“For What It’s Worth” is the real title of the Buffalo Springfield song with the chorus that goes, “Stop, children, what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going down…”
“For What It’s Worth” is the Royal Peace Song of the Day. It is dedicated to the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. They are dealing everyday with love vs. paranoia and strength of spirit vs. the machine.
Continue reading Stop, hey, what’s that sound?: Royal Song of the Day for 9/28/2011
“Closer I Am To Fine” by the Indigo Girls is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for Tuesday, September 27th. You can find the lyrics at the (very artsy) Indigo Girls website: here.
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“This Land is Your Land” is the Peace Song of the Day for Monday, September 26th. The song was written by Woody Guthrie.
This song has also become a favorite of the Occupy Movement. It’s been sung a lot at Occupy Wall Street in NYC (see story: here) They also sang it at Occupy Albany (see the video: here), at Occupy Burlington (see the video: here), and many other occupations.
“This Land is Your Land” has become a true folk song, with many verses. You can find extensive lyrics in the Rise Up Singing songbook, on page 5. Though, don’t hesitate to make up your own words. In the video below, Father Bill Brisotti adds one verse about unjustly pushing Native Americans on to reservations, and another verse that asserts, “This land is your land. This land is my land. It’s not the bank’s land…”
More about this choice: Continue reading This Land is Your Land: Peace Song for 9/26/2011
The Peace Song of the Day, as chosen by Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, The Duke and Duchess of Peace, is “Occupy Wall Street (We Are The 99%)”. “Occupy Wall Street” was written by Long Island singer/songwriter Jeremy Gilchrist, who used to play music at our favorite Cafe (now a victim of the economic downturn.) You can see the lyrics to the song in text at the bottom of this post.
For more information about Occupy Wall Street, please visit the website where they first called for the demonstration: Adbusters.org
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“I Wonder What Would Happen To This World” by Harry Chapin is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for 9/24/2011. If activists and peace folks wanted to sing a hymn in harmony, this would probably be the song for it.
Continue reading A spiritual for folks trying to save the world: Peace Song of the Day 9/24/2011
“Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie” is the Peace Song for the Day, as chosen by Susanna, Duchess of Peace. You can find the words to this golden oldie, Barbershop song at Rise Up Singing on page 82.
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What is it that makes this Barbershop Quartet song a sing-a-long, folk song? Probably, the way it expresses the hope of a better day, something that people who love peace and justice need to hold on to during these trying times.
Excerpt:
Wait til the sun shines, Nellie
When the clouds go drifting by
We will be happy, Nellie
Don’t you sigh…
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The Royal Song of the Day is a project of Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, The Duke and Duchess of Peace. The Duke and Duchess recognize that one of the paths to peace is to find soulful and nonviolent entertainment, and to express oneself with art and song.
The Peace Song of the Day, as chosen by Duchess Susanna, is: “Follow The Money”. Performed in the video below by Magpie.
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(song starts at about 2min50sec)
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