my google blog: A Song for Peace by Sophie Cox-O'Shaughnessy

Monday, 30 March 2026

A Song for Peace by Sophie Cox-O'Shaughnessy

Re. "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" by Ed McCurdy

(anti-war song)

There are many fantastic recordings of this beautiful song, by brilliant artists of course.

I can and do play it as part of repertoire singing it and playing it on guitar, however I found a version specifically written for the voice of the recorder!

This humble instrument, in these current and unfortunately volatile times on the middle east that the west are being drawn to implore peace, imho, speaks volumes and is quite, significantly, just profound!

Here's my recording of this beautiful song on the:

Recorder 🪈 (Yamaha)

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(Audio only)