Hurry back, Brit. Loved Bobby Day's Ain't Gonna Cry No More. Thanks for your observation about the Kent State horror.
edgar, We'll always wonder about the past, I guess.
Freddy Fender's You'll Lose a Good Thing was great.
Gonna say goodnight a wee bit early for me tonight.
Remembering Stephen Crane.
Stephen Crane
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.
Because the lover threw wild hands toward the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone,
Do not weep.
War is kind.
Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them,
Great is the Battle-God, great, and his Kingdom -
A field wher a thousand corpses lie.
Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.
Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.
Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind.
I think most of us know that "...the red badge of courage.." was a wound.
More synchronicity, because I just heard someone on our TV monitor mention Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ray Brown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgy_TWE8_6g&feature=related
Let's hope the storm is reasonable.
So nice having London with us today.
From Letty with love to everyone, everywhere
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