<p>The answer, my friend&#8230;is not a lyric in the any of the songs the McCoy Brothers discuss. For this annual drunk Thanksgiving Special, Rob, Dan, and John talk about <em>Where Have All the Flowers Gone?</em>, <em>One Tin Soldier</em>, and <em>Alice&#8217;s Restaurant</em>.</p>
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<p>John McCoy   with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy</p>

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     <h4><a href="https://johnmccoy.org/2025/11/27/hoorah-for-the-pumpkin-pie/" class="link" target="_blank">Pathetic Fallacy: Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie</a></h4>
     <p>A companion essay for this episode on my blog about Thanksgiving specials and protest songs.</p>

    
     <h4><a href="https://youtu.be/LkTXcwc3zvk?si=TWZHVv0CGAOW4s1D" class="link" target="_blank">The Kingston Trio: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1961)</a></h4>
     <p>One of the most successful covers of this song, originally by Pete Seeger.</p>

    
     <h4><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjGnvst6AmA&list=RDkjGnvst6AmA&start_radio=1" class="link" target="_blank">The Original Caste: One Tin Soldier (1969)</a></h4>
     <p>In the episode I don&#8217;t remember who wrote this song, but it was Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.</p>

    
     <h4><a href="https://youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?si=3ci0V0kVxSlZLhYi" class="link" target="_blank">Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant Massacree (1967)</a></h4>
     <p>Here it is in all its 18 1/2 minute glory.</p>

    
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182: The Watch House

John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose!