2025 Competition Entry:

Applecross by Zydell Henry

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Zydell Henry – The Rockytonk Troubadour

Live guitar and vocals

Description

A Rockytonk Ballad of love, hope and loss with echoes of Burns!

Bio

Zydell Henry – The Rockytonk Troubadour

Bringing the Glaswegiana twang of Rockytonk to your town

Rockytonk ..it’s got blues, it’s got funk , it’s got soul, a little bit of country and a whole lot of rock and roll!

Lyrics

Oh the flowers won’t grow back o’er the green leaves
But I know a place where they will
The tally is there, and all of it’s costs
Today I will leave for Applecross

It will all make sense in the morning
A Kingdom of laughs won and lost
There is hope out here in the offing
Now I am here I Applecross

Oh the blossoming wind
Falls to my skin
Sweet as the call of the day
As I hold out my hand
I understand
Let it go and it all falls away

The corners become unforgiving
The streets are an unwelcome host
I should never have come here my darling
Today I will leave Applecross

Oh the blossoming wind
Falls to my skin
Sweet as the call of the day
As I hold out my hand
I understand
Let it go and it all fails away

Even a desert has beauty
And a whirlwind you start to cross
I should never have come hete my darling
Today I will leave Applecross

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