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Thread #133422   Message #3028710
Posted By: ragdall
10-Nov-10 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Remembrance/Armistice/Veterans day songs (Nov 11)
Subject: RE: Remembrance day songs
Many years ago I taught my Grade 3 students this song to sing at the Remembrance Day Assembly. (As everyone "fought for peace" it seemed appropriate.) I was pleased to find it is still being sung in the schools here at Remembrance Day Assemblies.
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
words and music by Ed McCurdy

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war

I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again

And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed

And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground

Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd never dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.
John Denver singing it on YouTube.

               rags