They have been a very fashionable singing group who recorded and carried out folks songs within the 1960’s reminiscent of, If I had a Hammer, Blowing within the Wind, Lemon Tree, The place Have all of the Flowers Gone, and so on.
What you won’t keep in mind is their superb track, Gentle One Candle.
From Wikipedia:
“The primary efficiency of the track was at a 1982 live performance in Carnegie Corridor.[1]
The track was written in 1982[2] by group member Peter Yarrow as a pacifist response to the 1982 Lebanon Warfare (with Israel), an intention was mirrored within the lyrics “Gentle one candle for the horrible sacrifice justice and freedom demand, Gentle one candle for the knowledge to know when the peacemaker’s time is at hand.”[3][1]
In 1983, the three singers (solely Peter is Jewish) traveled to Israel to carry out at an giant out of doors live performance within the holy metropolis of Jerusalem.
Tonight is the primary night time of Chanukah/Hanukkah.
We mild our Hanukkah candles this 12 months with heavy hearts remembering the horrific atrocities that not too long ago transpired in Israel focusing on infants, youngsters, girls, and the aged. We pray for the discharge of all the harmless hostages that have been brutally kidnapped and are being stored in prisoners in darkish underground tunnels and we mourn for the various that weren’t taken as hostages, however as an alternative have been burned alive or beheaded, some after first being brutally raped.
Peter, Paul, and Mary’s Hanukkah track, written through the Israel Lebanon conflict, is a track of hope for peace. It seems again to the story of Hannukah, the early wrestle 2,000 years in the past when the Jewish Maccabees defended Jerusalem in opposition to the mighty Assyrian military and saved the Jewish folks and the holy Temple that the Assyrians had desecrated. That’s the miracle of Hanukkah.
Peter, Paul, and Mary highly effective Hanukkah track remains to be a reminder to be robust and have hope through the present scenario of terror, conflict, and the anti-semitism that’s brewing proper now.
The track is gorgeous, inspiring, and value taking a couple of minutes to hearken to it.
The refrain of the track:
“Do not let the sunshine exit, It is lasted for thus a few years. Do not let the sunshine exit, Let it shine by way of our love and our tears.
