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BONUS TRACK: The Weighty Apparatus

from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​World Music by Walter Ehresman

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--from the Walter Ehresman album "No Unifying Theme" (2004).

Ehresman says "musically, this piece was inspired by traditional styles from Ireland."

Purchase download of whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/no-unifying-theme

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The Weighty Apparatus
(© 1999 Walter Ehresman)


When I first came to this country from among the lonesome plain,
a weighty apparatus was shackled to my brain;
The purpose of this miller’s stone, as it was told to me,
was to keep my body safe from harm and keep our country free.

The magistrates did loudly crow of how small sacrifice
by every man would lead us to a freemen’s paradise;
But when a rich man’s purse means more than human currency,
there’s bloody little difference from the boot of tyranny.

Now I’ve said the things I had to say, and done the things I’ve done;
And I’ve shed the apparatus, and I showed it to the sun;
And I’m going from this country, for it is no place to be
for any man with half a hope of standing straight and free.

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​World Music, released March 1, 2017
Walter Ehresman: vocals, acoustic guitars, electric bouzouki, electric mandolin, keyboards, sampling, loop triggering.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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