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Ode To Sneyd

from You Shine by Alex Vann

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THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

In September 2019 16 members of Mossley Big Local community group walked to local Sneyd Reservoir to take photographs of the landscape which they later used as reference to make into drawings and paintings.

We asked the art group to revisit their photographs and artwork along with their memories and experiences of Sneyd Reservoir and the nearby Essington and Wyrley (‘Curly Wyrley’) canal. We discussed the project in a private Facebook group and via video conferencing meetings and direct messages in Messenger – asking the group to submit written work: poems, thoughts, ideas and words, about what these spaces mean to them – and in particular during the lockdown and stay alert periods of 2020.

I was able to write some song lyrics, and he set these to music that he composed in the style of traditional canal songs.

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ODE TO SNEYD (The Bliss of Solitude)

Oh, what would Wordsworth say
If he were here today
Watching the swans gliding on silver
In the shade of a pylon high?

We’d swim in the reservoir
As children I recall
Our little piece of Heaven on earth
Brings with it peace of mind

Well, we all have bad days
And, we all need some space

And I can escape here
Breathe in the nice fresh air
It doesn’t’ feel you are on an estate
When you’re in a state of mind

We would make boats from things
People find in bins
Then race them on the sparkling waves
As the ducks go idly by

Ooo oo oo
Ooo oo oo

So, what would Wordsworth say?
I think he would say:
“Beside the lake, and beneath the trees
Is the bliss of solitude”

Ooo oo oo
Ooo oo oo

© Alex Vann 2020

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from You Shine, released October 31, 2022
Written by Alex Vann with additional lyrics by residents of Mossley Estate, Walsall
Piano, guitars, vocals, strings programming: Alex Vann / Bass guitar: Richard Smith / percussion: Nick Chadd

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Alex Vann Wolverhampton, UK

Alex Vann is a Wolverhampton musician and artist with many years’ experience in bands and as a solo artist. He started writing songs at 15 and has a highly distinctive acoustic guitar style, impassioned vocals and is also an accomplished pianist.
He has a knack for writing catchy choruses and his music has been used on television, films and radio. ... more

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