Bob Dylan: Blowin’ In The Wind

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Bob Dylan: Blowin’ In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man?

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand?

Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they’re forever banned?

 

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

 

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the sea?

Yes, and how many years can some people exist

Before they’re allowed to be free?

Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn’t see?

 

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

 

Yes, and how many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

Yes, and how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

Yes, and how many deaths will it take ’til he knows

That too many people have died?

 

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

Do you remember the lines from the lyrics that start with ’How many’?

Can you make a list of the words which were used with them?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Key:

road, seas, times, years, ears, deaths

And now can you reconstruct the lyrics? The second part of the sentences are given for you.

How many roads must a man walk down

 

 

 

How many seas must a white dove sail

 

 

Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly

 

 

The answer, my friend,

 

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist

 

 

Yes, and how many years can some people exist

 

 

Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head

 

 

Yes, and how many times must a man look up

 

 

Yes, and how many ears must one man have

 

 

Yes, and how many deaths will it take ’til he knows

 

 

Key:

How many roads must a man walk down

 

Before you call him a man?

 

How many seas must a white dove sail

 

Before she sleeps in the sand?

 

Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly

 

Before they’re forever banned?

 

The answer, my friend,

is blowin’ in the wind

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist

 

Before it is washed to the sea?

 

Yes, and how many years can some people exist

 

Before they’re allowed to be free?

 

Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head

 

And pretend that he just doesn’t see?

 

Yes, and how many times must a man look up

 

Before he can see the sky?

 

Yes, and how many ears must one man have

 

Before he can hear people cry?

 

Yes, and how many deaths will it take ’til he knows

 

That too many people have died?

 

Vocabulary

dove

galamb

to sail

repülni, átrepülni

cannon ball

ágyúgolyó

forever

örökre

to ban

betiltani

to exist

létezni

to allow

megengedni valamit

to turn somebody’s head

elfordítani a fejét

to pretend

úgy tenni, mintha

death

halál

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