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Dana's ballad about the Philippines

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 Summary of my ballad:

 

 

 

This ballad is about a girl named Marianeth Amper who is eleven years old. She hanged herself on Thursday November 8, 2007 at 4:01 p.m. Her father suspect that she did that because of their situation. She wrote a note that was placed in her room. The note revealed why she hanged herself.

 

 

Here's my ballad:

 

 

"Life is unfair"

 

 

Verse 1:

 

                                      Mariannet was a girl aged eleven,

                                She hanged herself because it was uneven,

                        Having so much on her shoulders to carry

                          And can't even study because of poverty.

 

 

Chorus:

 

 

                          Why life is so unfair,

                          To those who can't even complain,

                                       Where did the money go?

                          Oh! To the governor's pocket, I know.

 

 

Verse 2:

 

                         Before she died she wrote a note saying,

                         "I just wanted a bycicle"

                         So she doesn't need to walk all through the road.

                         She also said that she coudn't so to school

                         Because she always lacked money for food.

 

 

                        (Repeat Chorus)

 

 

Verse 3:

 

                        The night before she killed herself,

                        She asked her father for 100 pesos

                        But he didn't have any money

                        Because he's been out of job for months

                        While her mother worked at a noodle factory,

                        Earning less than a dollar a day.

 

 

 

                       (Repeat Chorus)

 

 

 

Verse 4:

 

                       Days passed after she died

                       The president spoke, her words are all lie

                       She said that the economy is rising

                       Releasing one billion pesos, to help poor people

                       But I can't see that the program is happening.

 

 

                      (Repeat Chorus)

 

 

 

 

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