Hello, can anyone help me with the strumming pattern of the song ' When a soldier makes it home ' ? I think tis is it : Dawn dawnupdawnupdawnup , 1 2 and 3 and four and . Is it right ? Sorry for my bad Englisch . I aim from Belgium en speak Dutch .

Het klinkt voor mij juist - adg

(sounds right to me - adg)

unbelievable ! I think i had an answer of Arlo himself , can it be ? For me its like a child first time met santa claus. Its a very nice surprise. Thanks for the reply . Now i can take my guitar and play along with that great song . Another fine surprise is the translation to Dutch . Arlo , i love your songs and i hope that one day in the future you are coming to Belgium ( we have a nice folkfestival in Dranouter every year in summer ) I wish all the people on the forum the best en keep singing and playing that guitar. A Belgium fan.

geen probleem - adg

Wow, Arlo I am impressed with your knowledge of Dutch. I flunked French in high school. I have enough trouble with Englsih lol. Anyway, pretty cool to find out how the song was played...

Anyone can be a language expert with the "babelfish" site...

Thanks for the info. I'll have to try that site sometime...

Anyway , it works . The translation is perfect . I think for American people its much more complicated to learn French than Dutch . Especialy understanding it . Belgium is half French and half Dutch ( = Nederlands ) and also a little German . And that for a smal country of 10 million people. The main city is Brussel .

The translators are very useful but sometimes the translation is really weird and funny.

Wow kid! Do you give away the secrets of magicians too, or just those of folksingers?

I suspect that Arlo might already be an expert in the Dutch langauge since he could translate old Dutch proverbs even before Babelfish was online.......I think.

It's niet veel van een geheim, Larry!

you're gunna make me look that up, ain't ya?

Was Rueben really Dutch, or were the clams Dutch, or maybe both.....???

Yeah I found some of the translation sites to translate stuff kind weird lol. Better than nothing I guess...

I don't think it really make,s much of a difference if one uses a translator.
I certainly use them when I have to.

Although, as Cheryl H. say,s they can at times throw a few curve balls.
I think the important thing is to communicate with one an another, and not so much on how it is done.

Sorry guys, got of topic and a bit philosophical here.

Anyway;
Reputo amo sapiens tamen defero in lingua publicus.
How true......

LOL, and this ain't off a translator...but anything more complicated would have to be.

Ron W.