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‘Tucson Sunday Morning’: Original Song and Lyrics by Roy E. Peterson

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August 22, 2023
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. . Tucson Sunday Morning Chorus: Tucson Sunday morning, See the sage brush come alive. Gold upon the Rincons, Catalina mountain sides. Saguaro in the desert Lift their silent arms in prayer. The mission...
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‘Freedom Convoy Song’: Lyrics by Lannie David Brockstein

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March 16, 2023
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. Freedom Convoy Song To bravely speak is to turn on the lights, __To silence darkens all of our debate; Yea, We the People know free speech unites __What foreign censorship did separate. The former, it is our...
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‘Instructions Set in Bone’: Poem by Peter Lillios Turned into Song

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February 11, 2023
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. "Instructions Set in Bone" by Peter Lillios was first published by the Society of Classical Poets here. Now songwriter Joseph DeNatale has created a version with adapted lyrics below. . . Instructions...

Thomas Payne’s ‘Liberty Tree’ Set to Music by Jack DesBois

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November 27, 2022
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. A contextual note: The American patriot Thomas Payne wrote "The Liberty Tree" early in the American Revolution; it was published in the Pennsylvania Magazine in July 1775. Payne wrote the song to be sung to...

‘Lost Song’ by Jack DesBois

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April 9, 2022
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. https://youtu.be/LllN9NflfR8 . Lost Song A compass that won’t point the way, And a map of the faraway skies… I once was a child of grace; No matter the country I trod My feet found the path in its...

‘Young Strongbow’: An Anonymous American Ballad Presented by Jack DesBois

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March 6, 2022
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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAv09XqwAY . Young Strongbow anonymous American ballad (Words in parentheses are alternate lyrics suggested by other extant versions of the song.) To Dartmouth’s...

An Excerpt of Jack DesBois’s Western Star for Epiphany: January 6, 2022

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January 6, 2022
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. https://youtu.be/dYyxThEY71o . An Excerpt from The Western Star for Epiphany, January 6, 2022 The road stretched out forever in the morning, giving Balthazar plenty of time and space for thought. The...

Three for Christmas Day: Poetry and Music by James A. Tweedie

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December 25, 2021
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. Introduction Each year I compose or arrange music in celebration of Christmas. This year I have created three arrangements of familiar Christmas music, each introduced by a poem. The organ piece is based on...

‘The Tunnel to Australia’ by Jeff Eardley

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December 23, 2021
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. The Tunnel to Australia It’s raining every day in Merrie England. It’s falling from the sky most every day. But I’ve just heard about a place that’s burning, In a country that’s so very far...

‘Bidenflation’ to the Tune of ‘Tomorrow’ by Will Spiller

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December 15, 2021
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. . Bidenflation to the finale of “Tomorrow” from the musical Annie Fuel prices go up Tomorrow Bet your shrinking dollar that tomorrow They will soar! Inflation will rise Tomorrow All the things you...

‘There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie,’ Nursery Rhyme Sung by Jack DesBois

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December 12, 2021
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. There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" . https://youtu.be/luLcKkCHWFo There was a free nation that swallowed a lie. I don’t know why...

‘Why Freedom Had to Die’: A Song by Jack DesBois

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October 6, 2021
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. https://youtu.be/ErwnJkA4G68 inspired by a T-shirt at a Boston freedom rally You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. If you were wondering why Freedom had...

A Vaccine Mandate Protest Song by Jack DesBois

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August 30, 2021
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. Waking Up (Freedom Doesn't Come in a Can) A Protest Song Written and Performed by Jack DesBois I was lying in my bed, Waiting for the day to start, Waiting for the sun to get me on my way, And I...




  1. Margaret Coats on ‘The Battle of Athelstaneford’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsSeptember 29, 2023

    Monika and Mia, you are both on the list for the hymn when I can manage to get the music…

  2. Margaret Coats on ‘The Battle of Athelstaneford’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsSeptember 29, 2023

    Thanks for your very apt reflection on the topic of reader response, Mrs. Moore. I am at work on chant…

  3. Nancy Brady on The 23 Best Haiku of 2023September 29, 2023

    Congrats to Alena and to all the runners-up. Well done to all including the commentaries on each haiku.

  4. Margaret Coats on ‘Ode to the Strings of My Guitar’: A Poem by Daniel HowardSeptember 29, 2023

    Luscious five-part ode, Daniel. The parts play out in unhurried thematic progression, but I also think of the five fingers…

  5. Jeremiah Johnson on ‘Ode to the Strings of My Guitar’: A Poem by Daniel HowardSeptember 29, 2023

    I like that part about the wish to be an instrument in the third stanza in order to help assuage…

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