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Popular Post DuckToller Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Iving said: THE MOST IMPORTANT BIRD SONG IN HISTORY ... ELSE WE'RE HISTORY! "NO NUKES!" The Crow On The Cradle [Sydney Carter] From the liner notes of Lady Maisery's second CD 'Mayday' (2013): The singing crow that perches on the baby's cradle in The Crow on the Cradle is perhaps the most foreboding symbol of warning on this album. Written by Sydney Carter during the height of cold war tensions, it is a bleak reminder of how the decisions we make impact the generations after us. The juxtaposition of vivid images of war, against those from nursery rhymes and lullabies, make this song particularly chilling for us. The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, Now is the time for a child to be born. He'll laugh at the moon and he'll cry for the sun, And if he's a boy he will carry a gun, 𝄆 Sang the crow on the cradle. 𝄇 And if it should be that this baby's a girl, O never you mind if her hair doesn't curl. With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And a bomber above her wherever she goes, 𝄆 Sang the crow on the cradle. 𝄇 The crow on the cradle, the black and the white, O somebody's baby is born for a fight. The crow on the cradle, the white and the black, O somebody's baby is not coming back, 𝄆 Sang the crow on the cradle. 𝄇 Your mother and father, they'll sweat and they'll save; To build you a coffin and dig you a grave. Hushabye, little one, never you weep? For we've got a toy that will put you to sleep, 𝄆 Sang the crow on the cradle. 𝄇 Bring me a gun and I'll shoot that bird dead, That's what your mother and father once said. The crow on the cradle, what shall we do? 𝄆 This is the thing that I leave up to you. 𝄇 Pete Seeger (1961) Judy Collins (1962) Ian Campbell Folk Group (1963) Jackson Browne, Graham Nash & David Lindley (No Nukes - 1979-Sept.) Mary Black ('Without The Fanfare', 1985) Jackson Browne & David Lindley (Japan Aid - 1986) Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton ('The Bee-Loud Glade', 1998) Show Of Hands ('Show Of Hands', 2000) Judy Dunlop ('My Arms Are A Cradle', 2006) Jackson Browne & David Lindley (Philadelphia Folk Festival - 2006-Sept.-16) Jackson Browne & David Lindley ('El Vivo Con Tino', 2010) Lady Maisery ('Mayday', 2013) Jackson Brown and Graham Nash (City Winery, NYC - 2013-Sept.-24) Kirsty Bromley (Auckland Folk Festival 2017) Karine Polwart with Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson ('Laws Of Motion', 2018) Lady Maisery (Acoustic Sessions at Stanley Halls 2018-March-27) Splat The Rat ('Crow On The Cradle', 2020) That's a very well curated post, I'd like to say. 🥰 christopher3393, Iving and sphinxsix 1 1 1 Link to comment
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