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Poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Music © 1999 by John Tabacco Gian DiMauro, Jim Dexter
Smokey Lee Webster Wrestles "Wid" It © 1993
Swell Quelltic Nothings © 1996
For What We May Never Know © 1997

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Song To (Poem by Edgar Allen Poe)

I’m father Tom Hartman over 28 years of being a priest I’ve witnessed over 4000 weddings and I frequently get a chance of standing in the sacristy with the groom. He tends to be nervous. He’s wondering. And then he walks out into the church and from the back of the church, the music in the background he sees his beloved coming down the isle.
Ah, the love. The smile. The anticipation. “Song to”....


I saw thee on thy bridal day
When a burning blush came o'er thee,
Though happiness around thee lay,
The world all love before thee:

And in thine eye a kindling light
(Whatever it might be)
Was all on Earth my aching sight
Of Loveliness could see.

That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame
As such it well may pass-
Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame
In the breast of him, alas!

Who saw thee on that bridal day,
When that deep blush would come o'er thee,
Though happiness around thee lay;
The world all love before thee.

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from Eros Ebb and Flow, released September 15, 2014
Father Tom Hartman : Recitation
JT : Strings and juxtaposition
Gian DiMauro : Screaming
Jim Dexter : FX Steinberger guitar
Mastered by and rolling on the floor : Bob Ball

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

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