A simple but emotional song.  Well written & performed.

is a goid idea, putting the lyrics in the "about" (im learning)

This is a very good song - I could hear Springsteen doing this.

This song is moving, & thought provoking.  My dad is my hero, but I didn't realize it until he was gone.

Extremely catchy in a way that retains integrity. "Why I had to learn to be a man" is a great line

Full music video on my YouTube channel...

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Un Canadien Errant (A Wandering Canadian)

V1 French
Un Canadien Errant
Banni de ses foyers
Un Canadien Errant
Banni de ses foyers
Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays etrangers
Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays etrangers.

V2 English
Once a Canadian lad
Exciled from hearth and home
Once a Canadian lad
Exciled from hearth and home
Wandered alone and sad
Through foreign lands unknown
Wandered alone and sad
Through foreign lands unknown.

(Flute Interlude)

Repeat French
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Un Canadien Errant is a beautiful, traditional, French folk melody adopted by the Acadians. I adapted and arranged the instrumentation with snare drum, violin, and flute to reflect the history of the song and connection to Nova Scotian History. Antoine Gérin-Lajoie’s lyrics were informally adopted by the Acadians beginning in 1844, in the context of the Acadian deportation 1755-62.

Un Canadien Errant

WHY I HAD TO LEARN

why i had to learn to be a man
why i had to learn to be a man

it's understood, there's a right and a wrong way
if that was taught at school taught I missed that day
all the other boys seemed to catch on fast
I stood watching as they ran past

dad worked long hours and he'd often come home late
mom would talk to him as he ate
slipped off his shoes and found his favorite chair
we watched tv while he was sleeping there

life's not a game but all the same, there's rules
a life to build but which are the right tools?

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Why I Had To Learn

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I wrote this song to honor my mom, who is from the Visayan Islands in the Philippines.

Visayan Serenade by Grace Joy Reid 1986

BUILDING IT UP, TEARING IT DOWN
CW MULLINS

At first all was darkness and then he created light
The world took all of seven days
Yeah that seems about right

Building it up, tearing it down

A poet gave Ozymandias eternal fame
Did Pharoah Ramses II even know that was his name?

Building it up, tearing it down

How a child cries
When a pet turtle dies
Sobs like they can’t be consoled
Don’t tell the kid lies
As the kid will realize
They’re a pet turtle too
Truth be told

Alexander bored at home got it in his head
To cross the world’s rivers
And make them all run red

Building it up, tearing it down

The city on the plain threw a party none could fault
You take home someone’s wife
Wake with a pillar of salt

Building it up, tearing it down

All the people
Gather 'neath a steeple
To praise someone that they’ve never met
A plate goes around
And the grown ups dig down for some coins
Like they’re placing a bet

Well maybe you’re a winner when your decades add to seven
If eternal sleep is anyone’s idea of heaven

Building it up, tearing it down

Yeah the dinosaurs rules Earth for a couple hundred million years
Will we have ruled that long
When our asteroid appears?

Building it up, tearing it down

Building It Up, Tearing It Down

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SPOTLIGHT: Sexagenarian Volume VI is now complete after the addition of its twelfth tarck, "where once...". Check out the other five (5!) volumes of Sexagenarian as well. 

BIO: I started writing songs in high school (1969-1973!) and I've pretty much never stopped. These are mostly solo recording projects (my brother, Fog City Fogey, contributes sometimes).  I don't do much self-promotion, not a fan of Repost Exchange etc, so all of you who find this page and like a song or two - you are truly appreciated!

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