Wednesday, September 16, 2009

She had a song to sing, all over this land



Mary Travers (1936-2009)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Bush's war is now Obama's war, and the once noisy antiwar movement is now fading away into politically correct silence, so that "she had a song to sing, all over this land" is apparently dead in the poltiical sense as well.

Elaine Fine said...

She did have a hammer, though (though some people might think of that as part of a communist symbol), as well as some great songs to sing with a really distinctive voice to sting about love between her brothers and sisters, all over this land. That message was really important and still is really important.

Yes. Heads of state inherit wars. I'm hoping for eventual world peace.

Anonymous said...

Heads of state inherit wars, true. And this particalar head continues them, also true. "When will they ever learn?" The questions rang true then and it rings true today.