We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

High And Low

from 2020 Vision by Jan Hauenstein

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

There is that old Irish poem, written by James H.Cousins. Has been recited by Tommy Makem and Tom Russell.
I put it to music.

lyrics

High And Low Poem by James H. Cousins, Music Jan Hauenstein

(Am) He stumbled home from Clifden fair(Fj7)
With (G)drunken song, and cheeks aglow. (Am)
(Bb) Yet there was something in his air
That (Dm)told of kingship long ago.
I (Am)sighed - and inly cried
With grief (G) that one so (Fj7)high should fall so (Am)low.
(Dm) (D2) (G) (Cj7) (Fj7) (E)

(Am) He snatched a flower and sniffed its scent, (Fj7)
And (G)waved it toward the sunset sky. (Am)
Some (Bb)old sweet rapture thro' him went
And (Dm)kindled in his bloodshot eye.
I (Am)turned - and inly burned
With joy (Fj7) that one so (G)low should rise so (Am)high. (Fj7) (G)
I (Am)turned - and inly burned
With joy (Fj7) that one so (G)low should rise so (Am)high. (Fj7) (Am7)
(Dm) (D2) (G) (Cj7) (Fj7) (E) (Am)
(Dm) (D2) (G) (Cj7) (Fj7) (E) (Am) (Fj7) (Am)

Lyrics from Collected Poems (1849-1940) by James H. Cousins, at the Internet Archive
(archive.org), Music Jan Hauenstein, Goettingen, 28 May 2020

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

credits

from 2020 Vision, released September 9, 2020

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jan Hauenstein image

Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
janhauenstein@gmx.de
Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

contact / help

Contact Jan Hauenstein

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jan Hauenstein, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now