Words and Music © 2025 by Geoffrey Clarfield. Following Rules A hundred people dyin' What a terrible sight I hope I got my pencil sharp To get it down right Thinking of a cover Of a weekend magazine Public recognition And a thousand quid clean You may say I'm cruel But I learnt it in school It's really not my fault I'm just following rules You may say I'm cruel But I learnt it in school It's really not my fault I'm just following rules Is he going to jump? He may even fall Th

The Musicians (Nicolas De Staël, 1952) Part One I just came back from a week in New York City. It was once my home for three full years. I lived and worked there and, having partaken of part of its magic, I would like to think that my work at the Alan Lomax Archive, in some small way, may have contributed to it. The greater New York area has a population of more than eighteen million people. People from every state in the union live there, as do communities from every nation

Words and Music © 2025 by Geoffrey Clarfield. Barroom Blues Sheriff Daniel, sir I behaved like a cur I'll do ten days I will change my...

Words and Music © 2025 by Geoffrey Clarfield. Written in Newton, North Carolina, on April 2, 2025. Pancho’s Farewell It was down in old...