Joan Baez Flowers gone different line in concert

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0In this version of Where have all the flowers gone, Joan Baez changes the words after 'Where have all the graveyards gone?' to something different from the original '...gone to flowers, veryone. Can any 'native ear' tell me what she says??02br02br05002br02br00Thanks!!020yidsKvdPsnkPC0

Clive · Accepted Answer

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00I didn't listen to the clip, but I know the song. 02br
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00It's '. . . gone to flowers, every one'.00 ie 01i00flowers have grown in every one of the graveyards.02i02br
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00It's one of the great anti-war songs. Joan Baez is good, but once I saw and heard the great Marlene Dietrich sing it in person, in English and in German. She was better.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

Philip · Answer

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10In this version of Where have all the flowers gone, Joan Baez changes the words after 'Where have all the graveyards gone?' to something different from the original '...10gone to flowers10, veryone. Can any 'native ear' tell me what she says??12br
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11b01font00That's the original...graveyards gone to flowers , and not the decorative kind that people bring to honor the dead, but rather wild, uncontrollable flowers [my interpretation].02font02b00 020yidsKvdPsnkPC0

Anonymous · Answer

0 No. I am afraid you are missing the point of my question. The most famous version is that of The Kingston Trio. I haven't been able to find any recording by Pete Seeger, the writer (who btw says that 'the girls have taken husbands--instead of 'gone to young men'. Other versions say gone for young men...).02br
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00Joan Baez usually changes lines of her or others' songs in her concerts. In this case I goggled a little after my post and found that one version, the one that Baez sings here says 'the graveyards gone... covered with flowers...02br
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00Now a grammar question: most versions I found spell 'every one' as two words. Shouldn't that be 'everyone'? (Source:wordrefernce.com).02br
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00And now to the song itself. It is so beautiful that most versions sound good to me. I used lo like the one by The Kingston Trio best but I happen to bump into Dietrich's version the other day. Superb!!.02br
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00And a curiosity: youtubing for this song, I found one of those photo slides but this time a confused 'ultra-Republican' probably turned the antiwar song into a patriotic hymn.02br
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00'In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice' he or she captions, obviously forgetting the 'When will they ever learn?' line.02br
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Cool Breeze · Answer

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Now a grammar question: most versions I found spell 'every one' as two words. Shouldn't that be 'everyone'? 12blockquote

11i00Everyone02i00 is not possible if the reference is to something inanimate, like flowers: 01i00I love every one of these flowers.02i00 Even when the reference is to girls, as in one verse of this song, it is possible to spell 01i00every one02i00 as two words for 01b00emphasis02b00.02br
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Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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00A small additional comment.02br
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01font00Everyone02font00 focusses on 'all people'. eg 01i00To live, everyone needs to eat.02i02br
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01font00Every one02font00 focusses on 'each (ie every) person or thing in a group'. 02br
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00eg 01i00Every one of the soldiers was killed.02i02br
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00The song is saying 01i00'every one02i00 of the graveyards has gone to flowers'.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

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