Dawnings
Simply
By Nicholas Hooper
There’s a man in the garden chopping down my shed
If he hadn’t chopped it down t’would have fallen on my head
And most of it is rotten and all of it is dead
There’s a man in my garden, there’s a man in my garden,
There’s a man in my garden chopping down my old, old shed!
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper