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After travelling through the Black Spur on our first family trip to the snow (Lake Mountain, Vic, AUS), Edmund, at age 8, was inspired to write four haiku poems. He had a chord progression floating around and created a melody. It took him a while to translate four seventeen-syllable lines into four-over-four, but the result was well worth the effort. The rest of us added only a few extras to help make this track a rolling upbeat, almost hillbilly, diddy.

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Tree ferns here and there
Drive on windy road - Black Spur
Snow at peak awaits
White blanket covers
Thick, icy, refreshing snow
Chilling through to bones

Through the chilling snow
Trekking with cross-country skis
Sun glows on the snow
Sun glows on the snow

Black Spur, Black Spur, Black Spur, Black Spur

Speeding down the hill
Try to dodge them if you can
Sliding through the people
Or toboggan crash!

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from The Mantelli Five (EP 2011), released November 25, 2011
Words and Music by Edmund Mantelli
Arranged by Edmund Mantelli and The Mantelli Five

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The Mantelli Five Ocean Grove, Australia

The Mantelli Five are a mum-dad-and-three-kids family band. They play ukulele, flutes, piano accordion, upright cello, guitar, violins and percussion, and they all sing. They collaborate to write originals and create their own takes on some well-known chart-busters. Their music spans many styles but always contains layers of texture, groove and rhythm with sweet melodies and a bit of humour. ... more

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