Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

DESCRIPTION: "Last night I had the strangest dream, I never dreamed before. I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war." All the people saw the agreements signed, and rejoiced as weapons and uniforms are tossed away as the people rejoice
AUTHOR: Ed McCurdy
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (recording, Pete Seeger); reportedly written 1950
KEYWORDS: war
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 548, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (notes only)
DT, LASTNITE*
NOTES [69 words]: Just as a reminder, we tried this once. The Kellogg-Briand pact was agreed upon in 1928. Even if you ignore small wars, it lasted all of three years: The Japanese invaded Manchuria (staring what became World War II) in 1931. And, of course, Hitler took over Austria ten years after the pact, in 1938. Oh, and the Spanish Civil War began in 1936. And Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. And... well, you get the idea. - RBW
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