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Thread #13324   Message #2511438
Posted By: GUEST,MBush
10-Dec-08 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Subject: RE: Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Where Have All the Flowers Gone is a melancholy song that reveals to its listeners, the dark truth behind wars. I've listened to it many times tonight and am captured by Pete Seeger's words. The words are so simple, yet so meaningful and strong.

Everything is hidden and then found. The flowers are gone because of the flowers, the young girls gone because of their husbands, the young men are gone because of the war, the soldiers in the war are gone because they are in the graveyards, and the graveyards are gone because of the flowers covering them.

This is one of the most heartfelt songs I've heard in a while.

Wahoo, Lee!!!!