Now I know why Queen Anne Front is considered a dangerous song. I seem to have killed the thread with it!

As for the meaning of the two fragments of poetry by Pete Seeger that I posted above: in the 1960s, when the album came out, a bit of thought translated them into political references. Vietnam was the small boy that had brought down a giant, and America had forgotten the lessons of its fight for independence and was oppressing.

The album had other subtle political references as well, such as Pete explaining at the end of Beans In Your Ears that it was a "zipper song" to which other verses could be added. He demonstrated by singing a verse for "Mrs. Jay's little song Alby."

"Hey, Alby Jay, you've got beans in your ears ..."

If you remember who was president from 1963 to 1968 ...