Northeastern Travels

from Here, There, and NEWhere by Gary Ehrlich

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A musical tribute to the four conventions (Concerto, Concertino, Conterpoint and Contata) that made up the Floating Northeast Filk Convention now known as NEFilk. The song was originally written to be part of NEFilk's contribution to the WorlDream project.

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CHORUS
From northeastern lands that gave birth to a nation
We set forth with music and joy in our souls
In hotels and houses from east coast to west coast
On-line and together in song we will roll

From city of marble and monuments’ glory
On grounds where we gathered to protest and play
The tales and ballads that carry our stories
Provide counterpoint as they show us the way

Then up the wide bay past the crab and the steel
Where banners flew proudly through war and through fire
We jousted with knights as the clam chowder flowed
And on children’s voices our music rose higher

From historic halls where the words of our fathers
Were put down on parchment, the future to see
And liberty’s bells rang a rousing concerto
To carry the songs of the dreamers, the free

From islands of dreams at the gateway to freedom
Our voices like skyscrapers reach for the sky
A brilliant contata of style and culture
The folks we have dreamed of for all of our lives

Where fields ran red with the blood of our patriots
For things we believed in we learned how to fight
With hymnals we joined in a mass filking chorus
And in concert, in open filk sang through the night

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from Here, There, and NEWhere, released August 28, 2020
Words and music by Gary Ehrlich (c) March 2001
Recorded July 4, 2020 on Zoom H2n

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Gary Ehrlich Rockville, Maryland

Gary stalks the stages and filk rooms of Northeast cons, singing of space flight, lunar colonies and hyperspace hotels.

Gary was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2012.

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