Music North Poems

City born Northerners,
Kiss the last rays of sunlight,
With pampered lips
While those of us born and raised 
In the south, Appalachian –

We dust off the melting...

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...As the years went by Nick’s playing
came less often, as he wandered,
he just became a vagabond,
going to almshouses in winter.

That’s how he came to Watertown
in...

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...His performances went for hours,
even when people drifted off,
he’d kept playing in the tavern
regardless of what others thought.

He would wind down like some old clock,
sometime...

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In the year of 1880,
in Watertown, northern New York,
a man walked into an almshouse,
looked no different from other poor.

The man’s dress was quite slovenly,
he was...

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The first time we met I knew that you were the one,
one gaze into your eyes and I was done;
I was in love,
oh, your smile...

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A babe born, in darkness braved
Bring love to the world if only for a day
No questions asked, nor answered, nor saved
Let peace abide in every...

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The cold air seemed to help clear his head but the lullaby was persistent and 
he could not get it out of his mind. ...

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The appearance of his old friend brought new thoughts of his mother and, Nordgrend, the town in which  they spent the last few years....

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I'm lost
Can't find my way
Into
A brighter day
When I've 
Given up hope
You will 
Lead me home

You're my
north star in the night
You are
brighter than starlight
guide me 
Through...

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Oh, you’ve ridden long all over this country,
Till it seemed like this ol’ ride would never end—
But in all those far places you never heard
The...

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