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| Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. It is a mixture(混合物) of music from all of these places. In the west of America, cowboys had to take 1 of the cattle(牛). They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes 2 away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was 3 in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to keep awake at night. He also sang songs to the cattle to make them 4 . He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They would not run away 5 he sang beautiful and peaceful songs. In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and 6 . Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed 7 own kind of music. They used guitars, 8 and other musical instruments, too. They also added instruments from their homes, like bottles and plates. When they visited their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and played country music. |