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Little Wanderer

from Argo - full album 1996 by Louisa John-Krol

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From our first CD Argo (Evolving Discs 1996): I set my tune to two of William Blake’s poems, ‘A Dream’ & ‘London’, circa 1991.

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Once a dream did weave a shade
O’er my Angel-guarded bed,
That an Emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.

Troubled, ‘wildered and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn -
Over many a tangled spray,
All heart-broke I heard her say:

O, my children! do they cry?
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see:
Now return and weep for me.

Pitying, I drop’d a tear;
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, what wailing wight
Calls the Watchman of the night?

I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round.
Follow now the beetle’s hum,
Little Wanderer, hi thee home!

In every cry, of every Man,
In every Infant’s cry of fear
In every voice, In every ban
The mind-forg’d Manacles I hear...

Oh my children do they cry for the Little Wanderer

credits

from Argo - full album 1996, released February 4, 2021
Melody by Louisa John-Krol
Lyrics: from Blake's poems 'A Dream' & 'London'
Vocals: Louisa John-Krol
Keyboard riffs: Louisa John-Krol, programmed by Harry Williamson
Additional Synths, Bass slaps, glowworm & piping undergrowth effects, with squelches and toots: Harry Williamson
Tablas, Tambourine & other hand Percussion: Harry Williamson
Koorie Firesticks, handcrafted by people of the Kulin Nation, the First People of South-Eastern Australia: Louisa John-Krol
Co-arranged by Louisa, Mark & Harry
Produced with & engineered by Harry Williamson at Spring Studio
Photo of Louisa by Bee Williamson merged with Louisa's photo of a monument at the gardens of Parliament House, Melbourne

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Louisa John-Krol Australia

Louisa is an Australian singer, composer, writer & faery storyteller who has released many albums of ethereal music on indie labels, primarily in France. She's completing a fantasy series, The Elderbrook Chronicles, with a soundtrack.

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