Greatest? Ever? I don't know about but I've been singing this one for over 40 years. It still makes me cry - I Come And Stand At Every Door (also known as the Little Girl From Hiroshima) - Lyrics adapted from a Turkish Poem by Nazim Hikmet. Translated into English by Jeanette Turner. Adapted by Pete Seeger Music by James Waters,"The Great Silkie" (information courtesy of Where Have All The Flowers Gone? by Pete Seeger) I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead - For I am dead. I'm only seven although I died In Hiroshima, long ago I'm seven now as I was then When children die They do not grow. My hair was scorched by swirling flame My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind Death came and turned my bones to dust And that was scattered by the wind. I need no fruit, I need no rice I need no sweets, nor even bread I ask for nothing for myself For I am dead For I am dead. All that I ask is that for peace You fight today, you fight today So that the children of this earth May live and grow And laugh and play. --------- also in the cue (besides many already referenced by other posters): God On Our Side - Bob Dylan The Gentlement of Distinction - Malvina Reynolds Political Science - Randy Newman The Rainbow Race - Pete Seeger The Merry Minuet - Sheldon Harnick This World Is One - Charlie King ---------- In Peace and Song, Joyce
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