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02 Apr 07 - 10:14 PM (#2014906) Subject: be not unkind From: stuart jay I've been remembering a song with the lyric "be not unkind, for soon he'll die, often no wiser than he began." the singer is female in the version I remember, but I can't place it. Does anybody out there remember? |
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02 Apr 07 - 11:52 PM (#2014980) Subject: Lyr Add: BE NOT TOO HARD (Christopher Logue) From: Peace "a poem by Christopher Logue, put to music by Donovan and then made famous by Joan Baez: Be not too hard for life is short And nothing is given to man Be not too hard if he's sold or bought For he must manage as best he can Be not too hard when he blindly dies Fighting for things he does not own Be not too hard when he tells lies Or if his heart is sometimes like a stone Be not too hard for soon he'll die Often no wiser than he began Be not too hard, for life is short And nothing is given to man." |
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02 Apr 07 - 11:54 PM (#2014982) Subject: RE: be not unkind From: Peace The title of it is "Be Not Too Hard". |
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03 Apr 07 - 01:34 AM (#2015014) Subject: RE: req/ADD: be not unkind / be not too hard From: Joe Offer It's on the Joan album by Joan Baez. Apparently, it's also on a couple of albums from Manfred Mann's Earth band, one of my preferred 70's rock groups. -Joe- |
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09 Apr 07 - 11:06 PM (#2021034) Subject: RE: req/ADD: be not unkind / be not too hard From: stuart jay thank you all. Now my life is easier. |