#OnThisDay in 1937, #TomPaxton, American folk singer and songwriter ("Bottle of Wine': "The Marvelous Toy"), born in Chicago, Illinois.
#HappyBirthday #88 °🥂⋆.ೃ🍾࿔*:･
#tompaxton
Tom Paxton
What did you learn in school today,
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie.
I learned that soldiers seldom die.
I learned that everybody’s free.
And that’s what the teacher said to me.
And that’s what I learned in school today.
That’s what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
I learned that policemen are my friends.
I learned that justice never ends.
I learned that murderers die for their crimes
Even if we make a mistake some times.
And that’s what I learned in school today.
That’s what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
I learned our government must be strong.
It’s always right and never wrong.
Our leaders are our finest men.
And we elect them again and again.
And that’s what I learned in school today.
That’s what I learned in school.
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little child of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad.
I learned about the great ones we have had.
We fought in Germany and in France.
And someday I may get my chance.
And that’s what I learned in school today.
That’s what I learned in school.
That’s what I learned in school today.
That’s what I learned in school.
DAVID MALLETT
Jim Rooney on the Death of Singer-Songwriter David Mallett
MASTODON POST
Attached are Jim Rooney's memories of David Mallett. This is no small thing. Rooney is a very long-time and prominent professional in the music and recording businesses.
https://www.mmone.org/jim-rooney/
He got started performing on Boston's WCOP Hayloft Jamboree for my own personal merry mayor, Nelson Bragg, the "Merry Mayor of Milo, Maine" (the place of my very own birth). He has produced Grammy-nominated albums by Tom Paxton, John Prine, and Peter Rowan. Rooney was one of the key players in the rise of Nanci Griffith. Rooney produced at least three albums for a singer-songwriter I much admire, Iris DeMent. Jim Rooney has done a lot since his 1950s start. So, to get a little context here, Rooney's recollections of David Mallett have a great deal of professional weight behind them. This Facebook post by Rooney came from a Web search hitlist on a related but different topic. While going through the hitlist, it was apparent his post had been reposted I don't know how many times. David Mallett was from Sebec, Maine, which shares a town line with my old hometown, Milo. Being easily among his first fans, I have three singles by his 1960s group, The Mallett Brothers, and two tracks by his next duo, Hinkley and Mallett with memorable guitarist Don Hinkley.
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#bostonmusic #bostonradio #davemallett #davidmallett #donhinkley #hayloftjamboree #hinkleyandmallett #irisdement #jimrooney #johnprine #mallettbrothers #merrymayorofmilomaine #milomaine #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #music #musicnews #nancigriffith #nelsonbragg #nemsbk #newenglandmusic #peterrowan #radio #sebecmaine #singersongwriter #themallettbrothers #tompaxton #wcop #wcophayloftjamboree
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Greenwich Village Folk Scene
Photographs by #DavidGahr
1) Folk singers in Washington Square, 1958
2) #EmmylouHarris, 1968
3) #JacksonBrowne, 1967
4) #MarcSilber, 1968
5) #TimBuckley, 1968
6) #BonnieDobson, 1964
7) #WillieDixon, 1960
8) #TomPaxton,1964
9) #TomRush, 1962
10) #PeterLaFarge, 1962
#greenwichvillage #folksingers #thevillage #thefolkscene #folkscene #thesixties #the60s #music #musicworld #musicscene #folkmusic #folkmusicians
So, Jimmy Carter passed away last month. Tom Paxton wrote "I Don't Want a Bunny Wunny in my Wittle Rowboat" about him.
Anita Bryant passed away. Tom Paxton wrote "Anita O.J." about her.
Who else that Tom Paxton wrote a song about is going to die to make the "three celebrity" unit complete?
[ @Woodyanna pointed out that Kissinger, about whom Paxton wrote "The White Bones of Allende" passed away last year, but that might not be proximate enough to qualify]
Tom Paxton - I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound (1964)
#music #TomPaxton
https://open.spotify.com/track/6jog1hKaZZEuiOV2bhiRXX?si=b_s81j9BS5mkoMWaacO-Ng
an old Tom Paxton number
Last thing he does
Mark Carson
#Poetry #MarkCarson #InkSweatAndTears #TomPaxton #12StringGuitar #Literature #Music
Happy first day of school to all who celebrate
🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip
Tom Paxton:
🎵 The last thing in my mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Olqm4csdbHp2Q9y1Xdc92
https://tompaxton.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-thing-on-my-mind-2
🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip
Tom Paxton:
🎵 The last thing in my mind
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Olqm4csdbHp2Q9y1Xdc92
https://tompaxton.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-thing-on-my-mind-2
The Iron Man - Tom Paxton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGgAjWtRgU
Thomas Richard Paxton, born October 31, 1937, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
This morning I found myself thinking about one of #TomPaxton's songs. It's not his best song, but its words are rather haunting:
Whose garden was this?
It must have been lovely...
Did it have flowers?
I've seen pictures of flowers
And I'd love to have smelled one.
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/111521/Tom+Paxton/Whose+Garden+Was+This
Long time fan; still have #Vinyl from the 1970s. #TomPaxton
(close observers will see 2 out of the 3 albums are "cut outs.")
I selected #BuffaloRose's collaboration with #TomPaxton as my pick for Best EP of 2022. www.buffalorosemusic.com
www.tompaxton.com
#MMRplaylist #ProtestSong #Folk #ChansonsEnFrancais #GraemeAllright #TomPaxton #Propagande #Endoctrinement #MyHeroesHeoiines
"Qu'as tu appris à l'école"
Graeme Allright. 1968
in LP "Jour de clarté"
(Original song from Tom Paxton
"What Did You Learn in School Today ?")
"Qu'as-tu appris à l'école, mon fils
A l'école aujourd'hui
Que les gendarmes sont mes amis
Et tous les juges très gentils
Que les criminels sont punis pourtant
Même si on s'trompe de temps en temps
C'est ça qu'on m'a dit à l'école, Papa
C'est ça qu'on m'a dit à l'école"
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