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Leroy Went North (1973)

from Forgotten Portraits by NadNavillus

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This song was composed around the words of Devon Terrell, as sourced from Poetry Magazine February 2021 issue, "The Practice of Freedom" Volume 217, Number 5.

Magazine cover art by Damon Locks; guest edited by Joshua Bennett, Tara Betts, and Sarah Ross.

lyrics

i
let da die
cast and lay its all bena gamble
i bet half my scramble
days tween earnin keep and lonely

nights
my last might
gon strum dis here riggidy guitar
gots no home gots no star
up dere in dat black canopy

nope
i laffs jokes
be good fo ones widda funnybone
saw george price’s woman one
come ovuh from missippi she

say
leroy play
me a song dis ol man wits be quick
like a match strike an if
george gon be unda henry work

truck
imma tuck
her in widda tune that make old lovers
wonna see if covers
still get warm afta all dat time

strange
i had range
dis episode take proly 3–4
hours drank lil nap ya know
aint ben in no bed so roomy

maw
on my paw
always say outta dey 13 kids
i da chile who cheese slid
of da cracka i makes her

moan
george come home
dat white woman scream get dis nigga
off me! his hands wenna
wrenchin now im in chicago

credits

from Forgotten Portraits, released June 9, 2023
Words by Devon Terrell
Dan Sullivan: guitar, vocals
Mastered by Brok Mende

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NadNavillus Chicago, Illinois

Equal parts guitar and vocal driven, sonically and structurally diverse, Nad Navillus is the music of Dan Sullivan.

Two releases on Jagjaguwar "Show Your Face" (JAG037) and "Iron Night" (051) proceed the latest album "Forgotten Portraits".
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