From Way Up Here (Album Version) Pete Seeger

From way up here the earth looks very small, It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand, No bigger than my hand.

Cement Octopus (Album Version) Pete Seeger

octopus Sit's in Sacramento, i think Gets red tape to eat, gasoline taxes to drin And it grows by day and it grows by night And it rolls over everything in sight Oh, stand by me and protect that tree From

Aimee Semple McPherson (Album Version) Pete Seeger

She held a camp meeting out at Ocean Park Preached from early morning 'til after dark. Said the benediction, folded up her tent, And nobody knew where Aimee went.

Guantanamera (Album Version) Pete Seeger

The words mean, I am a truthful man From the land of the palm trees And before dying, I want to share the poems of my soul My poems are soft green, My poems are also flaming crimson My poems are like

Johnny Riley (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"What makes you different from other women? What makes you different from other kind? For you are young, sweet, beautiful and handsome And for to marry you, I might incline."

Business (Album Version) Pete Seeger

thousand miles over the ocean Simon was drafted in sixty-three In sixty-four, sent over the sea Last month this letter he sent to me He said, "You won't like what I'm saying" He said, We've no friends here

70 Miles (Album Version) Pete Seeger

well Creek and groan in their muddy graves Remembering San Francisco Bay Joe Ortega and the Spanish crew Sailed across the ocean blue Came into the mighty Bay Stood on the decks and cried, "Ole" Fill it here

Mrs. McGrath (Album Version) Pete Seeger

McGrath lived on the shore For the space of seven long years or more She spied a ship come in to the bay With her son from far away ""Oh, Captain dear, where have ye been.

Jesse James (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Jesse James was a lad That killed many a man He robbed the Glendale train He stole from the rich And he gave to the poor He'd a hand and a heart and a brain Well it was Robert Ford That dirty little coward

Get Up And Go (Album Version) Pete Seeger

My get up and go has got up and went But in spite of it all I'm able to grin And think of the places my get up has been.

Draft Dodger Rag (Album Version) Pete Seeger

I'm just a typical American from a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Todd and a-keeping old Castro down And when it came my time to serve I knew "better dead than red" But when I got to

America, the Beautiful (Album Version) Pete Seeger

O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above thy fruited plain America, America God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to

Barbara Allen (Album Version) Pete Seeger

So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she drew nigh him, And the only words to him did say Young man I think you're dying.

The Power And The Glory (Album Version) Pete Seeger

with me through this green and growing land Walk through the meadows and the mountains and the sand Walk through the valleys and the rivers and the plains Walk through the sun and walk through the rain Here

Cryderville Jail (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Duck was his name He loved you in the sand hills before your great fame I heard he stopped a bullet in 1885 And your Blue Duck's no longer alive You took Jim Reed to your warm wedding bed And from

Belle Starr (Album Version) Pete Seeger

lover, Blue Duck was his name He loved you in the sand hills before your great fame I heard he stopped a bullet in 1885 And your Blue Duck's no longer alive You took Jim Reed to your warm wedding bed And from

The People Are Scratching (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Come fill up your glasses and set yourselves down. I'll tell you a story of somebody's town. It isn't too near and it's not far away. It's not a place where I'd want to stay.

From Way Up Here Pete Seeger

From way up here the earth looks very small, It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand, No bigger than my hand.

Pretty Saro (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Down in some lone valleyIn some lonesome placeWhere the wild birds do whistleAnd their notes do increaseFarewell Pretty Saro I bid you adieuAnd I'll dream of Pretty Saro wherever I goOh I love Pret...

This Land Is Your Land (Album Version) Pete Seeger

This land is your land, this land is my land, From California, to the New York Island, From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, This land was made for you and me.

Queen Anne Front (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"When Great Grandfather was a gay young man And Great Grandmother was his bride They found a lot, a jolly little spot Over on the old North Side It sloped down toward the river, from River Avenue Great

Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Listen to the hound dogs' heavy bay sounding high over the way; All night long till the break of dawn, merrily, the chase goes on; Over the mountain, the hills, and the fountain, Away to the chase

God Bless The Grass (Album Version) Pete Seeger

God bless the grass that breaks through cement, It's green and its tender and it's easily bent, But after a while it lifts up its head, For the grass is living and the stone is dead.

Jay Gould's Daughter (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"Jay Gould's daughter said before she diedPapa, fix the blinds so the bums can't ride.If ride they must, they got to ride the rod.Let 'em put their trust in the hands of God.In the hands of God.In ...

Henry My Son (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Where have you been all the day,Henry my son?Where have you been all the day,My currant bun?In the woods, dear motherIn the woods, dear motherMother be quick I got to be sick andLay me down to die....

Be Kind To Your Parents (Album Version) Pete Seeger

keep in mind Though it seems hard I know Most parents were children long ago Incredible So treat them with patience And kind understanding In spite of the foolish things they do Some day you might wake up

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Only chain that a man can stand Is that chain o' hand on hand Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on I'm gonna board that big greyhound Carry the love from town to town Keep your eyes on the prize, hold

My Name Is Liza Kalvelage (Album Version) Pete Seeger

are crimes that I can see and I can know And now I also know what it is to be charged with mass guilt Once in a lifetime is enough for me No, I could not take it for a second time And that is why I am here

Oh, Had I A Golden Thread (Album Version) Pete Seeger

courage Of women giving birth And in it I would weave the innocence Of the children of all the earth Children of all the earth Won't you show my brothers and sisters My rainbow design 'Cause I I would bind up

Put Your Finger In The Air (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, and hold it right up there Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger on your cheek

Never Wed An Old Man (Album Version) Pete Seeger

An old man came courting meHey do a dorityAn old man came courting meMe being youngAn old man came courting meAll for to marry meMaids when you're young never wed an old manFor he's got no faloodor...

My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song) Pete Seeger

gum Dropped by some hikers to warn of things to come At Glens Falls, five thousand honest hands Work at the consolidated paper plant Five million gallons of waste a day Why should we do it any other way

This Land Is Your Land Pete Seeger

[Chorus:] This land is your land, This land is my land, From California to the New York Island, From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters, This land was made for you and me.

Abiyoyo Pete Seeger

Of course, the grownups would be busy, and they'd say: "Take that thing out of here. We're talking. Git!" And they'd kick him out of the house. Not only that.

Garbage Pete Seeger

with coffee grounds and sardine tins And the truck comes by on Friday and carts it all away A thousand trucks just like it are converging on the Bay Oh, Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage We're filling up

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy Pete Seeger

The Sergeant said, Sir, are you sure, This is the best way back to the base? Sergeant, go on! I forded this river Bout a mile above this place. It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging.

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Live) Pete Seeger

The Sergeant said, ""Sir, are you sure, This is the best way back to the base?"" ""Sergeant, go on! I forded this river 'Bout a mile above this place. It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging.

Walking Down Death Row Pete Seeger

loves in other years Walking down death row I sang of hopes that used to be Through the bars into each separate cell Yes, I sang to one and two and three "If you'd only only stuck together, you'd not be here

Jackaro Pete Seeger

This body you may 'prison, my heart you can't confine There's none but Jackie Fraser shall have this heart o' mine Oh, shall have this heart o' mine" Her parents saw him comin', they flew in an angry way

Living In The Country Pete Seeger

to Mexico 400 years ago U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us It was Afro American people in the south That worked out this way

Living In The Country (Live) Pete Seeger

Mexico 400 years ago U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California And it also got the guitar and the guitar got us It was Afro American people in the south That worked out this way

Sweet Potatoes Pete Seeger

spoon Just as crazy as a loon Softer than a lullabye Deeper than the midnight sky Soulful as a baby's cry My Sweet Potato Pie I used to see her around the neighborhood I wonder how she grew up

This Land Is Your Land (Live) Pete Seeger

This land is your land, this land is my land, From California, to the New York Island, From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, This land was made for you and me.

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) Pete Seeger

time to reap A time to kill a time to heal A time to laugh a time to weep To everything turn turn turn There is a season turn turn turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to build up

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) Pete Seeger

to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to build up

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (Live) Pete Seeger

to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to build up

The Draft Dodger Rag Pete Seeger

I'm just a typical American from a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Todd and a-keeping old Castro down And when it came my time to serve I knew "better dead than red" But when I got to

Joe Hill's 'Casey Jones' Pete Seeger

the river with an awful smack Casey Jones, hit the river bottom Casey Jones, broke his bloomin' spine Casey Jones, became an angelino He took a trip to heaven on the S.P. line Well Casey got to heaven, way

Darling Corey Pete Seeger

Wake up wake up darling Corey What makes you sleep so sound The revenue officers are coming They're gonna tear your still house down Well the first time I seen darling Corey She was sitting on the banks

John Henry Pete Seeger

John Henry was about three days old sittin' on his papa's knee He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel said Hammer's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord Hammer's gonna be the death of me The captain