near barcelona the peasant crooned the old traditional spanish tunes the neapolitan street song sighs you think of italian skys each nation has a creative vein originating a native strain with folk songs plaintive and others gay in their own peculiar way american folk songs i feel have a much stronger appeal the real american folksong is a rag a mental jag a rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues the critics called it a joke song but now they ve changed their tune and they like it somehow for it s innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter than a classic strain boy you can t remain still or quiet for it s a riot the real american folksong is like a fountain of youth you taste and it elates you and then invigorates you the real american folksong the masses coaxed on is a rag the real american folksong is a rag a mental jag a rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues the critics called it a joke song but now they ve changed their tune and they like it somehow for it s innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter than a classic strain boy you can t remain still or quiet for it s a riot the real american folksong is like a fountain of youth you taste and it elates you and then invigorates you the real american folksong is a rag