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LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM

(learned during the 1960s; words and music by Ed McCurdy)

(music to go here)

Last night I had the strangest dream, I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war.
    I dreamed I saw a great big room, filled with women and men,
    The papers they were signing said they'd never fight again.

And when the papers all were signed, and a million copies made,
The people bowed their heads in prayer, and grateful prayers were prayed.
    The people in the streets below were dancing round and round,
    And guns and planes and uniforms were scattered on the ground.

Last night I had the strangest dream, I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war.

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)