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Song #40 from the song-a-week challenge (theme: Secondary Dominant Chords)

Lyrics:

I hate my neighbour

I hate my neighbour,
But he has no idea,
When I say “good morning” to him,
I’m smiling from ear to ear.

He’s owns a Ferrari,
And an olympic swimming pool,
He treats me like a moron,
He thinks I’m a fool,
But when he’s not looking.

I hate my neighbour,
But he hasn’t a clue,
I’d lend him some sugar of course,
As neighbourly neighbours do.

Then I’ll scratch his Ferrari,
And I’ll piss in his pool,
Now who’s the moron?
Now who’s the fool?
Not I. 

I hate my neighbour,
He called the police one me,
It seems that my escapades,
Were caught on his CCTV.

He says “the ferrari’s a write off”,
And he can’t go for a swim,
But I couldn’t give a monkeys,
Because I still hate him,
With a passion.

I have a new home now,
Here in this prison cell,
I’ve got lots of new neighbours,
We all get on very well.

I hate my neighbour

When I was a young man
in the roving trade
the only harm that I done man
was court a fine young maid
I wooed her all the  summer
and all the winter too
The only harm that I done 'er 
was keep off 
The foggy dew

Foggy dew, foggy dew

One  night about twelve
as I lay fast asleep
there came the maid to my bedside
and how the maid did weep
She cried out unto the night 
“What shall I do?” 
So I held her tight 
and kept off 
The foggy dew

Foggy dew, foggy dew

The first part of the night
we did sport and play
The last part of the night
in my arms she lay
and when the day it finally dawned 
she cried
“I am undone!”
but said I "just look around 
the foggy dew has gone"

Foggy dew foggy dew

I never told of her name
Damned be if I do
but many times I think o' the night
o’ the foggy dew

Foggy dew, foggy dew

O’ the foggy dew, O’ the foggy dew!
The foggy dew! 
The foggy dew!

The Foggy Dew (The First)

Week 3 Theme - Under the Sea

I did this almost entirely on Dorico. The aim was to be more deliberate in my composition. The previous two songs I winged at the piano.

Unfortunately I wasted a lot of time failing to find suitable VSTs for the MIDI files/trying to record live versions. I ended up using the in-built Dorico audio so did zero MIDI automation. 

Time was REALLY tight due to having several instruments (rather than just piano + solo instrument). I had to cut a lot of corners, but hey - I hit the deadline!

2023-05-31 Song A Week - Aquatic Travels

MIX: Jack Holston
originally released August 2024, felt like time for a REMASTER

A hybrid collab - "Darq Blue" is a Jack Holston song for his outfit Crawling Vines. I adapted it and added the chorus "Change Hue."

faintly attentive 3 demo.mp3

Cuthbert Becalmed

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