Frederick Emerson Small (November 6, 1952), known publicly as Fred Small, is an American singer-songwriter. He is also a lawyer and a Unitarian Universalist minister. His songs often make a political or ethical statement. Among his best-known songs are "Heart of the Appaloosa", "Everything Possible", and "Cranes Over Hiroshima".
In 1980 Fred Small embarked on his song writing/performer/recording artist career. His songs are in the folk tradition for peace, healing and empowerment.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 17:29:13 EDT From: [email protected] (Scott A. Lehman) Subject: Cranes Over Hiroshima - Fred Small (Last message is wrong I think)
CRANES OVER HIROSHIMA - Fred Small from the album "Heart of the Appaloosa" (c) 1983 Pine Barrens Music
EF#m the baby blinks her eyes as the sun falls from the sky G#mAsus2Bsus4 she feels the stings of a thousand fires as the city around her dies EA As2/EF#m some sleep beneath the rubble, some wake to a different world Bsus4E from the crying babe will grow a laughing girl
EC#mF#m cranes over hiroshima - white and red and gold Bsus4Asus2E flicker in the sunlight like a million vanished souls EAsus2 As2/E i will fold these cranes of paper to a thousand - one by one C#mBsus4E and i'll fly away when i'm done
ten summers fade to autumn, ten winters' snows have passed she's a child of dreams and dances, she's a racer strong and fast but the headaches grow ever more often and the dizziness always returns and the word that she hears is leukemia and it burns
her ancestors knew the legend - if you make a thousand cranes from squares of colored paper, it will take the pain away with loving hands she folds them, six hundred fourty-four till the morning her trmbling fingers can't fold any more
her friends did not forget her - crane after crane they made until they reached a thousand and laid them upon her grave people from everywhere gathered, together a prayer they said and they wrote the words in granite so none can forget:
E this is our cry (no more hiroshima) Bsus4 this is our prayer (no more nagasaki) Asus2 peace in the world (peace in the world)