You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles...
Alexander - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin & Concertina
Charlie Anderson - Bass
Matt Flanders - Percussion
AVB Music 2021
Written by: Hedy West
Photograph: Freight train bound for New Orleans (Jack Delano 1942)
"Railroad Sounds" from the recording entitled Rail Dynamics, COOK01270, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1950. Used by permission.
Lyrics Are you going to Scarborough FairParsley sage rosemary and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereShe once was a true love of mineTell her to make me a cambric shirtParsley sage rosemary and thymeWithout any seams nor needle workThen she’ll be a true love of mineTell her to find me an acre of landParsley
Read MoreLyrics Here am IStanding on the shoreFeel the wind blowing through my hair Once more Hear the waves callingPulling you insideGrab onto the horse’s mane andRide the waves ride Here am I Floating on a seaDon’t know which is you Or which is me Hear the waves callingPulling you insideGrab onto the horse’s mane andRide the waves ride Here
Read MoreLyrics Don’t know whyYou did what you didAll your painIs nothing to this Left us hopelessLost in a mistOne more momentAnd I’d tell you this … Don’t despair your life is worth livingWait and see what the morning brings Now there’s a holeWhere you used to fitMaybe you didn’t thinkThat you did Lost and lonelyThat’s what it isOne more
Read MoreWritten in the style of the 1001 Arabian Nights, this is the story of two lovers and the sad fate that befell them. Alexander – Vocals, Guitar & KeyboardsCharlie Anderson – Bass & StringsMatt Flanders – PercussionAVB Music 2018Original Story by Alexander
Read MoreLyrics Love is a burning thingAnd it makes a fiery ringBound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fireI fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, downAnd the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burnsThe ring of fireThe ring of fireThe taste of love is sweetWhen hearts like ours meetI fell
Read MoreKAY MANAGED TO GET HIS SLEIGH FASTENED TO THE LARGEONE, AND AWAY HE WENT WITH IT…Alexander – Piano, Guitar & StringsAVB Music 2020Artwork: Tegner Andersen (1853 – 1932)
Read MoreLyrics I’m free to do what I want any old timeI’m free to do what I want any old timeSo love me, hold meLove me, hold meBut I’m free any old time to get what I want I’m free to sing my song, though it gets out of timeI’m free to sing my song, though it
Read MoreLyrics You live your life like a motion pictureThe frames fly past like a flowing riverUp on the screen watch the image flickerYou’re on the wheel of life The body moves to the primal rhythmThe heart beats fast in the time that’s givenYou play your role in this life you’re livingYou’re on the wheel of life Where
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