Hippie Role Models

So...(I begin a lot of sentances with So... Don't I?)... my parents were hippies. I was born in the 70's and I remember wearing bell bottoms and my parents smoking pot and spending a lot of time outside, in the wilderness and with family.

In fact, I grew up with a LARGE hippy/Catholic extended family...that, with few exceptions, lived very close.

I remember listening to ABBA, CCR, BTO and a lot of mid-late 70's music... including Pete Seeger.

For those of you who don't know who Pete Seeger was, here is some cool wikinfo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger

One of my favourite Pete Seeger song is "If I had a Hammer". It illustrates how 'Before his time' Pete Seeger really was... the free-thinker, the activist, the environmentalist... he is truly amazing.

The neatest thing about this peace-loving song is that he wrote it in the 40's... long before most people were talking about peace and love.

"There is no such thing as a wrong note, as long as you're singing!". - Pete Seeger

IF I HAD A HAMMER
words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a bell
I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening
All over this land
I'd ring out danger
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening
All over this land
I'd sing out danger
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Well I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
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