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The Gallimaufry

by Zak Ward

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1.
18 02:52
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
2.
Stewball 04:01
Stewball was a race horse and I wish he were mine He never drank water he always drank wine. His bridle was silver, his mane it was gold And the worth of his saddle has never been told. The fairgrounds were crowded and Stewball was there but the betting was heavy on the bay and the mare. As they were approaching about halfway round the gray mare she stumbled, and fell to the ground. and way up yonder, ahead of them all came a prancin' and a dancin' my noble Stewball. I bet on he gray mare. I bet on the bay. If i'd have bet on old Stewball I'd be a rich man today. Stewball was a race horse and I wish he were mine He ne'er did drink water he always drank wine.
3.
The Djrunk 02:21
4.
World of Woe 04:37
I'm just a poor, wayfaring stranger travelling through this world of woe, there ain't no toil, there ain't no trouble in that bright land to which I go I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to roam I'm just going over the river I'm just going over home. I see dark clouds gatherin round I know my road is rough and steep but beauteous fields arise before me where love is redeemed, their vigils keep I'm going there to see my father He said he'll meet me when I come I'm just going over the river I'm just going over home.
5.
81 04:36
Or I shall live your epitaph to make, Or you survive when I in earth am rotten, From hence your memory death cannot take, Although in me each part will be forgotten. Your name from hence immortal life shall have, Though I, once gone, to all the world must die: The earth can yield me but a common grave, When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie. Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read; And tongues to be, your being shall rehearse, When all the breathers of this world are dead; You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen, Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.

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a short collection of songs based preexisting material. The EP consists of two Shakespearean sonnets set to music, two American folk songs of unknown origin and an original instrumental.

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released February 1, 2013

production, music written/arr. by zw
sonnets 18 and 81 by william shakespeare
world of woe based on 'wayfaring stranger'

drums - brandon delmont
double bass on 18 - michael johnston
acoustic guitar on the djrunk - evan kaderbeck

mix and master - mike hatalak
cover: lincoln memorial - joseph pennell

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