Thursday 28 December 2017

Where have all the flowers gone? By Pete Seeger


Where have all the flowers gone?
 Long time passing
 Where have all the flowers gone?
 Long time ago
 Where have all the flowers gone?
 Girls have picked them everyone
 When will they ever learn?
 When will they ever learn?


Where have all the young girls gone?
 Long time passing
 Where have all the young girls gone?
 Long time ago
 Where have all the young girls gone?
 Gone to young men every one
 When will they ever learn?
 When will they ever learn?


Where have all the young men gone?
 Long time passing
 Where have all the young men gone?
 Long time ago
 Where have all the young men gone?
 Gone for soldiers every one
 When will they ever learn?
 When will they ever learn?


Where have all the soldiers gone?
 Long time passing
 Where have all the soldiers gone?
 Long time ago
 Where have all the soldiers gone?
 Gone to graveyards everyone
 When will they ever learn?
 When will they ever learn?


Where have all the graveyards gone?
 Long time passing
 Where have all the graveyards gone?
 Long time ago
 Where have all the graveyards gone?
 Gone to flowers every one
 When will we ever learn?
 When will we ever learn?





Wednesday 27 December 2017

A HOUND, A TUP AND A PEEWIT


There is a story that many years after the death of the great Ludwig Van Beethoven, a group of music students from the university visited his former residence. At that time many of his possessions had been preserved. The students were allowed to view the varied objects on display and even sit at his piano. One student, a rather bold young man asked to play a few notes and the curator allowed him to do so.


Another student asked if any famous people had visited the residence and the curator informed them that the young Johannes Brahms had visited only the month before. The student sitting at the piano asked, "What Beethoven piece did the great Brahms play?"


"He did not play," was the answer. "Brahms declined our invitation, saying he was unfit to touch the same keys as the master Beethoven."


Not all will understand my words but some will know the jackal that guards the cave. Some will know that a ram is hidden within a crown of thorns but perhaps many more will follow the lapwing.


Sunday 3 December 2017

GOD BLESS YE MERRY GENTLEMEN © 2017



God bless ye merry gentlemen,
Christmas, not far away.
Yet the world is not what we know,
The world is lacking much today.


Where is the joy and happiness?
Where is the helping hand?
Have we forgotten our Humanity?
Have we forgotten all we planned?


Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
But let the homeless starve.
Pray for those that are unholy,
While the turkey you do carve.