved on the headstone. (Anyway, that's what Don McLean tells on the live album.)
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