Here are my original lyrics for a down-and-out blues song from the Deep South with a gospel tinge. Feel the pain. He will sustain.
Thanks to SUNO AI Music for bringing my lyrics to life.

Got the Lost Woman Blues
						Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
Faced death at the crossroads…
It stared me down from side to side.
I caught it smiling at me slowly,
And then it asked me for a ride.
I tell you brother I was crying…….
Cause I had woman blues inside.

Verse 2:
She told me she was gone.
She took my money and my pride.
She said the devil’s comin’ for you,
That I had nothin’ left inside.
I tell you brother I was crying
Cause I had woman blues to hide.

Chorus:
You got no reason to be worried….
When the devil comes your way.
You got no reason to be worried….
No matter what the horned ones say;
Cause you got Jesus on a Sunday,
And he won’t let you stray.

Bridge:
Don’t let the woman demon
Crush your soul like clay.
Keep your eyes up to heaven
Cause there’s a judgment day.
Let the blues from a woman
Go walkin’ on its way.

Got The Lost Woman Blues

Esta leyenda mexicana describe cómo una pequeña granjera fue arrastrada por una inundación repentina sorpresa, pero cuyo cuerpo nunca fue encontrado para un entierro cristiano. Ahora los aldeanos ven su inquietante sombra por la noche cada vez que muere un bebé. Ven la figura de la niña perdida, Floreda, montada en una mula negra tan común en el trabajo de campo de la población rural. Pueden ver el brillo de la luna llena en su rostro pálido, pero no en sus ojos oscuros. Se oye el silbido de un viento creciente cuando ella aparece y un escalofrío en el aire. Ella no trae miedo ni desesperación, sino que transporta las almas perdidas de bebés y niños pequeños de regreso al cielo a lomos de su mula que sale al galope de las casas llenas de tanto dolor. La niña y el jinete se elevan hacia los cielos nocturnos llenos de estrellas, dejando atrás a las familias sabiendo que su llegada significa que el alma de la persona perdida está en las manos de Dios.
Gracias a SUNO AI Music por ayudarme a poner mis letras originales en las voces y la música correctas para que La Floreda cobre vida. 

         La Floreda                             
                                                 Copyright Rick Tobin 2024
Verso 1:
Ella jugó sola ese día
Con las nubes tan lejos 
El sol estaba caliente de vida
Mientras el tiempo se iba.
Le dijeron que no se perdiera
Por las orillas del río para jugar,
Pero las tormentas se la llevaron......
Nuestra querida Floreda.

Estribillo:
¿Puedes oír el llanto del cielo...
¿Lágrimas frías de todos sus paseos?
Ella conduce una mula de ojos negros
Por las llanuras de la montaña.
Ella ronda la Ciudad
Y las haciendas, también;
Para llevar a nuestros pequeños a casa......
Donde Dios los hará nuevos.

Verso 2:
Ella desliza el negro de las mareas
El camino más allá de la Luna.
Su silbido llena la noche
Mientras la muerte espera a su guía.
Cada pálida alma errante perdida 
Salta allí, detrás,
Al cielo a su lado....Nuestra Floreda perdida 

Puente:
Ella cabalga el negro de las mareas;
El camino más allá de la Luna,
Con el cielo a su lado.....
Nuestra Floreda perdida

La Floreda  Spanish Version

NYC, the great and glorious Big Apple, has fallen off the tree. New York City was once the finest and most powerful metropolitan giant in the Western World, but now what? A shadow of something it once was, or completely rotted into a carcass unworthy of reviving...and the rats, and there are many, join the migrants in singing its elegy.
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My Apple Died
	                                 Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
NYC was the place that I was raised in,
Street to street,
Borough to borough.
Where’s the greatness I recall
Island to Island 
And Coney Island by the sea?
Now the rats are running everything.
The rats have eaten everything……………………..
And the migrants are free.

Verse 2:
Lovely lady in the waters so deep,
River to harbor,
Building to building,
Where’s the sweet parks of dreams?
Central Park’s rot’s complete.
Twin Towers to their knees.
The rats run the city………………..
And the migrants are free

Chorus:
My apple has rotted right off of the tree.
The shadows above me now hide misery.
Seems the Big Apple died,
And left nothing for me;
Where the Dutch should be crying………………………..
In their graves by the sea.

Bridge:
Start it over under starlight, 
So no one can see.
Bring the trucks and the dozers…………….
Push it into the sea.

My Apple Died

The Sea Clings to My Heart is my original Fado song, as might be sung in Portugal by those who live and die by the ocean. Though it is their mother and their provider, it is also a cruel mistress that has taken so many lost lovers to sleep the deep rest of loneliness beneath her waves.

The Sea Clings to My Heart
		Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
Salt and white caps call my name
From my lover lost at sea.
In the heartbreak of my cold wood chair
I think of his hands………..
I think of his hair.
I wonder if the ocean’s kiss
Will steal my memories
From the lover that lies………….
In her deep arms.

Verse 2:
Did fate take my place at his lips
Did it separate our hearts?
Was it destiny that caught us---
We couldn’t swim away from?
Those who sailed that ship were
Fools and reckless tyrants;
Now I must live in silence………………
As the salt air fills my room.

Chorus:
Bitter tears are worthless lies.
The truth of love is stone.
We rose out of the ocean's side
To walk the land, but not alone.
So she takes away our lovers………………….
To her unforgiving hold.

Bridge:
Tell me!
Tell me!
Where’s the night a place
To choose;
When your lover is forever
Lost too far away,
Too far away………………
To where love will always lose?

The Sea Clings To My Heart

O Mar Se Apega Ao Meu Coração é o meu fado original, tal como pode ser cantado em Portugal por quem vive e morre à beira-mar. Embora seja sua mãe e sua provedora, é também uma amante cruel que tem levado tantos amantes perdidos a dormir o profundo descanso da solidão sob suas ondas.

O Mar Se Apega Ao Meu Coração
		Direitos autorais 2024 Rick Tobin
Verso 1:
Sal e gorros brancos chamam meu nome
Do meu amante perdido no mar.
No desgosto da minha cadeira de madeira fria
Eu penso em suas mãos………..
Penso no cabelo dele.
Eu me pergunto se o beijo do oceano
Roubará minhas memórias
Do amante que mente………….
Em seus braços profundos.

Versículo 2:
O destino tomou meu lugar em seus lábios
Isso separou nossos corações?
Foi o destino que nos pegou?
Não poderíamos nadar para longe?
Aqueles que navegaram naquele navio foram
Tolos e tiranos imprudentes;
Agora devo viver em silêncio………………
Enquanto o ar salgado enche meu quarto.

Coro:
Lágrimas amargas são mentiras inúteis.
A verdade do amor é pedra.
Nós saímos do lado do oceano
Caminhar pela terra, mas não sozinho.
Então ela leva embora nossos amantes………………….
Para seu domínio implacável.

Ponte:
Diga-me!
Diga-me!
Onde é a noite um lugar
Escolher;
Quando seu amante é para sempre
Perdido muito longe.
Muito longe………………
Para onde o amor sempre perderá?

O Mar Se Apega Ao Meu Coração

What is more joyful than a summer barbecue with family in Texas near the lake? It doesn't get much better as the gentle strains of Tejano music echo in the background. (Sorry about some of the misspellings and pushing certain words as the AI generator simply couldn't say some of them correctly in Spanish).
Tejano Picnic Joy
				Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
Pick up all the family 
To a park right near the lake.
Make coals so hot mosquitoes flee…………….
Cause our barbeque can’t wait.

Verse 2:
Get the meat all hot and juicy---
As we gather round for steak.
All the special sauce is running……………  
With Dos Equis free to take.

Chorus:
Aye!  It’s summer lovin,’
By the water and the trees;
And the smell of all the cookin’
Brings my hunger to its knees.

Bridge:
A Tejano cookout welcomes all.
Take fork and knife and have a ball.
Y’all come and get our grillin’ treats………
Cause this is our Tejano feast.
He ha!

Tejano Picnic Joy

Everyone in the U.S. is an alien of one kind or another. Every race and culture here came from somewhere else at one time, so perhaps we all should accept that the sky visitors are the next wave, not the humans coming across the borders...cause we all...are aliens.

Got New Neighbors Moving In
						Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
Got new neighbors moving in---
Dropping down like cats with grins.
Folks don’t know if it’s a sin.
Letting strangers settle in,
Like they’re blowing in the wind.
 
Chorus:
But they’re moving, moving in,
From the sky onto our ground.
Some say they just ain’t us,
But I say they sure fit in….
Cause we’re aliens like them.
 
 Verse 2:
Got new neighbors moving in.
Landing ships with silver skin.
I took all my kids right in.
And the laundry of my kin
That was blowing in the wind.

Bridge:
They got different colored skin,
And their eyes are not so round.
Don’t play lottery or sin….
That seems strange in my hometown………
But I guess they’ll come around.

Got New Neighbors Movin' In

Not so much a call to war, or war cry as such, but I've designed more of a war chant. Of course, if you are on the other side of a Zulu chant for victory, it might seem more threatening. The Zulu are brave and amazing people who hold great pride and love of their lands. I've often wondered at their resilience through all the colonizations. They have a rich and treasured culture. The video is both vocalized in Zulu as well as the printing of the language in the video. No, I do not speak their language and I'm hoping this translation is fairly true. The words in Zulu and English translation is below.

Zulu War Cry Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin 
Here is our path, 
Arise, our nation! 
The rock will shine, 
The nation of Mthwakazi! 
For our spirit guides us, 
The enemy will fall! 
We fight for our land, 
For life is a precious tree! 
Wherever we emerge indeed, 
We are heading to our victory!  
___________________________
Nansi indlela yethu,
Phakama, zizwe lethu!
Imbokodo izokhanya,
Sizwe sikaMthwakazi!

Ngob’ uMoya wethu uthinta,
Amabhulu azobulala!
Silwela izwe lethu,
Ngokuphila kuyindlulamthi!

Laph' ephuma khona impela,
Siya kuyigugu lethu!

ZULU WAR CRY

He was a legend.

Legend of El Lobo
					Copyright Rick Tobin 2024
Verse1:
He couldn’t outrun his shadow---
He howled at birth under a Gemini sun.
He kept the moon at his shoulder
Until his wolfish days were done.
Walked shoulder with the Devil
But never let him have his way.
They drove the road together
But at the end……………………..
He entered Heaven’s gate.

Chorus:
You don’t mess with Texas
When a Tejano lobo’s in your way.
He drove his Chevy so fast
He made the wild bluebonnets sway.
Saw Lechusa at his doorstep
But Angel Michael stayed.
He was the alpha wolf El Lobo………………..
That’s what the legends say

Verse 2:
Women loved him madly----
Men stayed out of his way.
His children were his godsend,
Though he had to be far away.
His pack was his treasure
He protected night and day.
And nobody crossed familia…………………
Or there’d be hell to pay

Bridge:
They called him Lobo, 
As the moonlight made him stray.
He howled in the darkness 
And kept his wolfish ways.
Handsome as the devil,
But strong as an angel they say--
The leader of his pack ……………
Until his dying day.

Legend Of Lobo

Canto Maria is my modernized version of a Gregorian Chant with a focus on the emergence of the angelic kingdom to our regular visibility while our souls begin to evolve quickly to a new spiritual horizon or dimension.

Canto Maria
	Copyright 2024 Rick Tobin
Verse 1:
Let us seize the moment
While our souls are young;
Let us therefore rejoice
While we are spirits free;
After God’s renewal,
When fallen angels rise,
To holy ground,
To holy ground.

Verse 2:
Who were those before us?
To now be in this world?
Where are those before us?
To be in our world?
They go above
From out the underworld,
So thus we now can see them,
And they live, so we can see them.

Verse 3:
Man’s life is short,
But souls don’t end.
Our flesh is short,
It may soon end.
Death comes quickly
To snatch our cell.
No one is spared,
No one is spared.

Verse 4:
Long lives the Holy ghost.
Long lives our maker’s hand.
Long lives the gardener’s choice.
Long lives the line of man.
Each spirit lives in grace.
Let every spirit grow.
They flower and they bloom.
Let every spirit bloom.


Verse 5:
Peace be unto every soul.
Peace be to the Earth below.
Peace be in the heaven’s grace.
Peace to all the stars that glow.

Canto Maria
Vers. 1:
Capiamus momentum
Dum tenerae sunt animae nostrae;
Gaudeamus igitur
Dum spiritus sumus;
Post renovationem Dei,
Angeli lapsi surgunt;
Ad terram sanctam;
Ad terram sanctam.

Vers.
Qui ante nos fuerunt?
Nunc in hoc mundo?
Ubi sunt qui ante nos?
Esse in nostro mundo?
Ut supra
Ex inferis, etc.
Sic ergo nunc videmus eos.
et vivimus, ut eas videre possimus.

Verse 3:
Vita hominis brevis est,
Sed animae non desinunt.
Caro nostra brevis est;
Ut mox finiat.
Mors cito venit
Eripere cellam nostram.
Nemo parcitur;
Nemo parcitur.

Vers. 4:
Vivit Spiritus Sanctus.
Diu vivit manus auctoris nostri.
Vivat hortulanus optio.
Vivit acies hominis.
Unusquisque spiritus in gratia vivit.
Crescat omnis spiritus.
Florent^ et florent.
Floreat omnis spiritus.

Vers. 5:
Pax omni animae.
Pax Terrae infra.
Pax sit in gratia caeli.
Pax omnibus astris rutilantia.

Canto Maria

This song was dedicated to all the loved ones who were separated from their husbands, fiancées, and boyfriends during war. It was meant as a wartime ballad presented by a torch singer reaching out to the Western Allies during the darkest days of WWII, but it could represent that painful separation caused by any war, past, present, or future. I dedicated this to all of my dear friends who served with me on B-17s over Germany, and like myself, did not make it back alive to our loved ones.

Come Home My Love

Rick Tobin is a writer, fine digital artist, photographer, empath, musician, and podcaster living in San Antonio, Texas as a widower with his devilish cat Penelope. His novels, poetry, and music lyric books are found on Amazon.  Rick’s podcasts appear on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/@ricktobin1296.

Got The Lost Woman Blues

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