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Desmond Kelly the Songwriter

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Desmond Kelly

the Songwriter

When I was born in “My lovely Island Home”, as I always refer to her (all beautiful things are referred to, in the feminine gender), Lanka was known as Ceylon. As a “song-writer”, I cannot think of a better way to introduce myself than with a “Calypso” I wrote for her, many “moons” ago. Hope you like it, my friends.

CALYPSO D/CEYLON

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REMINISCE WITH ME

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THE REASON BEING

OUR ANNIVERSARY

MEMORIES

Call Me

NO-ONE NEED EVER KNOW

A RIGHT TO DREAM

THE INTERNATIONAL SONG OF SRILANKA

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I TOLD YOU SO

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ANGEL IN DISGUISE

BOTH SIDES OF GOODBYE

I MAY HATE MYSELF

A LUCKY STAR

3 WAY LOVE AFFAIR

I”LL BREAK OUT AGAIN, TONIGHT

THIS SONG’S JUST FOR YOU

COUNTRY STORIES IN SONG

A ROSE IN THE SNOW

TIGHT-FITTING JEANS

TRIBUTE TO GEORGE JONES

DELICIOUS DUETS

A SAD SONG

THE ORCHID & THE ROSE

AMBER’S THE NAME.(Love is the game)

STORIES IN COUNTRY MUSIC

PRECIOUS MEMORIES

THE HONEYMOON IS OVER

WE’RE ALL HERE

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FOR REASONS I’VE FORGOTTEN

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