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Thread #141279 Message #3250683
Posted By: Newport Boy
05-Nov-11 - 06:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There Was a Time (Tom Paxton)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There was a time when cannons roared
I've just noticed Tom's introductory note for the song:
It began with rocks and clubs. With the invention of the spear they all agreed that war was now impossible, for here was a weapon too terrible ever to be used.
It's in a section of Topical & Protest Songs, with Six Men Riding, When Morning Breaks and The Willing Conscript. I sang all of these regularly during the 60s & 70s.
Phil