Just Before (Ribac/Schwabe)

from INTO THE GREEN (MUSEA/GAZUL 2017) by François Ribac and Eva Schwabe

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I shall have ready tomorrow afternoon
An instrument modeled after the human ear
By means of which I hope
To transmit vocal sound.
I’m like a man in a fog
Who is sure of his latitude and his longitude
I know I’m close to the land
For which I’m bound.

For the hard of hearing Edison
Had invented the megaphone
Fairgoers were astonished to hear
How sound could be amplified
By Edison’s device.
This instrument can be placed
On the knees of a deaf person in a theatre,
And the sounds can be intensified
Like an operaglass for the view.

Here you see is a book
For the ignorant
Who have never learned to read
It will be used to make toys talk
It will be used by actors
To learn the right reading of passages
In fact in fact its utlity will be endless.

Mary had a little lamb
Was the first song recorded by Edison
Mary had a little lamb,
Oh Mary Mary, little little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went,
Everywhere
The lamb was sure to go, to go, to go.

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from INTO THE GREEN (MUSEA/GAZUL 2017), released November 15, 2017
Cathal Coughlan: vocals
François Ribac: acoustic guitar
Eva Schwabe: musical saws
Marie Faye: accordion

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François Ribac and Eva Schwabe France

French composer François Ribac and german singer Eva Schwabe have been working together since the early nineties. Together they have created and performed various operas and plays as well as music for silent movies. Their records have been published by MUSEA (France) and No Man's Land (Germany) ... more

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