'Riding With Private Malone' By David Ball
During the time of the Vietnam War, people were losing loved ones left and right. Many could not cope with seeing the belongings of the people they had lost. “Riding With Private Malone” is about the spiritual feeling something special can leave behind, and David Ball depicts this through tone.
To start off stanza one, it talks in a happy tone. David Ball talks about how he’s snagging a nice car for cheap. He goes on through stanzas two, three, and four talking about how he gets the car running good and how the car is bringing him good feelings. He goes on to say “I had her shinin' like a diamond and I put the rag top down” showing that he’s having good luck with the car. (“Riding With Private Malone” 3). Going through stanza five, the song
To start off stanza one, it talks in a happy tone. David Ball talks about how he’s snagging a nice car for cheap. He goes on through stanzas two, three, and four talking about how he gets the car running good and how the car is bringing him good feelings. He goes on to say “I had her shinin' like a diamond and I put the rag top down” showing that he’s having good luck with the car. (“Riding With Private Malone” 3). Going through stanza five, the song