It was a quick turnaround on the recording of a true 2020 tune, sa国际传媒楾he Ballad of Bonnie Henrysa国际传媒�.
The song was written for B.C.sa国际传媒檚 provincial health officer by Order of Canada jazz musician , who is also a lawyer from Qualicum Beach.
It features Tina Jones (Gabriola Island) on voice and banjo, Daniel Lapp (Pender Island) on fiddle, Ben Dwyer (Toronto) on acoustic bass and Dwyer on the music, lyrics and production.
It was mixed and mastered in Nanaimo by Rick Salt from Mountainview Studio.
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Dwyer thought up the lyrics to the song after a concert at Qualicum Beachsa国际传媒檚 Old School House Arts Centre. He dedicated sa国际传媒楢insa国际传媒檛 Misbehavin,sa国际传媒� a jazz song written in the 1920s, to Dr. Henry. The next morning, he got up, wrote the lyrics, and posted them online.
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From there, he decided he needed to put it to music, so he quickly put together a cast of musicians to get it done.
The song description on SoundCloud says the song is written for Henry, along with sa国际传媒渁ll the other hard-working people in the health care sector.sa国际传媒� It asks listeners to consider making a donation to the , which is raising money for COVID-19 relief efforts. Donations are currently being matched by Gore Mutual.
The lyrics to Dwyersa国际传媒檚 song:
She comes on the radio, just around 3
with the public health news for the folks of BC
and to talk of a crisis, of a scope yet unseen
with an ungainly moniker, Covid-19
From the start, at the top of her list of demands,
was we lather with soap and please wash off our hands,
and as things took a turn for the worse day by day,
that we keep friends and neighbours a good six feet away
Shesa国际传媒檚 had lots of help in her search for a fix,
not the least of whom is Mr. Adrian Dix,
in the eyes of the public though, shesa国际传媒檚 been the one
that has been with us since this whole thing has begun,
As nurses and doctors proceed with their tasks,
and pray for enough ventilators and masks,
she asks us to all help and flatten the curve,
and that from her health policy we do not swerve,
If we all stick together and see this thing through
we can show what a civil society can do
when itsa国际传媒檚 faced with a threat that first seemed unreal
but that now, it is obvious, is the real deal
So please follow the guidelines that she has laid out
it is going to be worth it, of that theresa国际传媒檚 no doubt
and if you turn on your radio, just around 3
the voice that you hear is of Bonnie Henry
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