From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #140 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, April 10 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 140 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- njc, Kate playing for Cindy ["Patti Parlette" ] mothers day njc ["Kate Bennett" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:21:36 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Kate playing for Cindy Kate wrote: Subject: important gig- song suggestions? njc I have a very daunting gig I've accepted. To play on mother's day, at the invitation of a group of women who are working with our local veterans for peace. The event will take place at Arllington West, where the crosses of those who have died in this war are erected & taken down each Sunday by veterans (it is on the sand in a high tourist area- Richard you visited I think). This is the place that Cindy Sheehan visited to see her son's memorial & then soon after decided to go to Crawford & sit in a ditch to wait to ask a question of the president. As a matter of fact, she was here this afternoon but I had to work :~ [ I was thrilled to be asked to play for this & had some ideas for songs. However, I have learned that there will be mothers in the audience who have lost their children in this war. So Rich Man's War & Fiddle & the Drum are out. Let Them In (John Gorka) & Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Dylan) are in. I'd love other suggestions from all of you who have so much wisdom about all kinds of music. It needs to be simple as I am a simple guitar player. This is a daunting responsibility & I've been overwhelmed with tears several times thinking about some of the moms who will be listening. I want to give them the best I can. - ----- Oh my God, Kate. You have my heart on this one. (I'm crying, sorry.) Yes, you do have a daunting task ahead of you. And on Mother's Day? Holy merde. But I know you will rise to the challenge. I *know* you have the heart for this. Playing for Cindy? If you could meet her, like I did...oh, words don't fail me now....the pure raw grief and pain in her eyes. Ouch. I will think on this for you, I promise. I am not a musician, so I don't know what is easy to play. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Is that easy? Joan Baez played that at Camp Casey. Maybe this is not appropriate, but this song comes to mind. Our Catherine just posted these lyrics. Casey was Gindy's first born son....this might be too painful, I don't know. I really don't know. I do know that when my first son was born, I played this over and over and over again, my friends, as I rocked my son to sleep.... I *know* it would speak to Cindy, and all the other mothers.... FIRST BORN (words and music by Kate McGarrigle/Garden Court Music ASCAP) The silver spoon's in the mouth Baby clothes are baby-blue Nothing's ever handed down Everything's brand new Newspaper notices heralding that great event Daddy's buddies send the flowers Mother's friends have baby showers Welcoming that Heaven sent That first born son is always the one The first to be called and the last to come He's his mother's favorite, his grandmother's too He'll break their hearts and he'll break yours too For he's the first to creep and the first to crawl The first to walk and the first to fall Every bruise is kissed, every cry is heard Every doubt's cast out with a soothing word 'Cause he's that first born son, he's that special one No matter what comes next, no matter what comes along Be it another boy or a sweet baby girl The family's the oyster and he is the pearl Some of them make it, some of them don't Some of them can't, others won't grow up In the bible of old, according to Exodus Every first born son of a Jew got axed But the one who survived with the help of God's hand Led his people to the promised land Yes he's that first born son, he's that son of a gun Just hates to walk, just loves to run He loves to run as fast as he can With life held tight in the palm of his hand - ---- No. That's too raw, I think it's too raw. Let me think some more..... My heart is with you and Cindy and all the other mothers, and there but for the grace of God or heavens and astronauts go my own sons. END THE WAR! Love, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:11:29 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: mothers day njc I forgot to mention this is at the heart of the celebration & was part of the inspiration of what we now celebrate as mother's day: Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870 by Julia Ward Howe Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #140 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------