"I sang it about soldiers, then, later, about gay men. It touches me deeply every time. I used to perform this song at Mr Henry’s and people would be totally silent. I knew it moved them."
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On the song “Ballad of the Sad Young Men” in “Roberta Flack: 'My music is my expression of what I feel in a moment'” in The Guardian (2020 Jan 21)
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Roberta Flack
Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer.
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