Moondog - Lament I, "Bird's Lament"

'The Viking of 6th Avenue'

The blind American poet, self-taught composer and musician, visual artist and inventor of several musical instruments  

lived in disguise as a homeless man on the streets of New York. 
He wasn't homeless at all, a common misconception, he kept an apartment in Manhattan in fact. But so loved being ensconced on the streets, they became his stomping grounds daily. His bliss was absorbing, interacting with and adding to the atmosphere around him.

The mystical Moondog fancifully styled himself after the Nors God Odin so cut a striking and unique silhouette whilst emanating magnificent music and poetry, inspired by the ambience of the traffic and people sounds around. He had many admirers and friends 

who would come and spend time with him, 

without any knowledge of his stockpile of works and scores

 in progress of some of the finest and most 

elegant compositions that are still enjoyed and sampled time and time again to this day.

"The only one who knows this ounce of words is just a token, is he who has a tongue to tell but must remain unspoken"