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Semper Fi

Semper Fi
[1991]
Album: "Jack’s Crows"
My father met Eleanor Roosevelt
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2008/12/3 - 13:57
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Temporary Road

Temporary Road
[1992]
Album: "Temporary Road"
He is skating on a river
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2008/12/3 - 13:55
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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
[1864]
A Christmas carol based on the poem Christmas Bells by Harry Wadsworth Longfellow
Càrola natalizia basata sulla poesia Christmas Bells di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tunes / Melodie:
1. John Baptiste Calkin, "Waltham" [1872]
2. Joseph Mainzer, "Mainzer" [orig. 1845]
3. Johnny Marks [1950]
4. John Gorka [1990]

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the poem "Christmas Bells," composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in 1864.

Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" on Christmas day 1864 in the midst of the American Civil War and the news of his son Charles Appleton Longfellow having suffered wounds as a soldier in battle. He had suffered the great loss of his wife two years prior to an accident with fire. His despair in the following years after was recorded in his journal.

The poem has been set to several tunes. The first tune was set in the... (Continues)
I heard the bells on Christmas day
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2008/1/12 - 05:15
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Road Of Good Intentions

Road Of Good Intentions
Lyrics and music by John Gorka
Testo e musica di John Gorka
Da/From: "Writing in the Margins"
There’s addition and subtraction
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/12/5 - 21:41




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