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Thread #57432   Message #903026
Posted By: paulo
04-Mar-03 - 06:57 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Grey October(C.Parker/Critics Group/P.Seeger)
Subject: Lyr Req: Grey October
Following on from the recent thread about the best anti-war songs this song came to mind.

The first verse is:
Grey October in Glamorgan
High pit heaps were the houses stand
Fog in the valley, the back shift ending
Children awaken in Aberfan

It might not sound like an anti-war song but the verses alternate between what happend in Aberfan that morning in the early '60s and what was happening in a village in Vietnam at the same time.

Great song though it is I can't remember all the words and I can't find it in any data base.

Help please

Paulo