Lay Ye Down Boys
1983 · Connexion CX112233 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Richie Havens
- Title
- Lay Ye Down Boys
- Release
- Common Ground
- Year
- 1983
- Label
- Connexion # CX112233
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Ken Lauber
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Lyrics
English: Lay you down boys, come on home / Rest your bones your mama loves you / Right or wrong yay you down boys / From the cities to the country farms / Let your love without the wars / Don't you buy no more / From the Mississippi to the foreign shores / Across the station, out on the street / We'll go marching with the breath of peace / Yes we'll be marching in the free sunlight / From every border to the mountain highs / Lay you down boys, come on home / Rest your eyes all your learning / Has turned to lies, let all those experts / Then decide come on home boys
Notes
First recorded as "Lay Ye Down (Lay Down Your Guns)", the opening track of the 1981 Kent State TV-film soundtrack (VWSP5565). US issue Connexion CX112233; also issued in Italy on EMI / Bagaria.
About the artist
Richie Havens (born 21 January 1941, Brooklyn, New York; died 22 April 2013, Jersey City, New Jersey) was a folk singer and guitarist who opened the Woodstock festival in 1969. [Wikipedia]