Peace and Love

Annotation

The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). It took a strong anti-war position, saying that the leaders were focused on war, but that the "people of the world" want "love peace and love". It pleaded with the government: "don't send my brothers to Vietnam", and looked at the impact on families: "don't let...mothers mourn, don't let my father know the pain". Released in Kingston, Jamaica.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: The leaders of the war study war / But we want love peace and love / They look around the world / Looking for love, we no war, oh no war / Don't send my brothers to Vietnam / Don't let my mother mourn no more / Don't let my father know the pain that has to come / Don't want to study war no more / The leaders of the world study war / We want love peace love / The people of the world looking for love / Don't want no war, oh no war / Don't send my brothers to Vietnam / Don't let our mothers mourn no more / Don't let my father know the pain that has to come / Don't want to study war no more / No more, don't send my brother...

About the artist

The Jamaicans were a Jamaican rocksteady vocal group who won the 1966 Festival Song Contest ("Ba Ba Boom"); "Peace And Love" (Treasure Isle TI-7037, 1968) pairs them with the tenor saxophonist Tommy McCook (born 4 March 1927 - sources split between Kingston and Havana with an early move to Kingston; died 5 May 1998 in Conyers, Georgia), founding Skatalite and leader of the Supersonics at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle. [Source: Discogs; Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]