Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Don’t touch my hat! Listen to the song, originally by Lyle Lovett, and answer the questions. 11 Choose one of the following tasks: Write down the argument between the singer and the man he accuses of stealing • his hat in the form of a dialogue. What happens next? Continue the story in the form of a narrative. • How do you think his girlfriend feels? Write him a letter explaining why you are finishing • your relationship with him. 2/06 1 What problem does the man sing about? 2 Why is the singer so attached to his hat? 3 What was his mother’s advice and why doesn’t he follow it any more? 4 How can the man prove the hat is his? Man you better let go. You can’t hold on to what belongs to me and don’t belong to you. I caught you looking with your roving eye, so Mister you don’t have to act so surprised. Chorus If it’s her you want I don’t care about that. You can have my girl But don’t touch my hat. I grew up lonesome on the open range. And that cold north wind can make a man feel strange. My John B. Stetson was my only friend. And we’ve stuck together through many a woman. Don’t Touch My Hat Chorus If it’s her you want I don’t care about that. You can have my girl But don’t touch my hat. My mama told me ‘Son, to be polite, take your hat o when you walk inside.’ But the winds of change ey ll the air. And you can’t set your hat down just anywhere. Chorus If it’s her you want I don’t care about that. You can have my girl But don’t touch my hat. So if you plead not guilty I’ll be the judge. We don’t need no jury to decide because … I wear a seven and you’re out of order ’cause I can tell from here You’re a seven and a quarter Chorus If it’s her you want I don’t care about that. You can have my girl But don’t touch my hat. No it never complains and it never cries and it looks so good and it ts just right. Chorus If it’s her you want I don’t care about that. You can have my girl But don’t touch my hat. sb. with a roving eye: jmnd., der nach sexuellen Abenteuern Ausschau hält on the open range: in den Weiten der Prärie I wear a seven: Ich trage Hutgröße 7 you’re out of order: du kommst dafür sowieso nicht in Frage; er passt dir sowieso nicht 147 2 Compact unit 2: Headgear Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv