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Pete Seeger Wanted To Be A Journalist

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It's funny Wall Street never has complained.

But publishers have worries, for publishers must go

To working folks for readers, and big shots for their dough;

Oh, publishers are such interesting people;

It could be press-titution, I don't know.

He was frequently interviewed on radio but not so frequently on TV. He told a story of an appearance on the Today Show on NBC:

"I haven't been asked on TV that much in recent years. I did get on the Today show once. And I knew that they wouldn't want me to sing a certain song. So I was prepared. I arrived at 6:00, and over the intercom, the director said, "Pete, what you got for us?" And I said: "Well, I got a little banjo tune, and I got something a little more serious. It's a funny song but it's got a serious point." "Well, let's hear 'em." So I sang the banjo tune. "Fine." So I sang the other, called "Garbage," which has the whole crowd going, "Garbage, garbage, garbage."

Some of the lyrics:

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