Broadside Ballads were songs intended to reflect contemporary events of social and political nature such as wars, crimes, executions, or disasters. In other words, these songs were made in a simple ballad form, which were sung in public places and about social and political issues. They came out after the invention of printing in the 15th century and were spread out in streets and marketplaces of Europe into the 19th century. The song I chose is a song from Pete Seeger named Bring ‘Em Home. Pete Seeger was born in 1919. His parents were both professional musicians. Pete Seeger joined the Harvard College with a scholarship, but lost it later on because of his grades. He developed interests in music during his teens and became later on an American folk singer. Pete Seeger created many songs about political issues, such as the song ‘Bring ‘Em Home’ which was a song about the Vietnam War. This song was one of Pete Seeger’s most outspoken songs. He wrote the song in 1965 to protest US involvement in Vietnam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4-w2FYIJbw&feature=related I personally like the lyric of this song because it shows how much these people missed their friends, family members and colleagues who participated the Vietnam War. I truly can understand why people wanted to bring them back home. When the war in Kosovo started all my uncles were there trying to fight for their country. I was glad that my father was in Switzerland and decided to stay there, but when I saw my cousins crying for their fathers to come back, I felt abysmal. This song brought back my emotions I had during the war in Kosovo. I am sure it does not only bring my emotions back, it also does the ones who actually were part in the Vietnam War, which were the soldiers. This song gave inspirations to all soldiers and showed them that back home there are people who are thinking about them and missing them. Not only this song, but all Broadside Ballads raise the awareness of what people think and feel about the different social political issues that bothered them.