Garbage Pete Seeger

cough contaminates it (And he) puts it in a can 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

70 Miles (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Seventy miles of wind and spray Seventy miles of water Seventy miles of open bay-- It's a garbage dump What's that stinky creek out there Down behind the slum's back stair Sludgy puddle, sad and gray?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? Pete Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago. Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? ...

Sweet Potatoes Pete Seeger

I'm walking on cloud nine today I'm over that line today Happiness is finally mine today I guess I'm just a lucky guy And I'm prepared to tell you why It's strictly on account of my Sweet Potato P...

If I Had A Hammer Pete Seeger

If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All ov...

Goodnight Irene Pete Seeger

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in town Sometimes I take a great notion To jump into the r...

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

To everything turn turn turn There is a season turn turn turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to be born a time to die A time to plant a time to reap A time to kill a time to heal ...

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy Pete Seeger

It was back in nineteen forty-two, I was a member of a good platoon. We were on maneuvers in-a Loozianna, One night by the light of the moon. The captain told us to ford a river, That's how it all ...

Wimoweh (Mbube) Pete Seeger

We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Brothers sisters all Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes higher and higher Every rung goes...

We Shall Overcome Pete Seeger

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'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk hand in hand, We'll walk h...

Mail Myself To You Pete Seeger

I'm gonna wrap myself in paper I'm gonna daub myself with glue Stick some stamps on the top of my head I'm gonna mail myself to you I'm gonna tie me in a little red string I'm gonna tie blue...

Little Boxes Pete Seeger

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same, There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one And ...

Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter Pete Seeger

Dear Mister Editor, if you choose, Please send me a copy of the labor news; I've got a son in the infantry, And he'd be mighty glad to see That someone, somewhere, now and then, Thinks about t...

Who Killed Norma Jean Pete Seeger

Who killed Norma Jean? I, said the City, as a civic duty, I killed Norma Jean. Who saw her die? I, said the Night, and a bedroom light, We saw her die. Who'll catch her blood? I, said th...

This Land Is Your Land Pete Seeger

[Additional verses by Pete Seeger:] Maybe you've been working as hard as you're able, But you've just got crumbs from the rich man's table, And maybe you're thinking, was it truth or fable,

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. From way up here the earth looks very small, They shouldn't fight at all...

Guantanamera Pete Seeger

Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crecen las palmas Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crecen las palmas Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma (I am a truthful man, From the l...

Abiyoyo Pete Seeger

Once upon a time there was a little boy, who played a ukulele. He'd go around town: clink, clunk, CLONK! Of course, the grownups would be busy, and they'd say: "Take that thing out of here. We'r...

Talking Union Pete Seeger

If you want higher wages, let me tell you what to do; You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you; You got to build you a union, got to make it strong, But if you all stick together, now...

Which Side Are You On Pete Seeger

Come all of you good workers, Good news to you I'll tell Of how the good old union Has come in here to dwell. [Chorus:] Which side are you on? Which side are you on? Which side are you on?...

Michael Row The Boat Ashore Pete Seeger

Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah. Michael, row the boat ashore, hallelujah. Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah Michael, row the bo...

Who Killed Norma Jean? Pete Seeger

Who killed Norma Jean? I, said the City, as a civic duty, I killed Norma Jean. Who saw her die? I, said the Night, and a bedroom light, We saw her die. Who'll catch her blood? I, said th...

Living In The Country (Live) Pete Seeger

You know the guitar came to Europe with the gypsies 700 years ago Spain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years ago U.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and California And it also got t...

Get Up And Go (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"[Chorus] How do I know my youth is all spent?My get up and go has got up and wentBut in spite of it all I'm able to grinAnd think of the places my get up has been.Old age is golden so I've heard s...

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

Oh had I a golden threadAnd a needle so fineI would weave a magic spellOf rainbow designOf rainbow designIn it I would weave the courageOf women giving birthAnd in it I would weave the innocenceOf ...

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...

Queen Anne Front (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"When Great Grandfather was a gay young manAnd Great Grandmother was his brideThey found a lot, a jolly little spotOver on the old North SideIt sloped down toward the river, from River AvenueGreat ...

Cryderville Jail (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have gone Since old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam? Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reins Or single footing somewhere below? Eigh...

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Live) Pete Seeger

"It was back in nineteen forty-two,I was a member of a good platoon.We were on maneuvers in-a Louisiana,One night by the light of the moon.The captain told us to ford a river,That's how it all begu...

Draft Dodger Rag (Album Version) Pete Seeger

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

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Live) Pete Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone,Long time passing,Where have all the flowers gone,Long time agoWhere have all the flowers gone,Young girls picked them every oneWhen will they ever learnWhen will th...

My Name Is Liza Kalvelage (Album Version) Pete Seeger

My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I was born in NurembergAnd when the trials were held there nineteen years agoIt seemed to me ridiculous to hold a nation all to blameFor the horrors that the world did un...

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

To everything (turn, turn, turn)There is a season (turn, turn, turn)And a time for every purpose, under heavenA time to be born, a time to dieA time to plant, a time to reapA time to kill, a time t...

Guantanamera (Album Version) Pete Seeger

The words mean, I am a truthful manFrom the land of the palm treesAnd before dying, I want to share the poems of my soul My poems are soft green, My poems are also flaming crimsonMy poems are like ...

Last Train to Nuremberg Pete Seeger

[Chorus]Last train to Nuremberg!Last train to Nuremberg!Last train to Nuremberg!All on board!Do I see Lieutenant Calley?Do I see Captain Medina?Do I see General Koster and all his crew?Do I see Pre...

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

Paul and Silas bound in jailHad no money for to go their bailKeep your eyes on the prize, hold onPaul and Silas thought they was lostDungeon shook and the chains come offKeep your eyes on the prize...

We Shall Overcome (Live) Pete Seeger

"We shall overcome,We shall overcome,We shall overcome, some day.Oh, deep in my heart,I do believeWe shall overcome, some day.We'll walk hand in hand,We'll walk hand in hand,We'll walk hand in hand...

Pretty Boy Floyd (Live) Pete Seeger

If you'll gather 'round me, children,A story I will tell'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw,Oklahoma knew him well.It was in the town of Shawnee,A Saturday afternoon,His wife beside him in his wagonA...

Hobo's Lullaby Pete Seeger

o to sleep you weary hoboLet the towns drift slowly byCan't you hear the steel rail hummingThat's a hobo's lullabyDo not think about tomorrowLet tomorrow come and goTonight you're in a nice warm bo...

Aimee Semple McPherson (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"Did you ever hear the story of Aimee McPherson?Aimee McPherson, that wonderful person,She weight a hundred eighty and her hair was redAnd preached a wicked sermon, so the papers said.[Chorus]Hi de...

Jesse James (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Jesse James was a ladThat killed many a manHe robbed the Glendale trainHe stole from the richAnd he gave to the poorHe'd a hand and a heart and a brainWell it was Robert FordThat dirty little cowar...

Belle Starr (Album Version) Pete Seeger

Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have goneSince old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam?Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reinsOr single footing somewhere below?Eight lov...

Mrs. McGrath (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"""Mrs. McGrath,"" the sergeant said,""Would you like a soldierOf your son, Ted?With a scattered coat and a big cocked hat,Mrs. McGrath wouldn you like that?""With a too-ri-a, fo-diddle- di-a,Too-r...

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....

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

"Put your finger in the air, in the airPut your finger in the air, in the airPut your finger in the air, and hold it right up therePut your finger in the air, in the airPut your finger on your chee...

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Pete Seeger

Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujahMichael row the boat ashore, hallelujahSister help to trim the sail, hallelujahSister help to trim the sail, hallelujahThe river is deep and the river is wide...

Be Kind To Your Parents (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"Be kind to your parentsThough they don't deserve itRemember that grown upsIs a difficult stage of lifeThey're apt to be nervousAnd over excitedConfused by theirDaily storm and strifeJust keep in m...

Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase (Album Version) Pete Seeger

"Away, away, we're bound for the mountain, Bound for the mountain, bound for the mountain; Over the hills, the fields, and the fountain, Away to the chase, away, away!Rover, Rover, see him, see ...

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.I roamed and rambled, and I...