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Great anti-war songs
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Luang Prabang

I've only heard Country Joe McDonald sing this song.It was originally written by Dave Van Ronk.Song can be heard in the link below.

http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/LuangPrabang.htm

Luang Prabang
(Dave Van Ronk)

When I came back from Luang Prabang
I didn't have a thing where my balls used to hang
But I got a wooden medal and a fine harangue
Now I'm a fucking hero


cho: Mourn your dead, land of the free
If you wanna be a hero, follow me
Mourn your dead, land of the free
If you wanna be a hero, follow me

And now the boys all envy me
I fought for Christian democracy
With nothing but air where my balls used to be
Now I'm a fucking hero

One and twenty cannons thundered
Into the bloody pale blue yonder
For a patriotic balless wonder
Now I'm a fucking hero

In Luang Prabang there is a spot
Where the corpses of your brothers rot
And every corpse is a patriot
And every corpse is a hero
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Buckminster Fuller
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Great anti-war songs - by Paul Rigby - 16-10-2009, 07:24 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Danny Jarman - 18-10-2009, 08:31 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Paul Rigby - 18-10-2009, 09:30 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Danny Jarman - 27-10-2009, 03:40 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Danny Jarman - 27-10-2009, 07:22 PM
Great anti-war songs - by David Guyatt - 28-10-2009, 12:05 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Jan Klimkowski - 28-10-2009, 08:38 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Ed Jewett - 28-10-2009, 08:43 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Ed Jewett - 28-10-2009, 09:11 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Ed Jewett - 28-10-2009, 09:18 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Jan Klimkowski - 28-10-2009, 09:27 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Keith Millea - 28-10-2009, 10:04 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Keith Millea - 29-10-2009, 05:10 AM
Great anti-war songs - by Mark Ludwig - 29-10-2009, 05:43 AM
Great anti-war songs - by Ed Jewett - 31-10-2009, 02:47 AM
Great anti-war songs - by Jan Klimkowski - 01-12-2009, 04:14 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Danny Jarman - 09-12-2010, 12:45 PM
Great anti-war songs - by Carsten Wiethoff - 10-12-2010, 08:06 AM

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