I Fought For Peace In The Fifties.

When Will We Ever Learn? When Will We Ever Learn?

Many Americans Knew Their Lives And Their Souls Were Being Struggled For, And They Fought For It. And I Felt I Should Carry On.

He [alan Lomax] Started Right Off Trying To Find People Who Could Introduce Folk Songs To City People. He Found A Young Actor Named Burl Ives And Said, "burl, You Know A Lot Of Great Country Songs Learned From Your Grandmother, Don't You Know People Would Love To Hear Them?" He Put On Radio Programs. He Persuaded Cbs To Dedicate "the School Of The Air" For One Year To American Folk Music. He'd Get Some Old Sailor To Sing An Old Sea Shanty With A Cracked Voice. Then He'd Get Me To Sing It With My Banjo.

And This Is The Origin Of Pop Music: It's A Professional Music Which Draws Upon Both Folk Music And Fine Arts Music As Well.

Some May Find Them Merely Diverting Melodies. Others May Find Them Incitements To Red Revolution. And Who Will Say If Either Or Both Is Wrong? Not I.