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

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

Watch the video here:
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Ehresman explains: "As the appointed Eternal Minister of Chilies and Dubious Anthems for the great (micro)nation of Ladonia, it is my responsibility to provide anthems for the Court and various ministries of the cabinet ministers. This anthem recognizes the tireless virtual recruitment performed by the founder and Secretary of State, Lars Vilks, to keep the larders of Ladonia filled with citizens of the right iconoclastic ilk. It also recognizes that, since there are citizens and ministers and nobility physically located all over the world, it can truly be said that "The Sun Never Sets on Ladonia." Oh, and the national dish of Ladonia is fried Peregrine Falcon. To learn more about Ladonia, visit: www.ladonia.org."

Musically, one might detect a serious Neil Innes (original Monty Python musical director) influence here.......

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The Anthem of the Ladonian Secretary of State
(© 2003 Walter Ehresman)

For Ladonia they sail
(some arrive using feet);
Land where night does not fall;
Peregrine for to eat!

We recruit through the day,
with our fingers and eyes
(not so much with our ears);
Smell tasty falcon we fry!

[chorus]
Secretary of State!
Secretary of State!

From Pamplona to Crete;
Argentina, Ukraine--
our legions spread like kudzu,
from speech we will not refrain!

[chorus]

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​the Weird Ones, released October 31, 2017
Walter Ehresman: vocals, guitars, acoustic mandolin, 5-string electric bass, keyboards, MIDI guitar, sampling,

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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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