Through all this world

[rustydog]

I woke up slowly this morning, in the grip of an unusually bad dream, so I am not handling this Pete Seeger news with my usual stoicism. When my students ask me one of the questions in their textbook, "Who is your hero?" Seeger is often who I say.

Rest in peace, old man. You've ably passed on the banjo to the young ones.

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with the Rivertown Kids
by himself

Quite Early Morning
Don't you know it's darkest before the dawn
And it's this thought keeps me moving on
If we could heed these early warnings
The time is now quite early morning
If we could heed these early warnings
The time is now quite early morning

Some say that humankind won't long endure
But what makes them feel so doggone sure?
I know that you who hear my singing
Could make those freedom bells go ringing
I know that you who hear my singing
Could make those freedom bells go ringing

And so keep on while we live
Until we have no, no more to give
And when these fingers can strum no longer
Hand the old banjo to young ones stronger
And when these fingers can strum no longer
Hand the old banjo to young ones stronger

So though it's darkest before the dawn
These thoughts keep us moving on
Through all this world of joy and sorrow
We still can have singing tomorrows
Through all this world of joy and sorrow
We still can have singing tomorrows

Words and Music by Pete Seeger (1969)
(c) 1969 by Fall River Music Inc.