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John Keats

from John Keats by Bob Menzies

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Ballad about the famous Romantic poet

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John Keats

He was a young English poet
His name was John Keats
Twenty-five years of age
He’s In a bed with cold sheets
His lungs are collapsing
But his faith is still keen
He rises from sleeping
Writes these words from his dreams

Write my name on the water
Write my name on the wind
I will still remember
All the places I’ve been
Write my name on the water
Write my name on the wind
I will always remember
When you were my friend

He came to this land
Far from all he had known
One friend to console him
From the critics who scorn
He seemed but a sick man
To the people he’d meet
A wasted young minstrel
Whose name was John Keats

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Say goodnight to this Young Poet
Sleep now rest while you may
You are now immortal
Death holds you no sway
The words you now leave
To the world while you sleep
Words of a Young Poet
Words of John Keats

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from John Keats, track released March 19, 2016

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Bob Menzies Sooke, British Columbia

Bob Menzies is a Canadian folk-rock, alt-country singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now living in Sooke, a small oceanside town on Vancouver Island’s south coast. He has recorded 5 albums of original music previously and his newest recording is the 2018 EP IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS. ... more

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