Name: After The Beguine
Duration: P00H06M10S
Description: A Beguine was a Christian lay woman of the 13th or 14th century, then in the Creole of the Caribbean came to mean "white woman", and then finally came to mean a style of music and dance. Cole Porter's song of the 40's made the term popular. Yet all I could think of was what a person needed to do before he or she could begin the beguine, and maybe what was necessary for after the beguine!

After The Beguine

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A Beguine was a Christian lay woman of the 13th or 14th century, then in the Creole of the Caribbean came to mean "white woman", and then finally came to mean a style of music and dance. Cole Porter's song of the 40's made the term popular. Yet all I could think of was what a person needed to do before he or she could begin the beguine, and maybe what was necessary for after the beguine!

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AFTER THE BEGUINE

It's not the life they imagined when they began the beguine.
First holy women, then white ones, then in Paris a dance for slow fun

Now Hustle, Hard, and House, we dance to make the scene;
Keep up with the beat, be part of the crowd, and not get lost in between.

And so it goes in this crazy, crazy world;
Election hopefuls hit the screen
Keeping one eye on the left, the other on the right,
To not get caught in the space between.

So don't let them, don't let them begin the beguine
Until you know which story you're in.
Write the lyric, play the tune,
Sing your song; then begin the beguine.

How could we know what heaven this is
When all around us, all around us hell is routine.
So ignore borders, forget the hate, let go the anger
And let's not be caught, let's not be caught 'til after the beguine, after the beguine.

February 2017

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from Destiny, released October 1, 2018

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webbster Toronto, Ontario

I was in a band in the UK when I was 18 - that would be 1964 when popular music that we see now was getting going strong. Subsequent years of musical inactivity ended 15 years ago and the idea of putting out my own music grew. Four years ago I put out a 4-track EP, "Passing Through", on my 70th birthday and have been working hard ever since to get "Destiny" out of my hands. Here it is!! ... more

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