Peter, Paul & Mary singing ...Leaving On A Jet Plane

Thanks to all that commented or viewed this video. I made it because I was leaving the USA for 6 weeks and was melancholy. I never thought it would get this many hits. Sooo... Thank You!

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Music

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• Peter
• Paul
• Mary
• singing
• Leaving
• on
• jet
• plane
• looking
• out
• of
• window

[TazzzyA4]

Cont'd, Wilcarr...You were spurned and cruelly villified by parts of society who at worst, were stoned and stupid, and at best were well meaning but uninformed and aimed their venom in the wrong place... You are a man amongst men.You fought for you country and you helped it uphold its values of freedom and bravery.Thank God you made it and thank God you had your wife when you got back.God bless you and all the others who have fought for freedom. Both theones lucky enough to cme bck, and those nt

[Dontgupt20]

@TazzzyA4 ...Very well said and I cosign.

[wilcarr1]

reading these responses over this song I believe many of us Vietnam vets lost something on our return and for some it was wives, girlfriends, friends. I was lucky enough to return and my wife was still there and still married to her this day and I was only 20 when I left for Vietnam and served as a infantryman in 1968. When I hear this song it reminds me of landing at Ben Hoa at night and the heavy musty feel of the air as I deplaned into the unknown and the fear of never coming back.

[Dontgupt20]

@wilcarr1 ...thank you for your comment. The way the Vietnam vets were treated was "all kinds of wrong".

They didn't initiate the war, again mindless people putting the blame were it doesn't belong.

For those people that will say  some... atrocities were committed during that war.......well.....atrocities are committed on a daily basis but we do not blame all of humanity for those actions...neither should we blame all the military for a few that went wrong.

[mdpenn23]

awsome song , when you that someone never a had a clear chance to say goodbye , especially when have to leave town fast

[IndianaParkWars]

RIP Mary

[LarpwaffenNET]

love the music, dont like the video... the benefit of this music is poetic, vid is NOT

[TheLifeEvents]

When this came out, I was 13, living in Nairobi, and then sent to school in Devon, England! Shock, Horror! It had its place then.

BUT that seemed insignificant when I grew older, and I always imagined it to be a GI going to NAM , hoping he would come home safe to his family and girl.

I live in the UK, but have been to "The Wall" on Memorial Day, and know many of you did not make it.

Thanks for letting me share.

[MrPeterBurban]

Every time I left on a trip it usually involved a plane ride. Karachi, Tasmania, Spain, Hawaii, California,etc. As the plane was taking off I always sung this song to myself. I was already missing my family and the plane had not yet left the ground.

[cdinfm]

perfect love song.

[episkopi08]

A lovely song and nice video. Well done.

[OMEGAt43]

Just to clear everything up this song ( wich was peter paul and mary's most successful song EVER!) was written by john Denver for them

[1badsteed]

@SoreniusX John wrote it, was getting ready to pack it in and quit music. He let PPM record it, it was a smash hit, and he said to himself "I wrote that hit." He re-recorded it, and again it was a smash hit, this time for him.