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Prayer to the shareholder

from Songs on the eve of dismissal by Chris Abelen

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Prayer tot the shareholder is the 2nd track of Songs on the eve of dismissal, featuring Lorena del Mar, lyrics by Bastiaan Geleijnse.

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Prayer to the shareholder

O Lord, We create value in your name
You oversee our affairs
You know the outcome of our actions
Now, and in the future

You know our spread, alpha and beta
You know our strengths and weaknesses
You notice not only our struggle of today
But oversee entire quarters

You teach us not to be selfish
Nor to take into account our colleagues
Or employment
But only to consider true value and return
Regardless of where it originates

No man can hide from your command
Board members tremble before you
Like we tremble for your orders
And live in fear of a correction

Thus today we pray
For your blessing
And give into your hands
Our dividend

May it be reinvested
Into tomorrow’s winners
Or hedge
Your currency exposure
Or serve in your suit
Against those who aim to withhold
Your rightful profits

And should you abandon us
Do give us faith
That you will reinvest
When blood runs through the streets

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from Songs on the eve of dismissal, released January 15, 2018
Angelo Verploegen - trumpet
Floris van de Vlugt - alto saxophone
Chris Abelen - trombone
Tini Thomsen - baritone saxophone
Thijs Huijbens - guitar
Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert - Double Bass
Yonga Sun - drums

Compositions, arrangements & production - Chris Abelen

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BUMA/STEMRA the Netherlands

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Chris Abelen Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chris Abelen (born September 29, 1959 in Tilburg, the Netherlands) is a jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader. Abelen started his professional career as a member of the Willem Breuker Kollektief. After he left this band in 1988 he started to form his own bands. All compositions for these bands are written by Abelen, from a jazz quartet to a big-band. ... more

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