The Royal Song of the Day for Wednesday, August 10th is “Blackbird” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. You can find the words to this song in Rise Up Singing on page 114.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly…”
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Where Have All The Flowers Gone is the Royal Song of the Day for Tuesday, August 9th. You can find the lyrics at Rise Up Singing on page 165.
Below are a few video samples of Pete Seeger singing this song he wrote…
Pete Seeger singing “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”, on stage with his grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and with Arlo Guthrie. As posted at an Arlo family Youtube channel:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqTf8DU6a0] Continue reading Royal Song of the Day: Tuesday 8/9/2011
This weekend marked the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. Here on Long Island, South Country Peace Group and the peace community held an event in Bellport.
The Royal Song of the Day for 8/8/2011 is “I Come and Stand”, which is also sometimes known as “Dead Little Girl of Hiroshima”. The lyrics can be found in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 160.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZ0KgLifjI] Continue reading Little children and nuclear energy: Peace Song of the Day for 8/8/2011
Do you have friends who busk? We do. Buskers play music on sidewalks for free, and for the occasional compliment or tip. It’s raining on Long Island. It seems like the kind of day where people should share music for free, and try to entertain each other. So…
The Royal Song of the Day is “He Played Real Good For Free” by Joni Mitchell. You can find it in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 24. Video below of Joni Mitchell singing her song:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StugAUy7hsc] Continue reading Royal Song of the Day: Sunday 8/7/2011
Merging two stories in the news — the S&P downgrading and the loss of 38 US personnel in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan — the song for the day is “We Hate To See Them Go” by Malvina Reynolds. The song is on Rise Up Singing., page 187. It is about a dream that “the bankers & the diplomats” would be the ones to go to war.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOQESKGenY] Continue reading Royal Song of the Day: Saturday 8/6/2011
Great video for this one! “The Soup Song”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lSEsfg13eA] Continue reading Wealth and Poverty: Peace Song of the Day for 8/5/2011
Duchess Susanna writes: Oh, well. The Duke and Duchess of Peace strive to bring you at least one, new item about peace and justice everyday. Though, we both also have day jobs. So, we didn’t get to the Song of the Day yesterday. Apologies.
Still, we want to keep the song calendar going. So, here is some catch-up… Continue reading Strangest dream of peace: The Royal Peace Song of the Day, 8/4/2011