This is a song I wrote with Mr. Pulcare's 5th Grade class at Uriah Hill School in Peekskill NY... It's strange to think that those kids are now grown ups out in the world doing whatever... How did 1997 get to be such a "long time ago?" I wanted to expose the kids to the idea of writing a song or a …
Life In Song 1990's
296 The Silkie
296 The Silkie (BU CD) by Mark Shepard About This Song: (lyrics below) This song is part of my CD, "Breathing Underwater: Drums, Songs & Stories About The Sea". Traditional Irish stories abound of the magical seals that come to shore, and take off their seal skins to become human. If a …
299 Sail Away
Part of the Breathing Underwater CD, This song is about Nathaniel Bowditch, the Father of Modern Navigation. Growing up, I loved a book my Aunt Bessie gave me called, "Carry On Mr. Bowditch" which was a fascinating account of this amazing self taught scholar and math genius who eventually became a …