yesterday i discovered "MY OLD BROWN EARTH" by Pete Seeger... he wrote it for the funeral of some activist whose name/life work i can no longer remember. it has a simple, lovely melody.

to my old brown earth
and to my old blue sky
I'll now give these last few molecules of "I"
and you who sing
and you who stand nearby
I do charge you not to cry
guard well our human chain
watch well you keep it strong
as long as sun will shine
and this our home
keep pure and sweet and green
for now I'm yours
and you are also mine