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比特．西格 (Pete
Seeger) 出生于1919年5月3日
许多民歌手写的歌都与时事有关，比特．西格也不例外。西格和另外一位作曲家合写的「我们会克服的」 (We Shall Overcome) 就是争取公民权利之抗议者在1960年代时常演唱的歌曲。而转向！转向！转向！ (Turn! Turn! Turn!) 则是在1965年由飞鸟 (Byrd) 演唱而受到大家欢迎的歌曲，歌词是从圣经的传道书 (Ecclesiastes) 所摘录下来的。歌词再描写每样事情都会发生在一定的时间与一定的地方，战争也一样。这首歌在越战最激烈的时候出版，最后一句歌词是：「迎向和平的时光，我发誓并不会太晚。」
Many folk singers write songs about current events, and Peter Seeger was no different. "We Shall Overcome," which he co-wrote, was a song often sung during civil rights protests of the 1960s. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" a song popularized by the Byrds in 1965, draws its lyrics from the Bible's Book of Ecclesiastes. It says that there is a time and a place for everything - even war. The song was released during the height of the Vietnam War. Its last line is "A time for peace, I swear it's not too late."
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