Praise Poems Vol. 6

 

Information here. Soda Creek Ferry is by Ted Ritchie and Friends, year unknown, who put out only one little single but boy is this composition a gem:

Not only is it well performed, with beautiful guitarwork and the addition of that lovely background flute, but the lyrics are well worth paying close attention to, back from a distant time long ago (half a century) when there were still such simple things: 'Billy really knew the river bed,' the ferry doesn't charge, it's broken down and gives him no food, but god bless it, if only there were still simple honest experiences left like that in the world today 50 years later, but how could there be with double or triple the population of the world weighing it down and the triumph of capitalism everywhere to be superseded by the coming Age of Kings, of Right-Wings, the Age of Billionaires, which will likely throw the rest of us all back into some kind of inferior medieval existence.

Note the incredibly lovely end: "if you are ever want to come along, we can add your river to my new song."