{"id":125293,"date":"2019-03-04T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=125293"},"modified":"2019-01-02T15:09:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:09:36","slug":"he-aint-heavy-hes-my-brother-music-video-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/03\/he-aint-heavy-hes-my-brother-music-video-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"He Ain&#8217;t Heavy He&#8217;s My Brother (Music Video of the Week)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Story behind the song: <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Boys Town, near Omaha, Nebraska, is a community for neglected and homeless boys. It was founded in 1917 by Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, who started with five youngsters in an old rented house. Over the years a 1,400-acre community was built that became a village in 1936. The Omaha Boys Town cares for over 500 boys and (since 1984) girls, who live in home settings and have available a range of educational facilities and health and counseling services. Boys Town, and the film of the same name starring Spencer Tracey, inspired the writing of The Hollies&#8217; classic, <em>He Ain&#8217;t Heavy, He&#8217;s My Brother<\/em> by Bobby Scott and Bobby Russell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>[Lyrics below video-Subtitles in Castellano]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sYXXIRe-IMw<br \/>\n<strong>LYRICS<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThe road is long<br \/>\nWith many a winding turn<br \/>\nThat leads us to who knows where?<br \/>\nWho knows where?<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m strong<br \/>\nStrong enough to carry him<br \/>\nHe ain&#8217;t heavy, he&#8217;s my brother<\/p>\n<p>So on we go<br \/>\nHis welfare is my concern<br \/>\nNo burden is he to bear<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll get there<br \/>\nFor I know<br \/>\nHe would not encumber me<br \/>\nHe ain&#8217;t heavy, he&#8217;s my brother<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m laden at all<br \/>\nI&#8217;m laden with sadness<br \/>\nThat everyone&#8217;s heart<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t filled with the gladness<br \/>\nOf love for one another<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a long, long road<br \/>\nFrom which there is no return<br \/>\nWhile we&#8217;re on the way to there<br \/>\nWhy not share?<br \/>\nAnd the load<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t weigh me down at all<br \/>\nHe ain&#8217;t heavy, he&#8217;s my brother<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s my brother<br \/>\nHe ain&#8217;t heavy, he&#8217;s my brother<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story behind the song: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-video-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}