keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (11/28/84)
------------------------------ "Little Boxes" is not by Pete Seeger. It was written by Malvina Reynolds, one of this century's finest songwriters. Malvina started writing songs when she was about fifty years old, and continued until her death a few years ago. It was reputed that she wrote a song a day, and she was known on a least one occasion to write a song before breakfast. She was known mostly within the folk music community, but a few of her songs received wider national recognition, including the above-mentioned "Little Boxes", "What Have They Dont -- Morris M. Keesan {decvax,linus,ihnp4,wivax,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPA
keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (11/28/84)
------------------------------ "Little Boxes" is not by Pete Seeger. It was written by Malvina Reynolds, one of this century's finest songwriters. Malvina started writing songs when she was about fifty years old, and continued until her death a few years ago. It was reputed that she wrote a song a day, and she was known on a least one occasion to write a song before breakfast. She was known mostly within the folk music community, but a few of her songs received wider national recognition, including the above-mentioned "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain", and "Where Are You Going". Her music (songbooks and albums) is available from Schroeder Music in Berkeley, California. I don't have their address handy, but I will reply to mail requests for it. -- Morris M. Keesan {decvax,linus,ihnp4,wivax,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPA