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If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.
Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 3
Died: 2014
Died: January 27
Banjoist
Guitarist
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Peace Activist
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