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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 instru
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ments from their homes, like bottles and plates. When
they visited their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and played country music.