alex comfort

[Leslilake1 at aol.com]

<<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...