alex comfort

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Sun Jan 7 14:04:08 PST 2001


<<During World War II, Mr. Comfort became politically active while studying to become a doctor. He was a conscientious objector and led a campaign against the indiscriminate bombing of Germany. His pacifism became anarchism, and he began to write pamphlets and tracts, some incorporating the findings of psychiatry.>>

...Also songs:

Go Limp/The Young CND (Campaign for Nuclear DisArmarmament) Words by Alex Comfort, Melody "Sweet Betsy" Published in Broadside 1962

O daughter, dear daughter, take warning from me And don't you go marching with the young CND For they'll rock you and roll you, and shove you into bed And if they steal your nuclear secrets, you'll wish you were dead

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

O mother, dear mother, I am not afraid For I'll go on that march and I'll return a maid With a brick in my handbag and a scowl on my face And barbed wire in my underwear to head off disgrace

Singing...

But as they were marching, a young man came by With a beard on his chain and a gleam in his eye And before she had time to remember her brick They were holding a sitdown on a neighboring hayrick

Singing...

Now once at the briefing, she'd heard a man say Go perfectly limp and be carried away So when this chap suggested it was time she was kissed She remembered her briefing and did not resist

Singing...



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