No Birds In the Air - Learning

by Nick Wyke

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1.	No birds in the air - FULL TRACK 02:49	lyrics
I heard a tale of a son of the sea He told me the way things used to be Once there was grass and there used to be trees in the days of the fishing and whaling And the land was pretty and the land was fair Before the concrete everywhere And the poison filled up the sea and the air And the crops in the ground started failing No birds in the air, no fish in the sea The flowers won’t grow now we’ve got no bees You can’t eat fruit from the money tree And plastic covers the ocean And as the world began to warm The seas they rose and the land was torn Thousands died in the gathering storm And that should have got us all sober But we all carried on pretty much the same Playing the corporation game Buying tat that was almost exactly the same Over and over and over No birds in the air, no fish in the sea The flowers won’t grow now we’ve got no bees You can’t eat fruit from the money tree And plastic covers the ocean And now we sit becalmed in the sun Bodies burned and faces stunned And wonder what we could have done I think that we know the solution The time is now, it’s not too late Unless we sit around and wait And can’t unsplice our bonds of fate From the fog of this mental pollution No birds in the air, no fish in the sea The flowers won’t grow now we’ve got no bees You can’t eat fruit from the money tree And plastic covers the ocean
2.	No birds in the air - TUNE ONLY - WHOLE SONG 02:46	info
3.	No birds in the air - HIGH PART V1 00:53	info
4.	No birds in the air - MID PART V1 00:53	info
5.	No birds in the air - LOW PART V1 00:53	info

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Here you can download the original single of the song, some audio learning files, and a PDF of the score with suggested harmonies (in the "bonus items" section. If you make a version of it with your group, please get in touch to show me what you've done with it, as I'd love to see!
You can reach me at: www.nickwykemusic.com or find me on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/TikTok at nickwykemusic.

The song is free to sing and rearrange for non-profit activities, but is copyrighted for profit activities, so please get in touch if you'd like to use it to make money!

About the song:

Inspired by the sea shanty resurgence of early 2021, I decided to write this post-apocalyptic answer... Many shanties revolve around nature and natural products - fishing, cotton, whaling, sugar - and I tried to imagine a shanty written 100 years from now, when none of those natural commodities remain, if we carry on our descent into ecological craziness...
After viewing my TikTok account daily, waiting for someone to duet with my 60-second clip, I got bored and decided to "quartet" with myself. All the percussion in this song is made with human hands, legs and chest, partly because it was recorded late at night and I didn't want to wake the neighbours with drums.
I would say "enjoy", but maybe that's not the right word...
Please get in touch via the Bandcamp comments to let me know what you think, and any ideas for future songs. To send me a message, you can visit my facebook page www.facebook.com/nickwykemusic or visit my website www.nickwykemusic.com to send an email.

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released February 12, 2021

Vocals - Nick Wyke
Body percussion - Nick Wyke
Cover photo by Santiago Manuel De la Colina from Pexels
www.instagram.com/smdelacolina/
Nick's photo by Karolina Andreasova
www.karolinaandreasova.com

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Nick Wyke England, UK

I am a professional musician and digital editor with over 20 years music industry experience. I work in mixed media, to record, produce and edit audio and video

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