Asphalt: The Poems of Orrick Johns

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1.	The Tree Toad 02:04	buy track
2.	Mysteries 02:05	buy track
3.	The Mad Woman 02:50	buy track
4.	The Answer 02:44	buy track
5.	The Home Fire 01:39	buy track
6.	The Silent Place 02:22	buy track
7.	Salome 02:07	buy track
8.	Frances 02:10	buy track
9.	The River Man 01:21	buy track
10.	To a Dead Classmate 03:23	buy track
11.	Salome (Alternative Falsetto Version) 02:32	buy track
12.	Entertaining (Bonus Track) 01:52	buy track
13.	The Last Night (Bonus Track) 02:04	buy track
14.	The Moon's Betrayal (Bonus Track) 02:23	buy track

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All these poems are 100 years old from Orrick Johns's book Asphalt, circa 1917. I am celebrating them. You might enjoy this stuff, you might hate it. I picked the poems I liked the best. Mr. Johns was a lyrical poet, so it was a lot of fun to turn his words into song. Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1887. He died in Danbury, Connecticut in 1946.

Thank you for listening, and thanks to Orrick Johns for writing the words

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released August 26, 2017

Duck Metropolis: Baritone Ukulele, Electric Guitar, Ukulele, Acoustic Guitar, Melodica, Background Vocals

Orrick Johns: Lyrics

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