Just a brief tangent off another thread, if you will allow, regarding Pete Seeger's Where have all the Flowers Gone? ...

I have always loved this melody, and enjoyed hearing many versions of the song over the years. It lends itself beautifully to a finger picked guitar - try playing it with key of D based chords, fingering the bass lines with your index, fourth and thumb, while holding the chords in place - Very pretty accompaniment!

But I must admit I used to have one objection to Pete's original words ... and maybe it was simply an over reaction to my aversion to the "Saturday Night Live" attitude that bases its humor on the attitude "I'm OK, it's everyone else that screwed up!" ... and by the way, I don't think that was ever Pete's attitude in the song.

I found that simply saying "When will we ever learn?" as opposed to "When will they ever learn?" made all the difference. I suspect Mr Seeger would have been OK with my subtle change, but I never had the chance to ask him!