Huckleberry - Song for Banned Books Week 2008

Stereo link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNBMgmfaXxk&fmt=18

This tune is dedicated to Banned Books Week 2008. I wrote "Don't Read This Book" last year for the same event. All the book titles and author names in the lyrics are from the American Library Association's "Challenged" list. For more information regarding Banned Books Week, check out the link below:

American Library Association Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm

Top 100 Challenged Books of the last decade
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostf...

Huckleberry (©2008 Keith Lewis & Carl Walker)

Don't take away Tom Sawyer
or Injun Joe and Runaway Jim
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Don't hide away John Steinbeck
Don't throw away Shel Silverstein
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Where's Waldo - I can't find him
Kurt Vonnegut or R. L. Stein
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Chorus:
Don't it seem absurd
To Kill a Mockingbird
as if reading was a sin
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Christine and a dog named Cujo
Outsiders and a Catcher in the Rye
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Come on let me read about Charlie
Who brought Flowers for Algernon
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Chorus

Look for A Light In The Attic
It could be a Brave New World
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Go Ask Alice In The Night Kitchen
'bout the best laid plans Of Mice and Men
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Chorus

Scary Stories - I want to read them
I get Goosebumps when I read about those things
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

Don't take away Tom Sawyer
or Injun Joe and Runaway Jim
Don't take Huckleberry Finn

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[malinda61424]

I'm writing a paper on the censorship and banning of American Literature. Would you mind if i used the music as the background to my presentation for my paper?

[keithrockerboblewis]

@malinda61424 Yes, you may use it for your presentation. I'm flattered you would want to.

[ondfritz2]

The only bad thing I have to say about this song is you use the term "Run Away Jim" why didn't you use the term "Nigger Jim?" That's the term Mark Twain used. Did you yourself just censor Huck Finn in your song?

[keithrockerboblewis]

@ondfritz2 I needed 4 syllables. Also, Runaway Jim sounds good to me - more musical and rhythmic. To be honest, I never even thought about any other words there.

[GhettoBlaster100]

They banned Goosebumps???!! WTF

[keithrockerboblewis]

@GhettoBlaster100 Never fear. Goosebumps, and all the books referenced. have never been banned. There was a challenge on each book to have it removed from schools or libraries. I suspect they were challenged by people who don't read books.

[TheGreatDeciever55]

banning books and revamping them?---wow....cowards much?

[keithrockerboblewis]

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[HitmarkersForTheLose]

Ok. How do I download it?

[keithrockerboblewis]

@HitmarkersForTheLose Yes, as long as I get attribution and it is not for profit.