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The little vagabond (W. Blake)

from The red sunset / Sad reggae by Mournful Skank

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2013, remastered in 2019

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(Lyrics from William Blake)

Mother, dear Mother, the church is cold,
but the ale-house healthy, pleasant & warm,
besides I can tell where I am used well,
such usage in heaven will never do well.
But if at the Church they would give us some ale
and a pleasant fire our souls to regale,
we'd sing and we'd pray all the live-long day,
nor ever once wish from the Church to stray.
Then the Parson might preach & drink & sing
and we'd be as happy as birds in the spring,
and modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church,
would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch.
And God like a father rejoicing to see
his children as pleasant and happy as he,
would have no more quarrel with the Devil or the Barrel,
but kiss him & give him both drink and apparel.

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from The red sunset / Sad reggae, released July 14, 2019
Tatjana plays the bouncing guitar

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Mournful Skank is an experimental project exploring sad reggae, acoustic dark dub, hybrid skank ;)

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My music is influenced by William Blake, les Béru, Coil, the Gladiators, Horace Andy, Dead Combo, Portishead, Tom Waits, Castaneda. Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra. ... more

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