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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The Titanic
[Verse 1]
C F
It was on one Monday morning just about one o'clock
C G
When that great Titanic began to reel and rock
C
People began to scream and cry,
F
Saying "Lord, am I going to die?"
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 2]
C F
While they were building they said what they would do,
C G
We will build a ship that water can't go through;
C
But God with power in hand,
F
Showed the world that it could not stand.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 3]
C F
When that ship left England it was making for the shore,
C G
The rich had declared that they would not ride with the poor,
C
So they put the poor below,
F
They were the first to go.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 4]
C F
Those people on that ship were a long way from home,
C G
With friends all around they didn't know that time had come;
C
Death came riding by,
F
Sixteen hundred had to die.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 1]
C F
It was on one Monday morning just about one o'clock
C G
When that great Titanic began to reel and rock
C
People began to scream and cry,
F
Saying "Lord, am I going to die?"
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 2]
C F
While they were building they said what they would do,
C G
We will build a ship that water can't go through;
C
But God with power in hand,
F
Showed the world that it could not stand.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 3]
C F
When that ship left England it was making for the shore,
C G
The rich had declared that they would not ride with the poor,
C
So they put the poor below,
F
They were the first to go.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Verse 4]
C F
Those people on that ship were a long way from home,
C G
With friends all around they didn't know that time had come;
C
Death came riding by,
F
Sixteen hundred had to die.
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
[Chorus]
F C
It was sad,it was sad,
G
It was sad when that great ship went down,
C F
Husbands and wives and little children lost their lives,
C G C
It was sad when that great ship went down.
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