Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems
Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1968 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1996. a.k.a. "If Peacetime Came." Malvina was poor for a time as a kid when her father lost his business, so she isn’t making light of being poor here. Instead, she is riffing on the idea that war is good for business.
If peace time came, and we all got poor, If peace time came, and we all got poor, If peace time came, and we all got poor,
Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song
is performed:
http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr372.htm |