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In the 80’s my sister Leigh, partner Andre, and I had a band called the Round-a-Way Wrong Chamber - voices, harmonium, clarinet and trumpet. This was one of our first songs. Anyone brought up on the Wide Range Readers reading scheme might remember the first exciting story in Blue Book 2 which went something like this…

lyrics

The stranger arrived and
Set about his tour around the town
Soon admiration filled his foreign head
‘Who is the man who built those marble walls,
I’d like so much to meet him.
Pray, what is this good man’s name?’
The passer-by, not knowing what all this meant,
gave his reply to the man: ‘Ki Nog Stan’.

The stranger heard descant
Echo in a church across the square
Moved to a frenzy, ran to the priest in prayer:
‘Who is the man who plays that haunting tune,
I’d like so much to meet him.
Pray, what is this good man’s name?’
The smiling priest, not knowing what all this meant,
gave his reply to the man: ‘Ki Nog Stan’.

The stranger saw dancers
Weaving through the trees across the green
Stole like a stream towards the enchanted scene:
‘Who is the man who taught those rhyming mimes
I’d like so much to meet him.
Pray, what is this good man’s name?’
Three girls in time, not knowing what all this meant,
gave their reply to the man: Ki Nog Stan

The stranger sensed movement
High above the spinning of his head,
Swayed in amazement, disbelief and dread:
‘Who is the man who flies that train through space,
I’d like so much to meet him.
Pray, what is this good man’s name?’
The crowds below,
Not knowing what all this meant,
Sang their reply to the man: ‘Ki Nog Stan’.

The stranger by this time,
Frantic in his search for Ki Nog Stan,
Entered an inn and questioning began:
‘Good afternoon , there, I am a stranger,
I’m looking for someone –
pray, sir, what is your good name?
The staring man, not knowing what all this meant,
gave his reply to the man:
‘Ki Nog Stan!’ ‘KI NOG STAN!!!
I’VE FOUND HIM!!! KI NOG STAN!!

credits

from Jane Bom​-​Bane's Songbook, released May 26, 2022
NP Telecaster, banjo and double bass
Eliza BVs
Pic Kate Vaughan
Hat JB-B and Peter Jostins (the hard bits)
Jo McDonaugh Video: youtu.be/ieBM8o82KpQ

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Jane Bom-Bane Rogers, Arkansas

JB-B performs original songs & poems to the accompaniment of harmonium. She's played around & outside the country & with Linda Thompson, David Thomas, John Bradbury, Rich Hall & David Cunningham, appeared solo on Ch 4, BBC 2, STV, Russian State TV, R 1,2,3,4 & 5Live, R Scotland & written many musicals performed with Eliza Skelton, Daisy Jordan, Emma Kilbey, Kate Daisy Grant etc at Bom-Bane's cafe. ... more

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