Come Away Melinda is a song written by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff. That song is anti war song.
Origin
It has been recorded by Harry Belafonte (on the album Streets I Have Walked), Barry St. John, Judy Collins (Judy Collins 3), Theodore Bikel (A Folksinger's Choice), Tim Rose (Tim Rose), Bobbie Gentry (Local Gentry), Uriah Heep (...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble), Velvett Fogg (Velvett Fogg), UFO (UFO 1), Kenny Rankin (Mind-Dusters), The Big 3 (Live at the Recording Studio), Cat's Eyes, L.Stadt, and the Weavers (on the album Reunion At Carnegie Hall, 1963). In the UK it was a hit for Barry St. John.
References
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