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Apron Strings

from The Heaven Insects by LESLIE MEDFORD

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Track: 8
Title: Apron Strings
Authorship: Medford
Publishing: BrowBeat Music, BMI
Recording date: July 1990
Recording place: 1881 Drake Drive, Oakland, CA, home demo
Engineered by: Leslie Medford – TEAC 3440 4-track reel-to-reel
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 06:06
First appeared on: The Heaven Insects (Bandcamp)
First released 2 August 2021

Leslie Medford : vocals, acoustic guitar, foot drum
Steven Lanza : violin

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APRON STRINGS

When I was just a baby, tied to the apron strings,
I said, “Mama, Mama, what you do to me?
“I know I am a bad boy – as bad as I can be –
“But Mama, Mama, won’t you set me free?”

My mother – feather duster – says, “If you go to sea
O Leslie, Leslie, what becomes of me?
Without my little sunshine shining down on me,
O Leslie, Leslie, you"ll break the heart of me, yes ye will!”

But Mother she untied me. The world I had to see!
“O Mama, Mama, don’t you cry for me.
“You know I’ll be a good boy – as good as I can be –
But Mama, Mama, I’m going to sail the sea!”
Heave-Ho!

I shortly found my fortune, unfortunately.
O Leslie, Leslie, the bottom of the sea.
And now I see my Mama. She’s looking down on me.
She said, “Leslie, I shoulda left ye tied to my apron strings, child!”

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from The Heaven Insects, track released August 2, 2021

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LESLIE MEDFORD Oakland, California

Leslie Medford is a dude from a world that no longer exists!The two bands he led 1984-1991 have their own bandcamp pages under The Ophelias and HighHorse. Medford was a busy fellow during his pro period (1982-1992) and this site covers solo things & side projects from as early as 1975 and as recent as 2004.There is tremendous variety here, of a high standard of idea, if not always execution.Enjoy! ... more

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