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La Souflette
03:28
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FRLO Anthem
04:53
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There is power in the bellows
Power in the reeds
Power in the squeeze
Of the Accordion
But it all amounts to nothing
If our mothers we don't please
We are the Free Reed Liberation Orchestra
Accordions forever!
We're fleet and we're light!
Harmony on the left hand
Melody on the Right
But it all amounts to nothing
If our mothers we don't please
We are the Free Reed Liberation Orchestra
lyrics by Gary Chapin, 2010
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L'intermittent
02:28
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Catherine's Psaltery
03:15
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Two Mazurkas
02:34
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Hanter dro
03:16
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Not That Guy's Gavotte
01:59
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Two Scottishes
02:55
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20th Century Rondeau
03:40
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Ballad of the Bachelor
04:44
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The Ballad of the Bachelor, by Ellis Parker Butler
(this is the full poem, the song excises a few verses)
Listen, ladies, while I sing
The ballad of John Henry King.
John Henry was a bachelor,
His age was thirty-three or four.
Two maids for his affection vied,
And each desired to be his bride,
And bravely did they strive to bring
Unto their feet John Henry King.
John Henry liked them both so well,
To save his life he could not tell
Which he most wished to be his bride,
Nor was he able to decide.
Fair Kate was jolly, bright, and gay,
And sunny as a summer day;
Marie was kind, sedate, and sweet,
With gentle ways and manners neat.
Each was so dear that John confessed
He could not tell which he liked best.
He studied them for quite a year,
And still found no solution near,
And might have studied two years more
Had he not, walking on the shore,
Conceived a very simple way
Of ending his prolonged delay--
A way in which he might decide
Which of the maids should be his bride.
He said, "I'll toss into the air
A dollar, and I'll toss it fair;
If heads come up, I'll wed Marie;
If tails, fair Kate my bride shall be."
Then from his leather pocket-book
A dollar bright and new he took;
He kissed one side for fair Marie,
The other side for Kate kissed he.
Then in a manner free and fair
He tossed the dollar in the air.
"Ye fates," he cried, "pray let this be
A lucky throw indeed for me!"
The dollar rose, the dollar fell;
He watched its whirling transit well,
And off some twenty yards or more
The dollar fell upon the shore.
John Henry ran to where it struck
To see which maiden was in luck.
But, oh, the irony of fate!
Upon its edge the coin stood straight!
And there, embedded in the sand,
John Henry let the dollar stand!
And he will tempt his fate no more,
But live and die a bachelor.
Thus, ladies, you have heard me sing
The ballad of John Henry King.
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Gary Chapin Maine
Gary Chapin plays music from centre France, Brittany, Alsace, and other places on diatonic accordéon.
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