Day Is Done

“Day Is Done” is a song written by Peter Yarrow. It was recorded by Yarrow’s group Peter, Paul and Mary and released as a single in 1969. It was one of the anti-war protest songs of the Vietnam War era. it was the last single that Peter, Paul and Mary recorded together as a group (their next single “Leaving on a Jet Plane” released later that year was recorded earlier for their Album 1700 released in 1967). The song was written as an anti-war song during the Vietnam War era.[4] According to Yarrow, it was written from the perspective of his younger brother who faced the possibility of getting drafted into the army.  Yarrow performed it as the opening song at a concert during the anti-war march he helped organized in Washington in November 1969.  It became one of the well-known protest songs in the era.  Yarrow said that the message of the song is that “children will lead us to a better world