Robert Duncan Martin

 

In November 2007 I looked in the window of a Gallery in Canterbury, in Kent England, in the window was a typewritten notice, I ignored it but my friend told me to look at it. The noticed asked for musicians, so I went in and introduced my self. I was speaking to Robert Duncan Martin. He said "I have some poems please write some music for them and turn them into songs. 

I like this instant rapport it saves such a lot of time.

In the player above you can hear some of these songs. We will turn them into an album and we have some other projects in mind.

 

 

Dreamfall Dreamthaw

G                            D

Of all the scenes, my love, in white

                                G

Which one inspires my full delight

                             C

In beauty haunting me in view

G                   D                   G

From my longing, longing for you

                  D                   G

From my longing, longing for you

 

A Cherry orchard bearing scent

In blossom-time from rural Kent ?

An April Wonderland to bring

More hopes like flowers opening

More hopes like flowers opening

 

A forest brought to life in all

The long-awaited fresh snowfall ?

As leafless silver birches stand

Enchanted as in Fairyland

Enchanted as in Fairyland

 

But the greatest soul-warming sight

Comes clear with you apparelled in white

A bride in your lace wedding dress

Close in my dream of happiness

Close in my dream of happiness

 

A view that vanishes with all

The petals in the blossom fall

And in the global warming here

The snow melts with my hopes, my dear,

The snow melts with my hopes, my dear.

 

16-17 November 2007

 

Frozen Sweet, Sweet Alone

D7                              G

My life felt like a Christmas tree

D7                                    C

Stripped bare when you rejected me

                                               G

And pulled the ribbons from my heart

                                                 D7

With all my dreams ripped, torn apart

C                 

Alone again,

                              G

So empty on this barren plain

 

Once all the lights on full display

Shone in my hopes and dreams, but they

Went out as you said no, and cast

My life in darkness from the past

In all the rain

So empty on this barren plain.

 

Once all the bells in harmony

Rang out my dreams of you and me

But never wedding bells, and they

Fell silent as you turned away.

I pined in pain,

So empty on this barren plain.

 

But in silent darkness, freezing here,

I feel the sugar snowflakes, dear,

Falling on one sad Christmas tree

As you, my love, are haunting me

And I will stay

So full of you from far away

 

22-29 November 2007

 

 

Bloomless Fragrances

(Guitar play open Am Shape on 7th fret sounds Dm)

                          Em7

Like a rose in fleeting flower

A7                          D

You once bloomed to me

G              A7               D

I inhaled your scent though our

G          Em7   A7

Friendship loyally

G            A7      D

Friendship loyally

 

But When Someone came to share

All Your Company

You were closed  to this my care

And were closed to me

And were closed to me

 

You have opened wide elsewhere

Far away from me

You have opened wide to share

All his company

All his company

 

Like a scent without a Flower

You are haunting me

I inhale your scent through our

Times from Memory

Times from memory

 

Composed in Die Gute Stusse (Bar)

Pfarrstrasse, Stuttart, Germ,any 13 September 2003

 

With You in Every Tree

Em                          

From fear in adulthood

Bm                              

I view your painted wood

Am                                        

Drawing my thoughts and heart

Em                             

Forward into your art.

A                   G             F#

Once through your woodland scene

A                   G             F#

I find a fresh and green

A                   G             F#

Haven where hazels grow

G             Gm           D

From sometime long ago

Em                    

I wander safe and free

Bm                           

Among the trees in me

Em                           

A child again to roam

The garden woods at home.

A                   G             F#

Little Red Riding Hood

A                   G             F#

Runs fearless through the wood

A                   G             F#

Hansel and Grettel are

G             Gm           D

Safe now to wander far.

 

From all the threats posed by

The dark city - all my

Soul came in the light through art

And found this peace of heart -

With you for company,

My friend protecting me

Safe in the forest free

With you in every tree.

 

17 August 19 September 2007

 

Only With Love

Am            E

Your flowing long hair

Am                               E

Caught my eye at once my dear

Am                                     E

Your beauty sowed hope in my heart

      F             Am            F          Am

You were called simply "longed for" and here

D7                              Am

I felt roses right from the start

Dm         

I felt roses

Am

Roses

Dm   Am      E7

And still all my heart

           Am

Is filled only with love

E7        Am

Only with love.

 

Your flowing long hair

Flaps in fragrances, my dear,

Your distance still keeps me apart

You remain far, but longing from here

I feel roses pressed in my heart

Pressed in my heart

 

8 November 1985

15/21 November 2007