Testo della canzone We Shall Overcome di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Peter Seeger, Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton) We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome some day We shall all be free, we shall all be free, We shall all be… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Kumbaya di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Traditional. Adapted and arranged by Robert DeCormier, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers.) Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya Someone’s singing Lord, kumbaya Someone’s singing Lord, kumbaya Someone’s singing Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbayah Someone’s laughing, Lord,… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Tiny Sparrow di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (StookeyMezzettiOkun) Come all ye fair and tender ladies, Take warning how you court your men. They’re like the stars on a summer’s mornin’ First they’ll appear and then they’re gone. If I had known before I courted what all his lyin’ would have done I’d have locked… Leggi »
Testo della canzone I Am Your Child di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (ManilowPanzer) I am your child Wherever you go, you take me too Whatever I know, I learned from you Whatever I do, you taught me to do I am your child And I am your chance Whatever will come, will come from me Tomorrow is… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Le Deserteur di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Boris VianHarold Berg) [Peter does this solo entirely in French, after giving a shortened English translation.] [ The Pacifist (translation):] Men whose names are great, I am writing you a letter That you will read perhaps If you have the time Men whose names are great, I… Leggi »
Testo della canzone September Song di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Maxwell AndersonKurt Weill) When I was a young man courting the girls I played me a waiting game. If a maid refused me with tossing curls I’d let the old earth take a couple of twirls And I’d ply her with tears instead of pearls And as… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Wild Places di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Peter Campbell) Silence slips between us, solitude complete The stillness clear and close as heaven’s door The earth beats out its rhythm, in slow and perfect time Counterpoint and harmonies, life’s melodies entwine And we fight the battle here where there’s time to fall in step The… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Deportee di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Woody GuthrieMartin Hoffman) The crops are all in, the peaches are rotting The oranges piled in their creosote dumps They’re flying us back to the Mexican border To pay all our money just to wade back again Some of us are illegal and some are not wanted Our… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Inside di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (HillStookey) Let’s say you’re at a pie contest, let’s say that you’re the judge And there’s lemon, lime and watermelon rind, and one that looks like fudge You can’t tell which pie you like the best if you only eat the crust In order to complete the test… Leggi »
Testo della canzone The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face di PETER, PAUL AND MARY Album: (Ewan McColl) The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies my love To the dark and… Leggi »