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This is a piece I wrote many years ago, and recorded this duet with myself on Mandolin, and my good friend Allan Cook on Guitar.

I uploaded this piece some time ago as private, and shared with a few people whom I have come to be friends with here on SoundCloud, but have decided to release it publicly, at the urging of one such friend, Liz Dicker (Thank You Liz).

This is a special piece to me, as I wrote it when I was much younger, about 20 or so. In addition, my sister Kristina requested it for her wedding in place of traditional music.

It was also a defining moment, when Allan and I realized we had a special musical connection. I wrote the mandolin part, and when I showed him what I had written, he picked up his acoustic guitar, and like magic, he just knew what to play to perfectly accompany what I had written. This was not the only time this was evident, but it was the first time it was crystal clear to us both.

This recording is an excerpt from an extended improvised jam session we had with other friends, and for which he has the entire recording on his channel. It was recorded informally, and as a live performance, or perhaps better described as a group of musical friends having fun. We opened the recording with Allan and I playing this piece, and then went where the wind took us from there.

I hope you enjoy listening.

If you are interested in hearing the entire recording, it is at the linked track below.

https://soundcloud.com/amcook1971/youre-only-baroque-if-youre-out-of-monet?si=a2f1d65d48914aeca3e88c54e9886086&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Baroque Mandolin Guitar Duet

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Nichibotsu - Hopefully that's Sunset in Japanese!

Nichibotsu

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A patriotic piece of Americana here (though I'm a Brit!), detailing the lead-up to the 1775 War Of Independence/Revolutionary War. More like a rousing anthem! My lyrics, Rob L's music/vocals. Copyright 2008 Jay Rich and Rob L. Lyrics below:

                 Lexington Green

V1: 

Twelve long years of new fiscal impositions
Have finally met with determined opposition
Britannia's demands and her trading regulations
Are starting to sour our once friendly relations
She hampers our economy; she should tamper less
And resentment's building, though without redress
Our grievances all sidelined, are they even heard?
For who can rely on that old tyrant George the Third

Lift1:

It seems like forever that we've made objections
Now backed up by action in the boldest insurrection
Brits misread the signs of disenchanted times
With militia farmers now forming battle lines

Ch1:

That was the starting point:
That's where it all began
The fight for our rights
To our brave new land
The way ahead was tough:
The bid for freedom long
But we took our first decisive step
On the green at Lexington

V2:

Britannia, you oppress us: your conduct is unjust
We surely won't be used by you then ground into the dust
Feelings have been running high right across our nation
Ever since taxation without representation
You grasp yet more revenue for our governance
But from this heavy burden we seek deliverance
Since when has an American sat in your parliament?
The time has come for us to demand self-government

Lift2:

Thirteen seaboard colonies will be United States
We'd fight for independence: for the highest stakes
And a many-signatured, official declaration
Will give us a coveted new liberated nation

Ch2:

That was our finest hour:
That initial stand
Half our numbers firm
Almost to a man
The road ahead was rough
But desire for freedom strong
When we took that first momentous step
On the green of Lexington

Ch3:

Tom Paine and Paul Revere
And General Washington
Saratoga, Valley Forge
Crossing off of Trenton
And French aid helped turn the tide
Finally at Yorktown
But the Minutemen began it
On the green of Lexington

*****Break*****

Ch4:

We stood patriotic, loyal, brave, and strong
On that historic battlefield at fateful Lexington
We fought because we felt
To do less would be wrong
And it all started on
The green of Lexington
The green of Lexington

Lexington Green (Rob L music/vocals)

Oculus

Every Day Is A Little Bit Easier

Shirley Temple Cover🍭

I’ve thrown away my toys
Even my drum and train
I wanna make some noise
With real live aeroplanes
Some day I’m gonna fly
I’ll be a pilot too

And when I do, how would you like to be my crew?
On the good ship lollipop
It’s a sweet trip to a candy shop where bonbons play on the sunny beach of peppermint bay
Lemonade stands everywhere
Cracker Jack bands fill the air
And there you are are …happy-landing on a chocolate bar
See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll * …eat the big bad devils food cake
If you eat too much yer gonna get a tummy ache

On the good ship lollipop….
In to bed you hop
And dream away
On the hood ship lollipop
It’s a sweet trip…..

Ghost Ship

You open up those tired eyes
And the world is as bad as it seems
Just close your eyes and jump the jump
And you'll soon be living in dreams
Like Rapunzel letting down her hair into the mud
I turned around one second and I heard a thundering thud

CHORUS
I really should take sound advice from your wanting eyes
You're holding me between your thighs with your wanting eyes
I fell right for recurring lies of your wandering eyes
It really should be no surprise
Believe it or not you've got wanting eyes

I'm cuddled up - a babe in wrap
Its a second life I guess
I always fall for games and traps
And I was never much good at chess
I'm the average prince that's turned into an average frog
There's no trash or gimmick that you wouldn't try to flog

CHORUS

A candy house was eaten yet I was left with nought
But somehow you just win me over with a single pout

CHORUS

Wanting Eyes

"Les Trois Gouttes" est le nom d'un étang en Corrèze où, à la trentaine, j'allais pécher avec ma femme et mes enfants. Nous péchions le goujon, les enfants l'écrevisse, et comme l'étang est entouré de bois, il n'était pas rare que sur le chemin du retour, nous  trouvions également quelques cèpes et girolles! Le bonheur quoi, "le bonheur simple et tranquille" comme disait Verlaine...

Aux Trois Gouttes

It's not the Department of Work and Pensions. Hey! Indonesia! Thanks for listening... hope you like it... By the way dwp is Welsh for... stupid... but I just like the word - Pronounced "doop". Apologies to all the other DWP's out there... who knew!
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Diolch am wrando!

Terima kasih telah mendengarkan!

듣기 주셔서 감사합니다!

Thanks for listening!

អរគុណ​ដែល​បាន​ស្តាប់!

Danke fürs Zuhören

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