I dreamed I saw Casey Sheehan last night, alive as you and me,

[mopaul]

I dreamed I saw Casey Sheehan last night,
alive as you and me.
Says I "But Casey, you're one year dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.

"The Oil bosses killed you Casey,
they lied to you" says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man"
Says Casey "I didn't die"
Says Casey "I didn't die"

And standing there as big as life
so young & proud and wise,
Says Casey "They can never hide
a mother's weeping eyes,
a mother's weeping eyes.

in every town and city,
From San Diego up to Maine,
you'll hear a grieving mother cry,
Let no more die in vain,
Let no more die in vain.

I dreamed I saw Casey Sheehan last night,
alive as you and me.
Says I "But Casey, you're one year dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.


after joan baez's 'joe hill'

[bryant69]

1. Really? Reminded me of I Dreamed I Saw St. Augestine

by Bob Dylan off of John Wesley Harding.

But I haven't heard this Joe Hill Song

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[mopaul]

2. they are very similar in meter

i believe st. augustine was first

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. yes

I read Joe Hill as a poem but the Dylan song (poem) is very beautiful

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Good Job Mo...

I love Joan and I Love that song!

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. by the way Mopaul

your Casey version is very touching

thank you

[ET Awful]

6. Actually it's based on a cover Joan Baez did of a song written

by Alfred Hayes and Earl Robinson in 1936.

Just for clarity's sake :)

edited for date and additional credit. It was written in '36, recorded in '38 apparently.

[wellstone dem]

7. Thanks for saving me the time googling who did this

I had thought it was woody guthrie.

[ET Awful]

9. I only remembered it because I looked it up a week or two ago for

some reason :).

[Eric J in MN]

13. It's been performed by Pete Seeger

http://f99.middlebury.edu/AC200A/depression-era_music.htm

[Generic Other]

8. Lyricist as well as artist!

Multi-talented!

I posted a link here:
8/20 All DU Cindy threads DAY 14
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4405756

[bpilgrim]

10. kick

Fuck YOU Mr. Bush

peace

[Generic Other]

11. A song I wrote: "Casey's Mom" (to be sung to the tune of "Casey Jones")

Inspired by MoPaul's song.

A song I wrote: "Casey's Mom" (to be sung to the tune of "Casey Jones")
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4410236

[Eric J in MN]

12. Here is the music, for people who don't know the tune:

http://f99.middlebury.edu/AC200A/depression-era_music.htm

Pete Seeger, "Joe Hill" mp3 or RealAudio

http://otter.middlebury.edu:8080/ramgen/amcivmedia/thirties_music/Seeger_JoeHill.rm

[jimshoes]

14. I just watched Joan Baez

performance at Woodstock on VH1 an hour ago. The song still moves, and even more so now. What an amazing voice. I caught a concert of hers in 1971 and she was great. I didn't get drafted that year either, so all in all it was a pretty good year.

[newblewtoo]

16. Joan Baez

I attended a Joan Baez concert in Portland shortly after 9/11. There was not a dry eye in the house when she sang "Joe Hill". Her voice is as strong as ever. There were equipment problems that night but she was still able to be heard in the third balcony, un-amplified !! A pretty lady with an awesome voice.

[Independent_Liberal]

15. Kick!