Name: Blues For William Blake
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Description: The third single from 'Banjo's Last Ride'. There have been many versions of Blake's famous poem put to music, mainly in the folk tradition. But we have always heard it as a blues...

Blues For William Blake

from Banjo's Last Ride by Steve Tyson & The Train Rex

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The third single from 'Banjo's Last Ride'. There have been many versions of Blake's famous poem put to music, mainly in the folk tradition. But we have always heard it as a blues...

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BLUES FOR WILLIAM BLAKE
(A Poison Tree)

I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end
I was angry with my foe
I told it not, my wrath did grow

And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles

And it grew both day and night
Till it bore an apple bright
And my foe beheld it shine
And he knew that it was mine

And into my garden stole
When the night had veild the pole
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree

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from Banjo's Last Ride, track released February 18, 2022
Music written by Steve Tyson, based on William Blake's poem

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Steve Tyson Byron Bay, Australia

Byron Bay-based songwriter Steve Tyson has released
three critically acclaimed records in recent years, and together with his touring band The Train Rex is releasing his new album “Banjo’s Last Ride”, a set of blues-infused songs, intimate story-telling one minute, swaggering alt.country the next, but decidedly Australian in content.
The new album will be released in mid November ... more

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