{"id":80,"date":"2005-05-03T12:18:20","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T16:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=80"},"modified":"2005-05-03T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2005-05-03T16:18:20","slug":"how-can-i-keep-from-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"how can i keep from singing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Especially when you learn that today is Pete Seeger’s 86th birthday?<\/p>\n

Him: Protest singer, labor organizer, environmentalist, educator, world music champion, humanitarian. Activist, writer, idealist.<\/p>\n

His songs: “Turn, Turn, Turn.” “All Mixed Up.” “If I Had a Hammer.” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” “Guantanamera.” “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy.” “We Shall Overcome.”<\/p>\n

I had the great fortune to hear Pete sing just days after September 11th. He had been scheduled to come to Wesleyan that week for a series honoring folk and protest music (I will call it folk music, even if the organizers — and Pete himself — refused to) and he made the trip during a week when reasonable people were cancelling events left and right.<\/p>\n

But what Pete realized (as did the sell-out crowd at Crowell) was that in the aftermath of tremendous tragedy and confusion and of loss and anger that we needed to come together even more than ever.<\/p>\n

A spry fellow, he sang a few songs. But the majority he made us sing, darting up and down the aisles of the theater to hand out lyrics sheets and song books.<\/p>\n

If you believe that music can heal wounds and change the world, then Pete is one of the most powerful healers out there. His legacy is unequaled.<\/p>\n

SAILING DOWN MY GOLDEN RIVER<\/p>\n

Sailing down my golden river
\nSun and water all my own
\nYet I was never alone.
\nSun and water, old life-givers
\nI’ll have them where’er I roam
\nAnd I was not far from home.<\/p>\n

Sunlight glancing on the water
\nLife and death are all my own
\nAnd I was never alone.
\nLife to raise my sons and daughters
\nGolden sparkles in the foam
\nAnd I was not far from home.<\/p>\n

Sailing down this winding highway
\nTravellers from near and far
\nYet I was never alone.
\nExploring all the little by-ways
\nSighting all the distant stars
\nYet I was not far from home.<\/p>\n

Sailing down my golden river
\nSun and water all my own
\nYet I was never alone.
\nSun and water, old life-givers
\nI’ll have them where’er I roam
\nAnd I was not far from home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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