The Best of the late Frank Hatch

THIS IS A MUSIC CD

The Best of the late Frank Hatch
"My father's songs have been sung by young and old for generations, ever since 1919 when Oliver Ditson Company bought his Harvard Hasty Pudding hit ballad, "Some of the Time I'm Lonely." A published author, his verse and prose appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic and Saturday Review as well as his weekly column in Essex County newspapers.
He loved theater in any form from family plays he wrote and produced on the banks of the Penobscot River to musical comedies written for more traditional Greater Boston settings.  He composed the music and lyrics on this CD during the last 40 years of his life.  They echo the worlds he loved most: Castine, Maine and Boston."
--Frank Hatch, Jr.
December, 1989

On this CD:
Songs of Old Castine:

1. Windmill Hill
2. Why Doesn't a Clam Get Claustrophobia
3. Jake and Joe
4. Rail Road Song
5. Mrs. Roosevelt
6. Sardine Factory Blues
7. The Castine Swimming Pool
8. Oakum Bay
9. Madakowando's Daughter
10. Blue Serge Suit
11. Boy Bring the Bucket
12. There's a Compass in My Heart

Urban Redevelopment:

1. Urban Redevelopment (With authentic sound of the wrecking ball)
2. Swan Boats
3. Some Coward Closed the Old Howard
4. Henry Thoreau Fell in Love With a Pond
5. A Rainy Day on Beacon Hill
6. Bronze Medal Plaque
7. Vote Early and Often For Curly
8. God Save the Bricks on Beacon Hill
9. Urban Redevelopment and Finale