1/22/2020 One of my favorite traditional Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian folklore stories, The Silkie is a story song that touches my own soul very deeply. When I perform this for audiences of …
279 I Am The Humpback Whale
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 …
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 …
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 …
301 If I Had A Boat
In the late 1990's I was making my living primarily as a storyteller traveling around New England to elementary and middle schools. A PTA person from Rhode Island (The Ocean State) asked me if I had a …
142 Feather On The Wind
This song is quite literally the song version of a conversation I had with a family friend. We were camping up on Cape Cod in late September and a nor'easter blew through... We'd been huddled in our …