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Appledore Island
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"Herring Gulls remind you you're alive"
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"...I too play a guitar- but sometimes I play the fool" -John Lennon
Mostly, I write originals songs and record/produce the material at home. I just play acoustic/electric guitar, sometimes bass. I'll fill out the songs with other "instruments". Lately I've been filming renditions of these songs, doing covers of pop/rock songs, and making music videos of my material.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Guitar
Charts
#74 today
#26 in subgenre
Author
Geoffrey Orbegoso
Rights
1995
Uploaded
December 27, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.4 MB • 320 kbps • 2:49
Lossless
WAV 42.6 MB
Story behind the song
I spent a summer on the Appledore Island in the Isle of Shoals while attending Marine Biology classes at UNH during a "work study". I wrote this a little while after- so about 30 years ago now. This is the account of the tale...
Lyrics
I remember the first time I set foot on that island Could have gotten away with Being someone else I remember Elizabeth Jessica, and Tom Wailer rides at sunset The "Kingsbury" and food-runs You don't need an alarm clock on Appledore Island Herring gulls remind you you're alive Morning comes early off the coast of Portsmouth The eager sun will laugh when you arrive I remember the dolphins Ctenophores and seals And what about that skeleton Of the Minke whale? I remember the shoe tree With footwear hanging like leaves Maybe somewhere far off Money grows on trees You don't need an alarm clock on Appledore Island Herring gulls remind you you're alive Morning comes early off the coast of Portsmouth The eager sun will laugh when you arrive
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