Kashmir
Led Zeppelin · 1975
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Oh, yeah, yeah
- Oh, yeah, yeah, when I'm down
- Oh, yeah, yeah
- Oh, yeah, yeah, but I'm down, so down
Sing it again — final chorus
- Oh, yeah, yeah
- Oh, yeah, yeah
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
To be where I have been
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, oh, yeah, I've been flying
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
As I scan this wasted land
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, when I'm on
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When I see
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, let the Sun ? down upon my face
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Talk of ? for which they sit and wait
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
No, ? mama, there ain't no denying
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
As I ? this wasted land
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Sure as the ? that floats high in June
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "there" in the whole song?
"there"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "fill" in the whole song?
"fill"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Oh, all I see turns to brown
- Oh, oh no
- With stars to fill my dreams
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- My Shangri-La beneath the summer Moon
- To be where I have been
- When I see
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Kashmir" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Kashmir" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Led Zeppelin one question about "Kashmir", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i've→i'm→you'll→
Exercise 30
Compare "Kashmir" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?