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Zetland at the edge of the world

from Word Bombs II by Eddy Morton

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  • Word bombs is the first collection of poems by singer/songwriter Eddy Morton former member of 90’s Folk rock band The Bushbury’s. It is an eclectic mix of political commentary, childhood memory, and recollections of places visited in 30 years of musical travelling. As a solo artist Eddy Morton has released 4 albums " The Singing Tree" and "Stourbridge Town" both distributed via Proper throughout the UK. New album “What It Is to be Human” was released in 2013 and is available on iTunes . Based in Stourbridge he has for the past seventeen years along with his wife Trina Keane owned and run live music venue Katie Fitzgeralds , New Mountain music and more recently Stourbridge Foundation4Music raising funds to help local musicians. Rainbow Man Eddy Morton's fourth solo album is also now available on iTunes

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On the western shore of the Shetland Isles 1999

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ZETLAND AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

At the Edge of the world
the sea spray steals the breath
The Cliff top soar and wavespout roar
fragile felt the careful step.
The tempting edge
the lingering ledge
Pound the water smoke stack
unearthly the power
The Viking roar , the Greenland shore
America beyond the Transatlantic pond
Zetland , Up Helly Aa and pagan hearts
uplift the wind, roll out the charts
Hoist the sail and set the course
for better hope to pray for worse
For new lands beyond the edge of the world
the temptation to fly
to jump itself an end to die
In vision of sky and voice of sea,
at one with heaven and earth and you and me

And at the edge of the world
the rocks bright wet shine
Cold water slap face
and stinging brine
Everything a constant rage
a Furious fire of battling forces
Where rocksplit crack and water courses
form the theatre round
The savage spit the cauldron boom
The echoed blast, the cave , the watery tomb
The wreck and wrack
and the graveyard ship
Careful now the fleet of foot
careful lest you slip
And beyond the waves the flume and steam
above the horizon dare to dream
In Zetland at the edge of the World

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from Word Bombs II, released September 3, 2017
words and Music : Eddy Morton
Narration : Ted Fisher

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Eddy Morton Stourbridge, UK

As the founder member of The New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils Eddy Morton toured the UK and Europe constantly for eleven years releasing 8 albums During which time the band appeared at every major Folk/Roots Festival in the UK and Europe including Cambridge, Cropredy, Skagen, Guildford, Dranouter, The Badentreffen and many more. His latest solo release Rainbow Man is available on iTunes ... more

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