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Red Geraniums

from Funny Day by Bird Mancini

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    Big harmonies, rock 'n roll accordion, guitars sometimes crunchy, sometimes mellow, visual melodies and lyrics all reflecting the acid trip of life. Comes with 8 panel booklet, lyrics, pics and beautiful artwork by Jane Smaldone.

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Ruby: My grandmother wrote beautiful, funny poems as was fitting for the beautiful, funny person she was. Red Geraniums, though, had special poignancy and was recited at her funeral. While reading this poem for the hundredth time, a tune came suddenly and sharply to mind, too strong to ignore. So I put them together. This song is dedicated to her.

lyrics

Red Geraniums
©Ruby Bird, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP

Life did not bring me designer gowns
Nor jewels for my hair
Nor sights of castles and quaint old towns
In far away countries fair
But I can see beyond my lane
A green and friendly hill
And red geraniums in bloom
Upon my window sill.

The tedious cares of every day,
The little humdrum things
Have kept me home, where I would fly,
But still my heart has wings
While red geraniums still bloom
Against my window pane
And low above my grassy hill
The puffy clouds bring rain.

And if my dreams never do come true,
The brightest and the best,
But pass me by my whole life through,
I’ll set my heart at rest.
And I’ll thank God for home, sweet things,
A green and friendly hill,
And red geraniums in bloom
Upon my window sill

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from Funny Day, released March 1, 2007
Ruby Bird-vocals, accordions, chimes, kalimba / Birds-themselves

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Bird Mancini Boston, Massachusetts

“…a cosmopolitan fusion…pop music in the most adventurous, inclusive sense of the term.” -The Boston Globe

Ruby Bird and Billy Carl Mancini, better known as BIRD MANCINI, Boston's acclaimed accordion/guitar rock duo/band features eclectic and at times a bit psychedelic rock with lush vocal arrangements, blues-tinged guitar, accordion, harmonica, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles.
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