Lay Down Your Arms

Lay Down Your Arms

"Lay Down Your Arms" is a 1956 popular song with music by Ake Gerhard and Leon Landgren and lyrics by Gerhard (original "Ann-Caroline" Swedish) and Paddy Roberts (English).

In the United States, the biggest hit version was recorded by The Chordettes, reaching #16 on the Billboard magazine charts. In the United Kingdom, Anne Shelton had the biggest hit, reaching #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Another UK version was recorded by Billie Anthony.


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  • lay down your arms — to put down your weapons and stop fighting The soldiers refused to lay down their arms. • • • Main Entry: ↑arm * * * lay down your ˈarms idiom (formal) to stop fighting • …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay down (your) arms — phrase to agree to stop fighting The President appealed to the rebels to lay down arms. Thesaurus: international peacehyponym Main entry: arms …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay down your arms — stop fighting, bury the hatchet    It s time to lay down your arms. Stop fighting with your sister …   English idioms

  • Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song) — Infobox Single Name = Lay Down Your Arms Caption = Artist = The Graces from Album = Perfect View A side = B side = Released = 1989 Format = CD single, cassette single, 7 Recorded = Genre = Pop rock Length = 4:14 Label = A M Records Writer =… …   Wikipedia

  • lay down — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give up ; surrender < lay down your arms > 2. a. establish, prescribe < lay down a scale for a map > b. to assert or command dogmatically …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lay down — verb a) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon. b) To specify, institute …   Wiktionary

  • arms — [ armz ] noun plural ** weapons, for example guns or bombs: countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting: The President appealed… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • arms */*/ — UK [ɑː(r)mz] / US [ɑrmz] noun [plural] weapons, for example guns or bombs countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade • lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting The… …   English dictionary

  • Put Your Arms Around Me — Infobox Single | Name = Put Your Arms Around Me Artist = Natural from Album = Keep It Natural Released = *USA: Summer 2001; *Germany: March 11, 2002 Format = CD single Writer = Steve Kipner Producer = Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = Label = Sony… …   Wikipedia

  • lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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