Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

Lyrics and music by Ed McCurdy (1951), American Folk-singer

Information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McCurdy

https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?lang=it&id=1573 With versions in different languages by German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Occitan authors.

This song is said to have been translated into 76 languages.



Last night I had the strangest dream


Last night I had the strangest dream

I ever dreamed before

I dreamed the world had all agreed

To put an end to war


I dreamed I saw a mighty room

The room was filled with men

And the paper they were signing said

They'd never fight again


And when the papers all were signed

And a million copies made

They all joined hands end bowed their heads

And grateful prayers were prayed


And the people in the streets below

Were dancing round and round

And guns and swords and uniforms

Were scattered on the ground


Last night I had the strangest dream

I ever dreamed before

I dreamed the world had all agreed

To put an end to war

Versione italiana di Riccardo Venturi

(2003)

STANOTTE HO FATTO UN SOGNO STRANO


Stanotte ho fatto un sogno strano,

il più strano che abbia mai fatto,

ho sognato che il mondo s'era messo d'accordo

per mettere fine alla guerra.


Ho sognato che c'era una stanza enorme,

la stanza era piena di gente in riunione

e il documento che stavano firmando

diceva che non avrebbero più combattuto.


E quando tutti ebbero firmato il documento

e ne ebbero fatto un milione di copie

si presero tutti per mano e formarono un cerchio

e furono elevate delle preghiere di gratitudine.


E la gente per le strade, là sotto,

stava ballando, ballando, ballando

con spade, fucili e uniformi

tutte gettate via e sparse per terra.