Artist: Pete Seeger
Author: David Arkin/Earl Robinson
Label: Folkways
Year: 1956
On lp Love Songs For Friends And Foes.
Covers:
Sammy Davis Jr. [on a limited edition Anti Defamation League EP]
Earl Robinson [coauthor]
Maytones [reggae version]
Greyhound [idem; probably inspired by the Maytones version; n°2 NL]
Three Dog Night [n°1 US]
Written to welcome the abolishment of segregation on American public schools in 1954. Both authors were activists: David Arkin was actor Alan Arkin's dad and Earl Robinson also cowrote Joe Hill.
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