MUSIC, SONGS
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POETRY
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MUSIC
SONGS
POETRY
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POETRY SINGING THE BLUES Well I never felt quite right, singing the blues, in that phoney American drawl, as I call out that my baby has left me, down on the Delta, on the banks of the Mississippi. Especially when you come from Birkenhead. So I decided to sing some traditional British folk songs instead, about press gangs and deportation, of the Irish Nation's struggle for liberation. But even then you still have to develop a distinctive nasal whine, that in someway defines your authenticity. And even modern folk songs, which I buy, enjoy and listen to still didn't feel right. So I'm trying to write my own songs, in my own words, well not my own words that would be silly I mean who'd understand me. But whether they're good, bad or indifferent, who cares, at least they'll be my songs, in my own voice.
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