Streets of London (by Frank Mc Tell)

How to explain the song’s popularity

Ralph Mc Tell’s song “Streets of London” is about the everyday poverty which we, the “healthy and wealthy” part of our society, don’t seem to recognize. The song tells the story of an old, impecunious man who used to be a successful seaman, a hero. In the past, the old man was respected and admired by the society, but in the same way his medal ribbons fade, the society’s memory of the former hero fades.

Ralph Mc Tell is able to make us feel guilty and responsible when listening to his song as he sings about a man who was once a decent, hard working person like most of us are. We can see ourselves in the old man’s wretched positio

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Approximate Word count = 480
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)