#8 Remembering Ben Eldridge on Fred Moore’s “Rim of a Wheel”
Songwriters & Music Lovers:
Here’s another selection from “Scene from Afar”:
This CD, a reissue of a 1987 vinyl album of original material, mostly features
Seldom Scene musicians. This song, On the Rim of a Wheel was penned by my
friend Fred Moore from Philadelphia. It's a gospel song with Holiness imagery.
The song has a "question and answer" format, with answer lines stating a different
verse; For example, Verse II is used to "answer" Verse I. Consequently, you'll hear
lines sung in the "Question parts" subsequently stated in the "Answer parts".
The only accompaniment to my voice is my Martin Guitar and Phil Rosenthal's
mandolin. Quite stark, but powerful imagery.
To listen, click: http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html
Ed
(As always, turn up and headphones preferred)
On the Rim of a Wheel
Fred Moore
I. Oh the wind and the rain
Will howl 'round the door
(II) And the night black as pitch
Will last evermore
I'll not turn away
Nor seek worldly peace
For God is my light
I need no release
II. On the rim of a wheel
Turning in time
(III) Pressed to the sand
By heaven sublime
That wheel is the Home,
The Being, the Hand
Fear not for the Lord
Is the Wheel and the Sand
III. And the rivers will rage
And the flood tides will roll
(IV) And the foundations shake
And the Death Bell will toll
Neither mountain nor plain
Will offer respite
For the terrible chain
Will cover like night.
IV. (But) There is a wave
On which we can ride
(I) That washes the shore
And returns with the tide
(I'll) Ride out the storm
On the heavenly Sea
Fear not for the Lord
Is waiting on thee.
End: For God is my light
I need no release
