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    Puppet on a string
    Puppet on a string
    Puppet on a string
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    Puppet on a string

    By Ramsalte

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    LIKE A PUPPET
    ON A STRING
    I’M THE DANSER
    WHEN YOU SING
    I’M THE JOKER
    YOU’RE THE KING
    LIKE A TOY
    ON A STRING
    SILVER BELLS
    MADE TO RING
    NUMBER ONE
    DING-A-LING.

    Ramsalte has lived and worked out of Miri in Sarawak and Kuala Belait in Brunei and has spent precious time going up the rivers into the jungles of Borneo visiting local Ibans and Dajaks. In the longhouses where some of the young men he worked with on the off shore oil rigs came from and young girls working as amas in the houses of the expats it was a time he treasured very much and a time that still brings happy memories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateDec 22, 2017
    ISBN9788743004448
    Puppet on a string
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    Ramsalte

    Ramsalte was born in Denmark but has spent most his adult life in the Middle East the Far East and in South America. He has lived several years in Borneo Sarawak and Singapore and a long period of his life in the southern part of Spain. He is presently residing in Copenhagen, Denmark, writing books and making artwork. On his webside: portraitworkshop.dk a selection of resent artwork is made available.

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      Puppet on a string - Ramsalte

      RAMSALTE WAS BORN IN DENMARK BUT HAS SPENT A BIG PART OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH AMERICA HE HAS LIVED SEVERAL YEARS IN BORNEO AND SARAWAK AND IN SINGAPORE AND A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SPAIN HE IS NOW RESIDING IN COPENHAGEN IN DENMARK. ON HIS WEBSIDE: PORTRAITWORKSHOP.DK MORE OF HIS ARTWORK IS MADE AVAILABLE.

      Table of Contents

      LIKE A PUPPET ON A STRING

      THERE IS NO GOD

      MEMORIES OF THE PAST

      I’M FALLING

      ALL MY LIFE

      THE POWER OF EVOLUTION

      SOME PEOPLE ARE LUCKY

      IF YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME

      THERE’S A TIME

      THERE IS A LOT

      A CUP OF WATER

      ANGELS SELDOM COME KNOCKING

      BORN INTO THIS WORLD

      LIFE IS A CRUMBLED OLD BAG

      THE IMPORTANT THING

      A STONE THAT CAN WALK

      IMAGINE IF THE SKY WAS PINK

      PEOPLE WITH LONG EARS

      I WAS YOUNGER YESTERDAY

      YOU ASK ME IF I’M OLD

      THE HARDEST PART

      IF CHICKENS COULD DANCE

      FREEDOM TO SPEAK

      PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING

      IF YOU FAIL

      THE GREATEST INVENTIONS

      HAPPY IS THE BLIND

      DO YOU KNOW

      WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME

      IF I HAD WINGS

      WE MET ONE NIGHT

      A SILENT MORNING

      GIVE ME A KISS MY FUNNY GIRL

      SMILE TO ME

      I’M WISHING FOR PEACE

      YOU ARE THE MOST

      YOUNG EYES

      DANCING WITH THE DEVIL

      LOVE CAN STRIKE

      YOU CAN TRAVEL IN YOUR MIND

      GLOBAL WARMING

      BIRD WATCHING IN THE STREET

      I’VE BEEN UP

      TOMORROW I’LL BE A BETTER MAN

      LIFE IS

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