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03 Mar 21 - 10:04 AM (#4095842) Subject: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: GUEST,chouxfleur Hello I know Sydney Carter wrote the song and am fairly sure he wrote it as a protest song at the time of the Cuban Misile Crisi. Can anyone confirm this? |
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03 Mar 21 - 10:11 AM (#4095843) Subject: RE: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: Mick Pearce (MCP) See this thread: Origin/Meaning: Crow on the Cradle (Sydney Carter) for some suggestions - from about half way down the thread (after the lyrics). Mick |
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03 Mar 21 - 10:34 AM (#4095851) Subject: RE: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: GUEST,# The song was in Sing Out, Vol 11, #5 Dec-Jan 1961-2. Indeed Carter wrote it (although I read it may have been based on an earlier song). I doubt it was written as a protest about the Cuban Missile Crisis specifically, because he would have to have written it earlier than the crisis in order to meet Sing Out`s publishing deadlines, etc. |
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03 Mar 21 - 06:38 PM (#4095917) Subject: RE: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: GUEST,# Perhaps I should explain more clearly. No doubt the song was influenced by the history of the time, but the Cuban Missile Crisis was October, 1962, and the song pre-dates that. |
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05 Mar 21 - 09:03 AM (#4096147) Subject: RE: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: Mo the caller The other thread is worth reading. Seems that the words or imagery of a lot of songs were built into the song. |
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25 Oct 21 - 06:51 PM (#4124211) Subject: RE: Origins: Crow on the Cradle From: Joe Offer Joe - do cleanup |