Biography:
Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particularly loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs Where Have All the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, and Turn, Turn, Turn. One of his brothers is Mike Seeger; Peggy Seeger is his half-sister.
As a member of The Weavers, Seeger had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.
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Other songs:
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
- Which Side Are You On?
- Banks Of Marble
- Bourgeois Blues
- Clap Your Hands
- From Way Up Here
- Gods Counting On Me Gods Counting On You
- Guantanamera
- If I Had A Hammer
- Joe Hill
- Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
- Little Boxes
- My Get Up And Go
- My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
- My Rainbow Race
- Oh Had I A Golden Thread
- Old Time Religion Parody
- Oleanna
- Passing Through
- Raggedy
- Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
- Sailin Up Sailin Down
- Skip To My Lou
- Solidarity Forever
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Farmer Is The Man
- The Titanic
- The Water Is Wide
- This Old Car
- To My Old Brown Earth
- Turn Turn Turn
- Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
- Waiste Deep In The Big Muddy
- We Shall Overcome
- What Did You Learn In School Today
- When I First Came To This Land
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
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When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip,
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I wanted some place to call my home
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And so I made the race, and I staked me out a place,
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And I settled down along the Cimarron
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My Oklahoma home, it blowed away
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It looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there,
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But my Oklahoma home, it blowed away
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I planted wheat and oats, had some chickens and some shoats,
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Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my face
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Got a mule to pull the plow, got an old red muley cow
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And I also got a fancy mortgage on the place
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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All the crops that I have planted blowed away
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You can't grow any grain if you ain’t got any rain;
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Everything except my mortgage blowed away
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It looked so green and fair, when I built my shanty there,
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I figured I was all set for life
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I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vest
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And I went to town to pick me out a wife
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My Oklahoma woman blowed away
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Mister as I bent and kissed her, she was picked up by a twister;
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My Oklahoma woman blowed away
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Then I was left alone just a-listenin' to the moan
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‘the wind around the corners of my shack;
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So I took off down the road when the south wind blowed,
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A-travelin' with the wind upon my back
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It blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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Chasin' that dust cloud up ahead
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Once it looked so green and fair, now it's up there in the air;
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My Oklahoma farm is over head
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Now I'm always close to home it don’t matter where I roam,
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For Oklahoma dust is everywhere
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Makes no difference where I'm walkin', I can hear my chickens squawkin'
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I can hear my wife a-talkin' in the air
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My Oklahoma home blowed away
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But my home is always near; it's up in the atmosphere,
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My Oklahoma home is blown away
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I'm a roamin' Oklahoman, but I'm always close to home
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And I'll never get homesick until I die
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Cause no matter where I'm found, my home is all around;
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My Oklahoma home is in the sky
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My farm down on the Cimarron
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But all around the world, wherever dust is swirled,
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There’s some from my Oklahoma home
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My Oklahoma home is blown away
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Yeah it's up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n’ by,
A D
My Oklahoma home is in the sky
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When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip,
A
I wanted some place to call my home
D G D
And so I made the race, and I staked me out a place,
A D
And I settled down along the Cimarron
G D
It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
My Oklahoma home, it blowed away
D G D
It looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there,
A D
But my Oklahoma home, it blowed away
D G D
I planted wheat and oats, had some chickens and some shoats,
D A
Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my face
D G D
Got a mule to pull the plow, got an old red muley cow
D A D
And I also got a fancy mortgage on the place
G D
It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
All the crops that I have planted blowed away
D G D
You can't grow any grain if you ain’t got any rain;
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Everything except my mortgage blowed away
D G D
It looked so green and fair, when I built my shanty there,
A
I figured I was all set for life
D G D
I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vest
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And I went to town to pick me out a wife
G D
It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
My Oklahoma woman blowed away
D G D
Mister as I bent and kissed her, she was picked up by a twister;
A D
My Oklahoma woman blowed away
D G D
Then I was left alone just a-listenin' to the moan
D A
‘the wind around the corners of my shack;
D G D
So I took off down the road when the south wind blowed,
A D
A-travelin' with the wind upon my back
G D
It blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
Chasin' that dust cloud up ahead
D G D
Once it looked so green and fair, now it's up there in the air;
A D
My Oklahoma farm is over head
D G D
Now I'm always close to home it don’t matter where I roam,
A
For Oklahoma dust is everywhere
D G D
Makes no difference where I'm walkin', I can hear my chickens squawkin'
A D
I can hear my wife a-talkin' in the air
G D
It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
My Oklahoma home blowed away
D G D
But my home is always near; it's up in the atmosphere,
A D
My Oklahoma home is blown away
D G D
I'm a roamin' Oklahoman, but I'm always close to home
A
And I'll never get homesick until I die
D G D
Cause no matter where I'm found, my home is all around;
A D
My Oklahoma home is in the sky
G D
It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
A
My farm down on the Cimarron
D G D
But all around the world, wherever dust is swirled,
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There’s some from my Oklahoma home
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It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
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My Oklahoma home is blown away
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Yeah it's up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n’ by,
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My Oklahoma home is in the sky
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