Artist: Pete Seeger
Author: Nazim Hikmet/Jeanette Turner/James Walters/Pete Seeger
Label: Folkways
Year: 1962
At the end of the fifties Jeanette Turner gave Pete an English translation of a Turkish anti-war poem by Nazim Hikmet. In good old folk tradition Pete put an existing melody underneath: James Waters' ballad The Great Silkie, cut by Judy Collins.
Covers:
Harvey Andrews [as Children Of Hiroshima]
Misunderstood [same lyrics in I Unseen, B-side of Children Of The Sun and reissued on Cherry Red comp Pillows And Prayers]
Anne Hills [on tribute The Songs Of Pete Seeger]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)