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The Jabberwocky

from Lost on Purpose by The Castaways

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JABBERWOCKY  by Lewis Carroll

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
      The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
      The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
      Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
      And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
      The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
      And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
      He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
      He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.

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from Lost on Purpose, released September 21, 2021
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll

Richard Russell - guitar
Jesse Snyder - lead vocals & baritone saxophone
Brian McCree - upright bass
Pat Eskildsen - guitar
Alex Czerny - keyboards
Noa Eads - drums

Produced by Richard Russell
Recorded by Joey Bradley in the Studio Kumau Barn
Mixed and mastered by Garey Shelton, GSS Seattle

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Ricardo "Richard" Russell lived in the Pacific Northwest for the first 40 years of his life, and then moved to the Island of Hawaii. He has been writing songs since high school, and has so far produced 12 albums of (mostly) original music. Ricardo was a nickname his grandfather gave him as a child… ... more

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