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Djeli
04:22
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2. |
The Salamander
04:27
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I’m the snake with the rubbery legs
And I like to use’em
Amphibious mumbley-peg
Out here perusing
Sal the Man is here
I’m standing on a leaf
Looking down beneath me
Climbing over tree limbs
Going where my feet land
I walk like this…
The überdog of the underbrush
We’ve got the same spots, you and me
Breathe through the same skin
Easily
I’m looking for Sally the meandering newt
The flame of the nation
Down in the valley in her leopard skin suit
With her tail regenerating
Sal, your man is near
But you’re twenty trees away
And that’s like six or seven hours
Baby, meet me halfway
We’ll go strolling ‘neath the flowers
There’s something brewing in the underbrush
And we don’t rush…
We share the same spots, her and me
Eat from the same pot, don’t you see
We’re in the same spot, you and me
Under the same rock
Can we be
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3. |
Ishi
04:22
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Waganupa
Mountain of fire
Land of the Yahi
Waganupa
So long, Waganupa
Ishi was the only man
The last Yahi breathing
A silent ghost before the hunter’s hand
Floating out among the dead
A stone age man behind glass
In the halls of the civilized
Arrowheads and blessings cast
On anyone who met his eye
Their spirits spiraled up
When they died
And they rise
Through a hole in the sky
Now you go free
Untied
Waganupa
Mountain of fire
Blood of the Yahi
Waganupa
So long, Waganupa
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4. |
Gypsydish
05:07
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5. |
The Great Historical Bum
02:22
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I’m just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum
Highly educated from history I come
I built the Rock of Ages, it was in the Year of One
And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
I was in the garden of Eden, it was in the year of two
Joined the apple-pickers union, I always paid my dues
I’m the one who signed the contract to raise the rising sun
And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
I was straw boss on the pyramids, the Tower of Babel too
I opened up the ocean let the migrant children through
I fought a million battles and I never lost a one
And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
I was in the revolution when we set this country free
It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea
I won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run
And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
I’m just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum
Highly educated from history I come
I built the Rock of Ages, it was in the Year of One
And that’s about the biggest thing that man has ever done
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6. |
Weather Rule
04:33
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7. |
Within You Without You
04:11
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8. |
Soutoukou
03:50
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9. |
Blessed Sunday
03:25
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10. |
Ishi reprise
00:41
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11. |
Djimbaseh
04:18
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Walter Strauss Occidental, California
This Californian guitar maestro’s songs are full of the groove and fire of an African dance party, the dynamics & textures
of a string orchestra, and the back-porch soul of American roots music.
Walter performs globally, solo and in crosscultural collaborations, at venues as diverse as the Celtic Connections festival in Scotland, Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA, and Le Diplomat in Bamako, Mali.
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