Especially as we contemplate life and death, war and peace today, I recommend a visit to Rebecca's blog, where Her latest post begins:
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone is a folk song written by Pete Seeger around 1961. The inspiration for the song came from a Ukrainian folk song referenced in a novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, And Quiet Flows the Don.
"Seeger wrote three verses, and adapted it to a tune. Some time later, Joe Hickerson wrote two more verses. I remember hearing several versions of the song when I was a little kid: one by the incomparable Joan Baez, and one by Peter Paul and Mary. What I remember most, however, was my mother's virulent hatred of the song."
I am reminded of a song back in the days Golden Days of Folk....the Chad Mitchell Trio (that John Denver joined for a while) had a song on their album--- a peacenik version of When Johnny Comes Marching Home.....called Johnnie I hardly Knew Ya.
ReplyDeleteI easily found a wiki reference to it but have done no further research on it
go to wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
When_Johnny_
Comes_Marching_Home
I am going now to pull out my VINYL record of it and play it on my RECORD PLAYER to refresh my memory of all its lyrics
could not find it
ReplyDeleteknow I have it
went through the stacks twice
carefully
ah heck... it is in the iTunes store
as Johnnie
by the Chad Mitchell Trio
I need it for my iPod now
Thank you for the mention, ECD.
ReplyDeleteand you know, I just saw that I screwed up my tenses. back to edit....
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