Don's Blog The Lonely Muskox

I hope that you will enjoy one more personal adventure on this expedition. One of our favorite people on the trip was a harmonica player named Mike Stevens. We all received harmonicas and Mike attempted to teach us how to play them. For his performances on the mouth harp Mike always wore a hat which he thought made him play better. On the last night Mike wanted us to give a concert for the passengers and crew. As our topic Mike chose 'The Lonely Musk Ox" on Herschel Island.  I wrote the lyrics and was the lead singer. We had 2 minutes and 50 seconds of fame. Let me just say that fame is evanescent as well as fleeting. The song was a surprise and the lecture hall was lined on each side with harmonica players. We were all costumed as musk oxen.

https://youtu.be/tTZ1EIJPM9o

THE DREAMER

WENT TO THE ISLAND

THE MUSK OX WAS THERE

STURDY AND LONELY

AND COVERED WITH HAIR

HE'S LOOKING FOR LOVE

OH WHERE HAS IT GONE

NO MUSKIRT IS COMING

FOR PASSION OR PLAY

HIS DESTINY IS WAITING

IN THE RAIN BY THE BAY

STANDING AND DREAMING

OF THE RUTS OF THE PAST

STANDING AND WAITING

FOR THE WHALES TO BE SAVED

STANDING AND WAITING 

FOR THE CLIMATE TO CHANGE

LIKE THE MUSKOX ON HERSHEL

OUR DREAM IS SO SHARP

OF HAVING MIKES HAT

TO PLAY OUR OWN HARP.

THIS COMES FROM THE HEART!

Lyrics by Don Sessions

September 2017