http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/22/richie-havens-dead-folk-musician-was-72/ (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/22/richie-havens-dead-folk-musician-was-72/)
Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Concord?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand
Marching to the Concord war, hey, marching to the Concord war
Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Gettysburg?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with a flintlock in his hand
Marching to the Gettysburg war, hey, marching to the Gettysburg war
Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road
It's a long hard road, hey, before we'll be free
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand
Marching to the Dunkirk war, hey, marching to the Dunkirk war
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand
Marching to the Korean war, hey, marching to the Korean war
Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road
It's a long hard road, hey, before we'll be free
Hey, before we'll be free
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15
Marching to the Vietnam war, hey, marching to the Vietnam war
Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist
Marching to the Birmingham war, hey, marching to the Birmingham war
Hey, what's the use of singing this song
Some of you are not even listening
Tell me what it is we've got to do, wait for our fields to start glistening
Hey, wait for the bullets to start whistling
Hey, here comes a hydrogen bomb and here comes a guided missile
Here comes a hydrogen bomb, I can almost hear its whistle
I can almost hear its whistle
http://youtu.be/G57TBCSCd-M (http://youtu.be/G57TBCSCd-M)
Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6x6hN4ajRyk#)
RIP man. You will be missed! :'(
Another icon of my youth has passed
RIP
http://youtu.be/8BSJYkOKZd8 (http://youtu.be/8BSJYkOKZd8)
About twenty years ago, it was my great good fortune to run into him on a street corner near the U.S. Capitol. I got to shake his hand and tell him thank you.