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03 Oct 23 - 04:55 PM (#4190672) Subject: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: GUEST,Jester2023 I’m watching the Pete Seeger documentary “A Song and a Stone.” There’s a clip of Pete singing a song, and I can’t find anything about it. The lyrics featured are: Here I am, here I am, here I’ll stand Though I’m told it’s stolen land Too long, too long I’ve been a rover The time for stealing is over Here I am, here I am, here I am Till I have no more to give Too long, too long I’ve been a rover The time for stealing is over Anyone know what this song is? Thanks! |
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04 Oct 23 - 02:30 AM (#4190673) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: Helen Hi Jester2023, I tried searching for this song. The nearest I can get is a song called The Wild Rover, which appears to have a vaguely similar idea to the lyrics you posted. There is a video of him performing it in Melbourne, Australia in 1963: Wild Rover Pete Seeger 5 24 1963 Someone on Mudcat will probably know it, but it would also help if we could get an idea of the tune. Do you know if the video of the documentary available online? On the funny side, when I did an internet search for some words in the song, i,e, "stolen", "land", "rover" the search returned pages about stolen Land Rovers. How silly of me!! LOL |
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04 Oct 23 - 05:46 AM (#4190678) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: GerryM The documentary, A Song and a Stone, is here: https://youtu.be/u0pyjei_c_Y?si=AN5BJs0TKzcBhNeM |
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04 Oct 23 - 08:48 AM (#4190676) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: FreddyHeadey Here's the link with a timestamp to the song https://youtu.be/u0pyjei_c_Y?t=7m48s |
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04 Oct 23 - 11:06 AM (#4190677) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: cnd I've found a reference to Pete Seeger singing a song with those lines on October 12th, 1969, a concert at Trinity College (source). The lyrics were reported to go "Here I am, here I'll stand, though I'm told it's stolen land. I've been too long a rover The time for stealing is over." According to the report, the song was an "enigmatic, unfinished closing song" to his set. You can see an image of him performing on page 1 of the weekly edition of The Trinity Tripod (link), while the preceding week's paper noted that the concert ran from 3-5 PM in the Ferris Center (link). I haven't been able to turn up anything else, but will keep looking. May be worthwhile to find and listen to as many live performances from 1969/1970 as you can to try and find it. |
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04 Oct 23 - 02:40 PM (#4190674) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: Helen FreddyHeadey, thanks for finding the song in the video. I had tried using the scan feature (i.e. run the cursor along the play line to see the mini screen images) and listened to it each time he was singing on stage. I now know that I didn't find it because he sang the song while chopping wood. LOL Just before that on the video, he introduces a song using the words "perpetual hobos" and "exiles"so that might be a clue too. Thanks cnd for your useful information. |
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04 Oct 23 - 03:34 PM (#4190675) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Searching for a Pete Seeger song From: Helen A list of Pete Seeger Songs |