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Thread #48329   Message #725273
Posted By: Amos
07-Jun-02 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Aux anciens parapets (Miles Wootton)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Aux anciens parapets (Martin Carthy)
*"Aux anciens parapets" is a poem by Miles Wooton, a savage bit of satire on American fatcattery, spoken over a tour de force rendering of the Harry Lime theme from The Third Man, a tune for the zither, by Anton Caras. An air of sauntering menace.

The title is taken from Rimbaud's "Le bateau ivre": "Je regrette l'Europe aux anciens parapets!"

Miles is apparently somewhat out of circulation but there is a contact at the Harbour Sessions club who knows him, named John Collyer -- see www.uksoundcraft.com and follow the thread to the Harbour Sessions, or email john@thecollyers.fsnet.co.uk

As far as I could find none of Miles' lyrics are out on the web.

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