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Written for my mother Zelda's 80th birthday in 2007.... that's her cleaning my oregano....Still giving us hell at almost 84...
This song was nspired by loads of West African classes and music I was listening to, and I give a big shout out to Suki for having the West African chops to play it for me!

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ZELDA !
by Nora Roman 7-14-07

She walks in the room and everyone sees,
They jump up and say, come sit next to me.
Petite is her body, her spirit so tall,
Her perfume is niceness, her smile says it all.

Zelda! ................Zelda!
Zelda is the very best mother I have.
Zelda!......................Zelda!

Her cooking’s not bad, she knows how to paint,
She gardens, she hammers, lazy she ain’t,
She scrubs, she cleans, she drives, she flies
She can tile & sew, & of course she is wise.

Chorus

She can play on the floor, roll around like a fool,
She used to ride horses and paddle canoes,
She danced, played piano, & rarely got mad,
She taught us to love and to love what we had.

Coro

Celebrate 83 years Zelda’s on earth
Praise 30 July-the day of her birth
Zelda! Zelda! Zelda! Zelda! Zelda!
Happy Birthday Zelda (june 2011)

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from I Belong to No Man's State, released June 1, 2011
Guitar-Camilo Landau, Bass-Ayla Davila, Drums-Antonio Roman-Alcalá, Oboe-Markos Major, SUKI (Sue Kaye)-Conga, Ngoma, Ngongui, N’Sakala, Caxixi, Flamboyan pod, Kalimba, Coro: Tim, Karim, Nora, Suki, Johnny El Guajiro Escobedo, Camilo, Roxie (RockXena)-Bark

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