Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please. - Tom Paxton - Quotesmemo.com

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Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.

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Tom Paxton

Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please.

Peace, Please, Potato, Potatoes, Slay, Special

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Some people you don't have to satirize, you just quote 'em.

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A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in every tree.

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Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing.

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Our leaders are the finest men, that's whey we elect them again and again.

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In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom!

1998, Sang, School, Song, Songs, Speak English

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