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    Listening

    • Listen to the song and write down the words that you hear:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ZUXQuFcnw

    a) This
    b) Threw
    c) Sleep
    d) King
    e) Through
    f) These
    g) Slip
    h) Kin
    i) Heap
    j) List
    k) Hip
    l) Least
    • Listen to the song again
    and put the verses of the song in the order that you hear them.
    Vocabulary:
    • Vagabond shoes
    • Little–town blues
    Vagabond shoes:
    A vagabond: a person who wanders from place to place without a permanent home
    or job
    Shoes: What we wear on our feet for protection and comfort

    Vagabond + Shoes = The kind of shoes a vagabond might wear, likely worn out, well-
    travelled > literary meaning

    Figurative meaning: a desire for adventure, freedom, an unconventional lifestyle, a


    longing to break free from the constraints of the mundane life, yearning for new
    experiences, the courage to step into the unknown

    These vagabond shoes


    Are longing to stray
    Right through the very heart of it
    New York, New York
    Little-town blues: that feeling when you are bored with your
    hometown and want to explore the outside world which offers many
    possibilities.

    These little-town blues


    Are melting away
    I'll make a brand new start of it
    In old New York
    Content of the song: What is it about?
    Answers:
    • Listen to the song and write down the words that you hear:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ZUXQuFcnw

    a) This
    b) Threw
    c) Sleep
    d) King
    e) Through
    f) These
    g) Slip
    h) Kin
    i) Heap
    j) List
    k) Hip
    l) Least
    • Listen to the song again
    and put the verses of the song in the order that you hear them.

    Start spreadin' the news Are melting away


    I'm leavin' today I'll make a brand new start of it
    I want to be a part of it In old New York
    New York, New York
    If I can make it there
    These vagabond shoes I'll make it
    Are longing to stray Anywhere
    Right through the very heart of it It's up to you
    New York, New York New York, New York

    I want to wake up
    In a city that doesn't sleep
    And find I'm king of the hill
    Top of the heap
    These little-town blues

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