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Take it on down when you drop your gown No longer frown cuz you’re no longer bound You hear your spirit sounding, leaping and bounding You feel it rounding the corner Your former dormer is now unfolding The golden chair is now rolling Lolling and tolling, doling and holy
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Do you like fresh fish? It's just fine at Finney's Diner Finney also has some fresher fish, that's fresher and much finer But his best fish is his freshest fish And Finney says with pride: 'The finest fish at Finney's is my freshest fish, French-fried.' So, don't order the fresh ~ or the fresher fish at Finney's if you're wise. You'll say 'Fetch me the finest French-fried freshest fish that Finney fries.'
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Dinn's Shin 03:26
We have a dinosaur named Dinn Dinn’s thin, really thin Dinn doesn’t have much skin and the bones fall out of his left front shin Then we have to call in Pinner Blin, who comes with his handy shin pin bin; with a thin Blin Shinbone Pin, Blin’s pins pin shinbones right back in.
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That sweet sweet smile Like father like son It soaks up the love and it fills everyone No longer child, you're half wild Like a shooting star, a bumper car or crazy winds from far Love can see serendipity (Hall of mirrors, love is a maze, a roller coaster ride) Love can free you and me Love's all around Love is what you make it Love is what you make of it
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Bed Spreaders spread spreads on beds Bread Spreaders spread butters on breads And that Bed Spreader better watch out how he's spreading... or that Bread Spreader's sure gonna butter his bedding
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Veni vidi vici (we came we saw we conquered) Volando sui nostri bici (flying on our bicycles) Siamo tutti amici (we are all friends) Loro chi amano i pici sono amici (a quote from Roberto Barcucci: Those who love pici ~ the pasta from Montepulciano ~ are friends) Veni vidi baci (we came we saw, we kissed) Daiamo i baci veraci (let's give true kisses) Carrezzando le nostre facce (carressing our faces) con l'amore della pace (with the love of peace) Waedi du bist meine liebeli (Swiss dialect: Waedi you are my little love) Always in my heart Our souls will never part (then nonsense words rhyming with my mispronunciation of your name) Waedeli baedeli Kusseli busseli Waedeli zaedeli Kusseli busseli
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We have two ducks, one blue one black And when our blue duck goes "Quack Quack!" Our black duck quickly quack quacks back But the quacks blue duck makes him quite a cracker But black is a quicker quacker-backer
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Gris papi I agree papi Grispapi, a dapper whippersnapper A tipper and a tapper with a zipper and a zapper Grispapi, a lover like no other Doing his best to withstand the test of time and leave behind Ego's greedy slime I love you because to thyself you are true Just us two make a crew Adventures feed our souls with food Stay calm and don't freak out When Mr. Snake takes a walkabout His nature is to sleep and eat All the mouse muffins wriggling at his feet His feet What feet?
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Crow Totem 04:53
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War No More 04:24

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VARIANTI ~ The COVID Years
Music from Spoot Studios 2020-2024
Sound and Words by Amy Denio & Friends
c 2024 Spoot Music, ASCAP

These songs came to me on the fly between June 2020 and December 2023. The various moods and styles and range of instruments weave a bittersweet soundtrack for the saga of the ever-evolving coronavirus.

Some songs are written for beloved friends (living or dying or recently passed). 4 Dr. Seuss tongue twisters popped out one November day. Crow Totem is the result of a collaboration with colleagues in the Seattle Composers Alliance, and the voyage settles down with a prayer for peace.

Coastal Salish tradition holds that songs are hunters, hanging out in the atmosphere, waiting for the right person to bring them to life. I am happy prey.

AMY DENIO
HANSVILLE, WASHINGTON
3/15/24
Ides of March

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released March 15, 2024

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Cover art by Annie Grgich.
All photos are by Amy Denio, except the Raven Chronicles Press logo, by Scott Martin.

All songs composed, recorded, mixed (and remixed) by Amy Denio at Spoot Studios.
Mell Dettmer: final mix on Fresh Fish, Dinn's Shin, Love Is What You Make It, and Grispapi and Mister Snake
Mastered by Steve Turnidge at Ultraviolet Studios, Seattle WA
c 2024 Spoot Music, ASCAP.

Amy Denio: voice, clarinet, alto sax, baritone horn, cello, accordion, electric piano, acoustic & electric guitar, slide baritone guitar, bass, ukulele, percussion and Ableton programming.

GUESTS:
Cynthia Hughen: grand piano on Untrapt
Jon Grispapi Davis: voice and alto sax recording on Fresh Fish
Steve Kirk: guitar, bass, percussion, orchestration and mix on Crow Totem
Tara Forth: voice, piano/hammer dulcimer/violin orchestration on Crow Totem
Chris Stromquist: percussion orchestra on Dinn's Shin and Grispapi & Mr. Snake.

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Amy Denio / Spoot Music Hansville, Washington

Home taper since high school, Denio has composed & recorded 600+ songs ~ solo & with artists all over the world. .

She's received awards, fellowships & commissions for her soundtracks for modern dance, film, TV, theater, websites.

She founded Tone Dogs (1987-1991),Tiptons Sax Quartet (1988-present) plays in Kultur Shock (1999-present) and Correo Aereo (2004-present).

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