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Travels with a Donkey

by Fingal Capaldi

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Wayfarer 02:51
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Plodding On 02:09
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Farewell 04:32
Farewell Modestine You are proud you are free to roam the dale You are brave you are true You have carried me through the roughest trails Your my closest companion My transport My champion My friend and my foe And now I know why they call you a Beast They day was tip toe On the threshold of the blazing East Go well Modestine Your senses are keen and your temper's fierce Its sad I must go But I know You'll shed no tears You've carried the packs Down forest tacks Past steam and past brook By hook and by crook and up steep incline Carrying the load By way of rocky road With patience divine Remember Modestine All you have seen And all you have done Now I will tell That you've proved yourself well No mere beat of burden Now let it be told That my heart it was cold But you've proved yourself bold As we stood and behold Saint Germain De Colbert Your heart it is strong As the road it is long Or the mountains we skirt Farewell modestine You are proud you are free to roam the dale You are brave you are true You have carried me through the roughest trails Your my closest companion My transport My champion My friend and my foe And now I know why they call you a Beast They day was tip toe On the threshold of the blazing East

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Travels with a Donkey is a mostly instrumental collection of 8 musical vignettes, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1907, short novel, “Travels with a Donkey”.
Having undertaken several simple odysseys through the countryside, I was deeply moved when given a first publication of this beautiful tale, of one man and his donkey, walking an old path in France at the very beginning of the 20th century. A vastly different time and world!
And so, with acoustic guitar, Celtic harp, mandolin, and a selection of flutes and whistles a soundtrack was created to represent the joy of travel, peaceful solitude in nature, companionship, and the simplicity of an open sky.

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released December 21, 2017

This album was written, recorded and produced by Fingal Capaldi in 2014.
Thank you to Xani for the album artwork and to Bella for gifting me the book that inspired this work.

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Fingal Capaldi Taplow, UK

From humble beginnings in the woods of Essex, England, Fingal has travelled the globe as a multi-instrumentalist, singer songwriter of musical tales, an avant-garde composer, gypsy rocker, and mystical storyteller.
An active member of bands such as Lothlorien and Rapskallion, amongst other diverse musical ensembles, he continues to evolve and create an eclectic fusion of musical styles.
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