Michael J Bentley

The Wandering of a Mind in Song Michael J Bentley

This is a companion book to "The Wanderings Of A Mind In Verse," while containing verses that are in that book there are also verses that can-not be seen as poems and therefore translate as songs. As with the companion book the verses mainly reflect life but looked at from a different perspective, as in "Lives," this looks at life through the use of a playground, contrasting the slides and round-a-bouts in relation to the issues addolesants can face in life. This I wrote in the early 1980's and was very relevant to the area of work that I was involved with at the time The Unsung Hero" was written for, and performed, at fund raising evening for Help The Hero's. I wrote the song to relate to the soldiers throughout history, and in any country of the world, who return home from war carrying the troubles of what they have seen and experienced, Those who have fought to defend their country but now, when they need help or guidance do not know where to look for it. Most of the songs bring back memories of life events or what the story was behind writing it. "Jam And Bread" is a novelty song but brings back powerful memories of the day my 9 year old grandson said, "Write a song granddad that I can sing with you." It was written, words and music in less than 15 minutes, and with 30 minutes was being sung by myself with my grandson joining in on the chorus which he had memorised. "The Jangly Bits," although the title sounds light hearted I wrote in tribute to a very good friend of mine who had accompanied me, for over 30 years, he had indeed taught me to play guitar. The song relates to the last 2 nights we played prior to his passing. I would like to thank each of you who have read the book and I hope that I have given pleasure to you. The notes relating to each song refer to settings used on a Yamaha PSR - S 550.