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The Betrayal of Hasan

by The May Day Orchestra

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Out into the blue never to return Out into the blue A man at sea is an insect An insect on a splinter And that’s where I met my end On the foreigner’s boat With rats on the lines Out into the blue never to return He will not cooperate with those in control and goes to file his complaint across the sea the ship's captain takes a king's bribe Hasan slipped his cable before he returned A sailor sewed him up in the canvas and out of the fog death appeared out at sea crimes at sea will go down like a sunken treasure secrets that no one will tell a murdered ghost will warn the son one day they'll conspire against you as well go out into the blue, out into the blue
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at seven years old the son was sent away to be educated and taught to obey baptized with a foreign name an orphan with power alone just the same the young sultan prays he prays to some god out at sea like the mariners of all ages and the merchants before him in the shadow of the sun they tried to mold this son as one of their own trained to sit upon a throne to ensure cooperation inside a palace of gold alienated from the people and haunted by his father's ghost trained to sit upon their throne yusuf the son of hasan then the trade winds collide and there is a strange calm and a voice said 'father...' father was murdered and I was raised with lies father was murdered and I was raised with lies

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Two new songs from a forthcoming work involving the history of Kenya as well as some 17th century pirates. The same line-up from the "Ota Benga" album returns with more rock.

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released April 2, 2013

Tim Rakel - vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Anderson - electric guitars
Melissa Anderson - electric bass
Mary DeLeonardis - drums
Josh Weinstein - acoustic bass

recorded and mixed by Kevin Buckley in Saint Louis, MO
mastered by Brad Sarno in St. Louis, MO, USA

cover art: Culture Studio; Lamu, Kenya

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The May Day Orchestra St. Louis, Missouri

The May Day Orchestra was founded in 2008 by songwriter Tim Rakel. The current line-up features drummer Mary DeLeonardis, bassist Jake DeLeonardis and guitarist Charlie Tabing. The band is currently releasing installments of their fourth album.

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