Bøker av Edward Kenny

BLUEBIRD SONGS - Volume III is the third in a series that offers a sampling of lyrics written by Edward Kenny. Although he has written many songs and musical plays with several composers, the lyrics contained in this collection have not yet been set to music. The book categorizes the works into affairs of the spirit, the heart, the family, the mind and society.

"THE OUTLAW" is presented here in two formats, first, as the libretto of a sung-through musical, and then, as a verse play. The story unfolds in a small but corrupt town in the Dakota Territory during the Gold Rush, where a reformed gunfighter has discarded his weapons in search of a new life. Instead, he finds not only the face of evil, but also, a divine calling to clean up the town. The Outlaw is caught in the eye of a stormy conflict between good and evil, truth and lies, selflessness and greed, love and lust, peace and violence, and justice and corruption. As a lone stranger, he is locked in a conflict with Citizen Number One and his villainous accomplices, which include the Judge, the Mayor, the Sheriff and the Newsman. The Outlaw now fights his battles through peaceful means, not only by drawing on his inner courage, but also, with the help of a mysterious "Angel." Nevertheless, he must choose between saving his beloved Senorita by returning to his violent past in a showdown with the Sheriff, or remain steadfast to his commitment to a higher calling. Take a step into the bygone era of the old west, where a morality play unfolds to decide what is truly the law and who is really THE OUTLAW.

Imagine a man living in Ireland of the 1800s, who desperately wants to be sane and to socialize with his neighbors, but is restricted from fulfilling those desires by his propensity to see, hear and to converse with leprechauns. Imagine that the same man is a talented, albeit, reclusive poet, who seeks to improve the plight of his starving countrymen, through the power of his pen, but has not of yet lent his talents to political advocacy. Rather than speak in public, even to offer a reading of his poetry, the man remains aloof, hiding the source of his hallucinations. The man is Ian, the personification of the Lonesome Man on a Hermit's Hill.Read his story, and witness the roles played in it by Neil, Ian's underground revolutionary neighbor, Marion, Neil's sister, Devlin the leprechaun, Brianna, Neil's lover, and General Briggs, who leads the occupying British army. Their fate of these characters intermingle in this exciting, lyrical and romantic story about hunger, starvation, imperialism, courage and the power of love to overcome all odds, all presented in verse by Edward Kenny. Read and discover the destiny of the Lonesome Man on a Hermit's Hill.