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Walkabout with my Pen
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Walkabout with my Pen
Released: Jan 1, 2010
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(Note: loving our world/our United Nations being multicultural, I keep working at my own English culture - click, below, for "More" "General Info" on my music and WalkaboutsVerse.)

CHANTS FROM WALKABOUTS                     ENGLISH TRAD. REPERTOIRE
(With an unaccompanied                           (A C.D. is being made.)
and an accompanied C.D.)

01. Walkabout with my Pen                        01. Cob-a-Coaling
02. State to State                                      02. The Prickle Eye Bush
03. Land's End to John o' Groats                 03. Rose in June
04. To Care and Share                               04. Young Emma
05. Impressions of London in 1997              05. Goodbye, Fare Ye Well
06. Just Subsist                                          06. Country Life
07. On Honeymoon!                                   07. Barbara Allen
08. Your Salt upon my Lips                         08. The Drunken Sailor
09. We go Together                                   09. Johnny Todd
10. The Mersey at Didsbury                       10. Two Young Brethren
11. Fondly and Vividly                               11. Scarborough Fair
12. Entree                                                 12. Greensleeves
13. Lancashire Sung Simply                       13. Tommy's Gone to Hilo
14. In a Small Pot                                      14. The Water is Wide
15. Lingolf                                                 15. English Country Gardens
16. Windermere                                        16. The Northumberland Bagpipes
17. Tees to Tyne: first impressions              17. The Tyne Exile's Lament
18. Christmas Sung Simply                        18. The Wassail Song

ENGLISH HYMNS                                        ENGLISH CAROLS
(A C.D. is being made.)                              (A C.D. is being made.)

01. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide     01. Once in royal David's City
02. All things bright and beautiful                02. Corpus Christi Carol
03. And did those feet in ancient time         03. Sans Day Carol
04. Christ is made the sure foundation        04. The holly and the ivy
05. Eternal Father, strong to save               05. The Ditchling Carol
06. Fight the good fight                              06. Christmas Sung Simply
07. God be in my head                               07. The truth from above
08. Holy Spirit, come, confirm us                 08. While shepherds watched
09. I vow to thee, my country                      09. O come, all ye faithful
10. Love divine, all loves excelling
11. O Jesus, I have promised
12. Rock of ages, cleft for me
13. Take my life, and let it be
14. The God of love my shepherd is
15. The King of love my shepherd is
16. The Lord's Prayer (Chanted)
17. When I survey the wondrous Cross

WALKABOUTSVERSE 2 OF 230, E.G. (on player): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN

(TUNE: C F G G A A G G, C G A A G G F F, C A A A G G F F, C G A G A G F F;
C F G G A A G G, C F G G A G F F)

Once drove an old sedan up north,
    From a place in Sydney to Cairns;
Then to Kuranda I went forth
    By train, to look without set plans.

I browsed through the trendy market,
    With fresh fruits of tropical kind;
Walked to the creek through lush thicket -
    Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.

I dined in a scenic cafe;
    Then, outside, as I wrote for yen,
Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey,
    You go walkabout with your pen.”

Request or question, I don’t know -
    Assured voices, elderly men.
That’s now several years ago,
    And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.

(C) David Franks 2003

General Info

  • Genre: Christian / Folk / Minimalist

    Location Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UN, ------------------

    Profile Views: 170186

    Last Login: 5/24/2012

    Member Since 3/13/2007

    Website davidfranks.blogspot.com

    Record Label Self-Published - use above link.

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Welcome aboard! ¶ I'm David Franks, an English folk and Christian musician plus poet; and my web-nickname, WalkaboutsVerse, is an abbreviation of my life's work (originally a paperback) Walkabouts: Travels and Conclusions in Verse - which, along with info on a related C.D., Chants from Walkabouts, you may read, for free, via either the Blog e-scroll (linked above) or, better, a fully-linked e-scroll (use above "Website" link, which leads to further links - including one back to Myspace - in a handy summary of my web-presence, other publications, performances, etc.). ¶ But here is THE BLURB from WALKABOUTS, and some other abridgment - "ABOUT THE POET AND THE POETRY: David Franks was born and, after a long time away, lives in England. The four-part collection has travels and conclusions, in poems and songs, from his nomadic first-thirty-six years. The experience behind the verse includes shoestring-travel through about forty countries, A-grade junior sport, a B.A. in humanities, four technical certificates in manufacturing, plus several years on the shopfloor. The style is mostly direct; and the substance informative, humorous and didactic." ¶ Armed with poems, unaccompanied Chants and E. trads, I began participating in folk and poetry clubs, festivals, and forums during 2004, before beginning to teach myself keyboards and recorders a year later. I've since placed in folk-festival competitions, done a few mini-gigs, recited on radio, and some WalkaboutsVerse has also been published in journals, etc. ¶ In broad summary, then, I travelled and studied in humanities, before writing the verses and finding a way to sing or chant some of them; I learnt (formally and informally) desktop publishing, P.C. recording, as well as other I.T.; and, lastly, I taught myself to read and play music, plus, eventually, to write it by mimicking my singing with the above instruments. ¶ Other main interests are - as with many English folk - gardening and tennis (again, use links). ¶ About this Space: just above, there's a link leading to my "Weekly WalkaboutsVerse, E.G." Blog - with the following Blog being "All WalkaboutsVerse - Info. & Contents"; the tracks vary but always include at least one poem/Chant (click for my "Lyrics"), folk-song, hymn, and carol - corresponding to "Walkabouts" and "Chants from Walkabouts", plus the other "Full Repertoire" lists (above); you may also view some Photos plus Videos (links above-left), &/or check my Friends (below). Furthermore, please do leave a Comment and/or a Message (above/below link), if you wish. (For non-MySpace-members and/or to join my mailing list, email - david1franks@yahoo.com)

  • Members

    Apart from some folk-club chorus, solo: English-flute/tenor-recorder introductions to un- and keyboard-accompanied vocals; plus poetry (and prose) readings.

  • Influences

    English traditional singers, poets, and hymnals (The New English Hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern, and The Oxford Christmas Carol Book), and radio- plus television-programmes presenting suchlike - of which there should be many more, instead of the plethora of pop-culture clogging English airwaves!; Church evensongs, plus folk and poetry clubs and festivals - gigs, sing-arounds, readings, competitions, etc.; Internet discussion-forums and computer-room chin-wags; Mudcat's Digital Traditional Mirror (DigiTrad), and other such web music-sources; English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS); Nationalism: with eco-tourism and fair-trade, via the U.N. - rather than yet more imperialistic-conquest and economic-immigration.

  • Sounds Like

    Use some multi-voicing but, mostly, try to sing like I play/and play like I sing just the tune (as English folkies have done for centuries), with tenor-recorder/English-flute and, less often, keyboards. Accordingly (if you'll pardon the pun!) whether reading, flauting, chanting, or singing, I nearly always take one breath per line and one swallow per stanza - a phrasing that makes it easier to know where I'm up to. As for selection, in public/here, I usually alternate between my WalkaboutsVerse and English traditional-songs or hymns - the latter sung in a somewhat sweeter "Sunday best" voice. And, as for occasional self-accompaniment, I double the melody with electric-keyboards or plead to play a pub's proper piano! Finally, I try to go through the my full repertoire (above) once per fortnight, so can, potentially, take live requests from it.

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