Hello friends of the Hive Open Mic, this week's topic is interesting and also very convenient for these days when there is war again in Europe, today I brought you a song with a very interesting story, it's called "He ain’t heavy, he's my brother" by the band The Hollies.

Hola amigos del Hive Open Mic, el tema de esta semana es interesante y además muy conveniente para estos días en los que nuevamente hay guerra en Europa, hoy les traje una canción con una historia muy interesante, se llama “Él no me pesa, es mi hermano” de la banda The Hollies.

The story of the song is that in 1884, James Wells advisor to a Scottish church told of a little girl walking past one day with another child almost as big as her on her back, probably the child had some disability, the path was long and winding, but when someone asked the little girl if she was tired because of the load, she replied, "He's not heavy, he's my brother."

La historia de la canción es que en 1884, James Wells asesor de una iglesia escocesa contó que un día una niña que pasaba caminando con otro niño casi tan grande como ella a sus espaldas, probablemente el niño tenía alguna discapacidad, el camino era largo y sinuoso, pero cuando alguien le preguntó a la pequeña si estaba cansada debido a la carga, ella respondió, “No es pesado, es mi hermano”

However, for a long time it was believed that the origin of the song lay in the photograph taken by Joe O'Donnell (war photographer) in which sadly a boy can be seen carrying his dead brother on his back after the bombing of Nagasaki, leading him to a funeral pyre for his cremation.

Sin embargo por mucho tiempo se tuvo la creencia de que el origen de la canción radicaba en la fotografía tomada por Joe O'Donnell (fotógrafo de guerra) en ella tristemente se puede ver a un niño llevando a cuestas a su hermano muerto tras el bombardeo de Nagasaki, lo conducía a una pira funeraria para su cremación.

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The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share?
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother