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BACK HE FLEW
This farewell was inspired by the loss of Robert Shaw, extraordinary choral conductor, and by a love of the Georgia Sea Islands style of singing.
It's on my solo album The Salt of Your Skin (2002) recorded a cappella sitting in a circle in my living room.

Back he flew
Back he flew away

Back he flew
Back he flew away
Back he flew
Long time
Long, long time
Back he flew
Back he flew away

Grass was high
Grass was high and scratching
Long time…

None was there
None left for waiting

Bound for home
Bound for Harlan

He was done
He was done trying

Back he flew
Back he flew away
Back he flew
Back he flew away

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