The topic for Blog Action Day 2010 is water, and I’m just going to link out to some other entries from here, this time. In 2009 I wrote blog-action-day-when-the-waters-rise In 2007, the first blog action day, I explained that individual-action-is-not-enough So this year I entered another song, Mondura Dam which according to the composer, myself, is bang on topic. It’s over on the Andy Roberts Podcast blog: Mondura Dam – as long as we have water and a piece about how to make cider using much less water to make cider than beer

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Mondura Dam is a song by Andy Roberts and a place in Queensland Australia, also known as Lake Monduran. Australians seem to use the word “dam” to mean the whole body of water and surrounding environment, not just the engineering contruction that is the retaining wall, as other English speakers may have it. Written at the location, the idea for the song originated from the rhythm of walking back down to the camp carrying a container full of water. The lyrics simply describe the notable characteristics of the nature reserve, and pose a simple question about the need for drinking water and how this balances against other concerns. Mondura Dam Lyrics When you dam a river, the valley forms a lake The trees stand out like boat masts, how much water does it take to feed a small town? If you feed the magpies, they won’t leave you alone Let’s go find some firewood, tonight we’ll be alone under the starshine Mondura Dam, that’s where I am, with my fire and my pan I’m up on Mondura Dam Pelicans are fishing, cruising up and down When you stock a lake with fish then all the birds will come around It’s easy living As long as we have water, there’s no need to move on and when we’ve finished cooking, we’ll throw all the firewood on and watch it flare up When you dam a river, the valley forms a lake you may lose some woodland , but the natural park it makes is free for everyone Mondura Dam on the podcasts I’ve played Mondura Dam once on Podcast episode 11, and also opened Episode 2 with the song. Monduran Dam Videos I don’t know which is the best video to illustrate Mondura Dam really, but this seems to be the only public live performance that’s made it to youTube, from July 2009 at Havering Folk Club.

Here are links to a few other versions. July 2009 | October 2009 | July 2010 – 12string version | March 2010 | September 2010 This one is an mp3 recorded at Stratford Studios in 2001 : mondura_dam.mp3 This has been a post for Blog Action Day 2010 on the subject of Water tagged #BAD10

When The Waters Rise – Blog Action Day My contribution to Blog Action Day, this year on the topic of climate change, is a song called “When The Waters Rise”.

When the Waters Rise Lyrics When the waters rise, when the waters rise, It’s started to rain, could go on forever The puddles grow then join together As the waters rise With energy a change of current The trickle soon becomes a torrent And the waters rise We’ll have to move abandon camp, where once was desert now is damp And the waters rise The balance kept by plants and sea has pushed beyond the boundary The gas surrounds us like a cloak a million years gone up in smoke With climate change, a world in motion, Then the ice caps melt and join the ocean And the waters rise In the short term we can head for the hills, In the longer run we’ll all grow gills and the waters rise The weather warnings made no mark, Now there’s no time left to build the Ark As the waters rise.. When The Waters Rise Blog Action Day #BAD09 Blog Action Day The aim of Blog Action Day is to raise awareness through concerted blogging about a single issue coordinated on one day.

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October 15th is Blog Action Day so I performed my song "When The Waters Rise - blog action day" last night at Havering Folk Club When the waters riseWhen the waters rise, when the waters rise,It's started to rain, could go on foreverThe puddles grow then join together | As the waters riseWith energy a change of currentThe trickle soon becomes a torrent And the waters rise We'll have to move abandon camp, where once was desert now is damp And the waters riseThe balance kept by plants and sea has pushed beyond the boundary Now the gas surrounds us like a cloak a million years gone up in smoke The climate's changed, the world's in motion, Then the ice caps melt and join the ocean And the waters riseIn the short term we can head for the hills,In the longer run we'll all grow gills and the waters riseThe weather warnings made no mark,Now there's no time left to build the Ark As the waters rise..Here's another version of the same song recorded at the previous Tuesday Evening 7.00pm Live Webcast