Reminder! THE SONG STORY CHALLENGE! Here's a song that brings back memories and inspires a MFU fic.

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An anthem, a philosophy.. a song story.  There's something here for just about any topic. Posting begins next Friday the 31st and runs through Sunday, February 2nd. Stories should be a minimum of 500 words, no drabbles, and within the guidelines of Section VII, with nothing graphic and appropriate for all readers.

                         

Songwriters: WORDS FROM THE BOOK OF, ECCLESIASTESFRENCH, GEORGE ABER ADAPTATION AND, PETE SEEGER

Words-adapted from The Bible, book of Ecclesiastes
Music-Pete Seeger

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late

Comments

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

How ironic that you should post this song just as the death of Pete Seeger is announced.

These words have great resonance for me; they were the reading at my mother's funeral. Will try to make the effort to produce something worthy of them! Would it be alright if I wrote the beginning of a possibly much longer story as an entry?

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

OMG! I didn't know that Pete had died. I'd seen him perform many times over the years as the NY/NJ shore was near and dear to his heart. He was the co-founder of the organization called the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which had a sloop called the Clearwater as its symbol. For many years different bands I played in performed in the "Clearwater" festival out at a place called Sandy Hook. The Clearwater would be achored there for the festiva.

Sometimes Pete Seeger would make and appearance at the fest., though his health had become frail.

YES absolutely write whatever you want for this song story! Glenna was the one that chose it, how prophetic? I just reposted it as a reminder last night.

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

That is the advantage of being ahead in time of you! I think I may have heard of Sandy Hook. One of my favourite Pete Seeger songs of course was 'If I had a hammer', mainly because I taught it once to a captive audience of two hundred children at one of my so-called 'singing assemblies' I used to do. Unfortunately, as I don't play an instrument we had to use a rather dire backing track from a CD but afterwards I showed them a Youtube clip of Peter, Paul and Mary singing it. A song can be transformed by the performance. I could have done with your help on said occasion!!

Will do my best to write something. I have a writing test for the OU French course I'm doing, but once that hurdle is jumped, I can indulge myself.

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Look forward to reading anything you write!