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Songs for Childhood

by Raph Clarkson

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1.
Bounciness 04:29
Bouncy bouncy bounciness I love to bounce I must confess! To spring from the ground, or jump on the bed, Makes me feel good from my toes to my head. I'm a bird in the sky, yes that's me, now I've said, That I love Bounciness! Dancing, jumping, wiggling free Exploring the space I can roam easily, I'm a bouncy ball, no care in the world, I swoop up and down, my flag is unfurled. I'm a bird in the sky, yes that's me, now I've said, That I love Bounciness! I love to bounce I love it yes I love to bounce I love it yes I love to bounce I love it yes I love it! I love to bounce I love it yes I love to bounce I love it yes I love to bounce I love it yes I love it! I'm a bird in the sky, yes that's me, now I've said, That I love Bounciness!
2.
Where am I from? Who am I? How do I join the dots, connect myself together? Where have I gone? Where have we been? Come take my hand, discover, with me... A history of journeys, across a map of me, from Austria, the U.K., to Ukraine and Germany, to Canada and Liverpool, and Sheffield, that's my now, where will my future take me? My past will show me how, because... I am without borders, I exist across the lines, the ancient tale of humans, of journeys, is now mine. And my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing. My ancestors call out to me, they call and call, and call and call to me. Yes my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing, my soul hears them sing. My ancestors call out to me, they call and call, and call and call to me.
3.
The Whale 03:26
Let us be taught by the Whale, her gift is the wind in our sail, wherever you are, near or far, her song calls you home, calls you home. Her friends are spread far apart, how will she heal lonely hearts? By singing her song, you'll hear it so strong, her song calls you home, calls you home. Her voice travels under the sea, other whales know that she is family, each song has a tune, saying I'll see you soon, her song calls you home, calls you home.
4.
Lamby 03:17
Lamby, give me a cuddle, Tell me your dreams.... Counting sheep will help me to sleep, But did you know, That Lamby can show you the way to play, So come and sing this song with me! One, two three.... Lamby won't you play with me? I'll show you what's beyond those trees! Nim Nam, Fim Fam, Bamb Bamb Flammy-Wham, You're my favourite sheep. Lamby won't you play with me? How 'bout a game of hide and seek? Nim Nam, Fim Fam, Bamb Bamb Flammy-Wham, You're my favourite sheep, You're my favourite sheep! Baa-baa-baa-baa Baa-baa-baa-baa Lamby!

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Songs for Childhood is a collection of four songs, each dedicated to an individual young person. I originally wrote these songs as gifts near the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and since then have become more and more passionate about childhood, and celebrating it: whether the childhoods of others experiencing it now, the childhoods of those of us for whom that time is now memory, and the childhoods of those to come in the future.

I wanted to capture joy, playfulness and also reflection, and again wanted to explore my conviction that we should take the voices of children deeply seriously - we have so much to learn from them. I really hope you enjoy the music!

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released September 2, 2022

released May 10, 2022

Music and Lyrics by Raph Clarkson
Vocals & Trombone - Raph Clarkson
Vocals - Orlando Clarkson (on The Whale)
Piano & Synths - Phil Merriman
Percussion - John Merriman

Engineered, mixed and produced by John Merriman at Crown Lane Studio

Mastered by Bill Sherrington at Crown Lane Studio
crownlanestudio.co.uk

Original Artwork by Sonny Johns

Graphic Design by Nadja von Massow @nadworks

www.raphclarkson.com
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insta @raphaelclarkson

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Raph Clarkson Bristol, UK

trombonist, composer, improviser, arranger

current projects:
-Songs for Childhood

-Raph Clarkson's Dissolute Society 'This is How we Grow' - album out summer 2022

-Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon (Ghana/UK)

-Goldsteppers (UK ska& reggae)

-Equal Spirits (SA-UK collab)

-London Rhymes

-workshops & commissions for OAE, Sinfonia Viva, Spitalfields Music, Mindful Music, Engines Orchestra
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