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Cumbria Mountain Music

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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1978. From the album Morning Leaves 2016. The only one of the mountain songs to make it here.

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Lakeland County Cumbria mountain morning,
Camping down at Wasdale in the spring,
High above the rolling clouds are riding,
Called from where they come by the wind;
Conducting from the stage of the sky
Every member of the weather band,
Here ye now the chorus of the rain as it cries
Later let the sun dance on the land.

Lakeland County Cumbria mountain evening,
Climbing up on Scafell in the sun,
Moss Ghyll Grooving in the golden shadows,
High fell walking ‘til I can’t go on;
I will lay my head down by a stream
And harmonise the singing of its song
And listen to the music of the rocks and the hills
Playing in my ears the whole night long.

Lakeland County Cumbria mountain night time,
One by one the stars come out to sing,
The moon is rocking to a tune in ragtime,
The valleys hum the symphony of spring;
Tomorrow I must pack my bags and go
And join in the city’s busy blues,
But I am always hearing the music in my mind
And tapping to the beat my mountain shoes.

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from Autobisongraphy, released November 19, 2021

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Dave Atkinson Chester, UK

I have been writing songs since 1967 when I was 17 and since I have accumulated over 440. Early influences were Dylan, Cohen, Jackson Browne Joni Mitchell, Kristofferson. Though never 'successful' in any conventional sense, my songs and guitar have led many sing-rounds and a couple of 1970's albums sell for £100s as 'rare vinyl'. Above all, it has been a happy adventure. www.atkinsongs.co.uk ... more

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