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Written by P. F. Sloand and recorded this summer by Barry McGuire, the song describes a world in decay, under threat of nuclear disaster, and without human aspect. After each verse beats out the 20th century's troubles at a Bob Dylan- like pace, its refrain entreats the listner to realize that the world is indeed on the eve of destruction...
...last year's congress the biggest fight came on whether NSA should refrain from taking any stands...
...Shuman is about as chipper as any of his Aberdeen-Angus calves. He neither smokes nor drinks ("I'm not a teetotaler," he says, "I don't want the stimulation"), and strives mightily to refrain from cussing...
...cheek or chest, then made to eat the heart of a cockerel and down a loathsome liquid potion brewed from kola nuts and wine and the blood, hair, finger and toenails of a dead cultist. They finally bound themselves to Owegbe with 24 oaths, each ending with a chilling refrain: "If I refuse . . . let Owegbe make juju...
...rarely intelligible. One song is bad enough that the singing must have been intentionally off-key; this is wrong--it makes it impossible to understand the lyrics and this is not supposed to happen in Brecht. The songs are reputetdly the weakest part of this play, but I would refrain from judging them until a later production gives them a chance...