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For children and adults who cherish peace: “Little Drops of Water” is Peace Song for 4/23/2012

(On 4/17/2013, we dedicated “Little Drops of Water” as a song of healing and peace to the Boston Marathon community.)

Little Drops of Water” is the Peace Song of the Day for April 23, 2012. It is a traditional song from England. I first discovered this song in the collection, Singing Bee!, compiled by Jane Hart.

I could not resist making my own verse for this song which clearly states the need for “peace”. Below my video are other versions and resources for the “Little Drops of Water” song.



Lyrics and more about this song…
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MLK explains to the Corporate Press the Historical Necessity for Civil Disobedience in 1965 video

Martin Luther King Jr. on NBC’s Meet the Press in 1965

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAtsAwGreyE]

IW: The questioning of Dr. King by the corporate press is reminiscent of the same questions that they ask the Occupy movement today.

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On March 28, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press.

One week after leading his historic five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, King said that the demonstration was necessary not just to help push the Voting Rights Bill through, but to draw attention to the humiliating conditions in Alabama such as police brutality and racially-motivated murder.

500 Miles: Royal Peace Song of the Day for Monday 8/22/2011

“Five Hundred Miles” by Hedy West is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for Monday, August 22nd. You can find the lyrics to this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 232.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgQJzJsM5U]

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Share your energy and talents: Peace Song of the Day for 8/17/2011

“What You Do With What You’ve Got” by Si Kahn is the Peace Song of the Day for August 17th, as chosen by Susanna, Duchess of Peace. You can find the lyrics in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 244, in the “Unity” section.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjpuRO_grvA&feature=related]

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Royal Peace Song of The Day: “Little Boxes” made of ticky tacky

Duchess Susanna writes: It amazes me the way that some people will go out and buy exactly the same dress, in exactly the same color, that Duchess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) wore somewhere. For my own sense of independence and dignity, I would at least want to pick a different color. Though, the exact ones modeled by the princess are the exact ones that get sold out and crash websites.

The idea of all of these women strolling around Great Britain and the United States in the same dress reminded me of what my departed friend, Susan Blake, called “the monoculture”. And, it reminded me of the Malvina Reynolds song “Little Boxes”. The song “Little Boxes” is The Royal Peace Song of the Day. It is can be found on page 2 in Rise Up Singing. (Favorite campfire song book of The Duke and Duchess of Peace.) Continue reading Royal Peace Song of The Day: “Little Boxes” made of ticky tacky