Cosmo Sheldrake plays "Come Along" live in concert at a sold-out show at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, California on July 24, 2019. Come Along was originally released as a single in 2017 and later on the 2018 album The Much Much How How And I. The song was featured in an iPhone commercial, leading it to become Sheldrake's most streamed song to date.
Sheldrake is from London, and draws on a wealth of recorded sounds and samples in his live performances, plus extensive live looping of his vocals and keyboards. He has done everything from running a community choir to leading beatboxing workshops for kids to composing the score for a series of Samuel Beckett plays.
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Come Along lyrics
Come along, catch a Heffalump
Sit with me on a muddy clump
We'll sing a song of days gone by
Run along now, don’t be glum
Get you gone, now, have some fun
Don't be long, for the end is nigh
Don't let moments pass along
And waste before your eyes
March with me and the borogoves
Come with me and the slithy toves
And never ask us why
Come, come, come, come, come along now
Run away from the humdrum
We'll go to a place that is safe from
Greed, anger and boredom
We'll dance and sing till sundown
And feast with abandon
We'll sleep when the morning comes
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsong
We'll be here when the world slows down
And the sunbeams fade away
Keeping time by a pendulum
As the fabric starts to fray
There’s no such thing as time to kill
Nor time to throw away
So, once for the bright sky, twice for the pig sty
Thrice for another day
Come, come, come, come, come along now
Run away from the humdrum
We'll go to a place that is safe from
Greed, anger and boredom
We'll dance and sing till sundown
And feast with abandon
We'll sleep when the morning comes
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsong
Come with me, catch a rare type specimen
Cuddle up with a hesitant skeleton
We'll break our fast with friends
Once we're fed, we shall disappear rapidly
Many moons to the west of here and happily
Our journey never ends
Shut your ears when sirens sing,
Tie armbands to your feet
Listen up and you won't go wrong again
Float along on a verse-less song and then
Get to where the two ends meet
Come, come, come, come, come along now
Run away from the humdrum
We'll go to a place that is safe from
Greed, anger and boredom
We'll dance and sing till sundown
And feast with abandon
We'll sleep when the morning comes
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsong
Written by Cosmo Sheldrake
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Cosmo Sheldrake Upcoming Live Tour Dates:
Sept. 23 - Washington DC @ Songbyrd Music House
Sept. 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
Sept. 26 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Sept. 27 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott
Sept. 28 - Montreal, Quebec @ Petit Campus Montreal
Sept. 30 - Toronto, Ontario @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 1 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Oct. 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Oct. 4 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Oct. 5 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Oct. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Oct. 8 - Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
Oct. 9 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Oct. 12 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Oct. 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
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Cosmo Sheldrake official bio:
Cosmo Sheldrake is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London. He collects and plays a variety of instruments, from the bass clarinet to the banjo. The music he makes with them, inspired by and often incorporating field recordings and natural soundscapes, is essential listening for anyone interested in hearing truly unique new sounds.
Sheldrake grew up surrounded by both music and a deep understanding and fascination with the natural world. His father, Rupert Sheldrake, is a biologist who comes from a long line of church organists. His mother, Jill Purce, whose own mother was a concert pianist, inspired a revival of group chant, teaches Mongolian overtone chanting and spent four years working with the avant-garde German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
His work with singer Noemie Ducimetiere and rapper Elian Gray led him to form his first band, Gentle Mystics, at the age of 16. He has also played and toured with Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit. He composed music for a series of Samuel Beckett plays at the Young Vic and for Relax & Dream, a project which brought bringing soothing music and nature videos to children in hospital and hospices. Until 2013 he ran a community choir in Brighton, and he has worked as a facilitator, running music workshops in Europe and North America.
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