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Tide Take Him
03:35
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Lay him on the deck, and rock him gently
Early in the morning
Send him up the rigging for to catch an angel
Early in the morning
What shall we do with our drunken sailor
Early in the morning
Give him a dose of salt and water
Early in the morning
Send him down below and the devil with him
Early in the morning
Scrape the hair off his chest with a hoop iron razor
Early in the morning
What shall we do with our drunken sailor
Early in the morning
Keel haul him in the deep, dark water
Early in the morning
Wrap him in a sail and let the tide take him
Home.
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Green
02:56
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Sweet young man, you are so green
Like a rocky road in early spring
The grass grows fast between your toes
And where you step, you do not know
Fine old fellow, you've grown so grey
Time tinkers and takes away
Leaves you with all you have seen
And fullbright eyes untarnished green
Wild young woman you are so green
Carving your course in the early spring
The waters turn under your toes
And where you step, you do not know
Wise old woman you've grown so grey
Time moulds and erodes the clay
And leaves you with all you've been through
And fullbright eyes untarnished blue
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Willow
03:20
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Under a willow tree
My old mistake and me
Take turns walking out on the water
Up on the tallest branch
I see him take my hand
Swing me out into space
And close his eyes before I land
Under a yellow sky
My youngest child and I
Go gather jewels in the garden
We plant them in the ground
A fatal six feet down
But before we turn around
They've grown in stone and we're surrounded
Under a willow tree
My old mister and me
Take turns walking out on the water
Up on the tallest branch
I see him take my hand
Swing him out into space
And close my eyes before he lands
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The Sound & the Fury
02:55
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As if, all that we were
Were only words
That travel round and round
In one another's mouths
Never to be born from the word into the world
Into the sound and the fury
Never to be born into the land of blood and bone
Into the sound and the fury
Write yourself a ledger of all that you've been and done
Sew of it a shift to be worn outdoors in lieu of conversation
As if, all that we were
Were only words
That travel round and round
In one another's mouths
Never to be born from the word into the world
Into the sound and the fury
Never to be born into the land of blood and bone
Into the sound and the fury
Count up all the hours spent counting the hours
Of telling and re-telling of our soul stories
Stories that we need for the telling and re-telling and that we begin to believe
As if, all that we were
Were only words
That travel round and round
In one another's mouths
Never to be born from the word into the world
Into the sound and the fury
Never to be born into the land of blood and bone
Into the sound and the fury
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To meet Mad Tom at Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
To save her shoes from gravel
It's well that you sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live on the air
And they want no drink nor money
Went down to Satan's Kitchen
For to break my fast one morning
And there I got souls, piping hot
All on the spit a-turning
It's well that you sing...
Them spirits hot as lightning
Did on the journey guide me
And the sun did shake and the pale moon quake
Wherever they did spy me
It's well that you sing...
My staff has murdered giants
My pack a long knife carries
For to slice mince pies from children's thighs
For which to feed the fairies
It's well that you sing...
Tonight I go a-murdering
The man in the moon to a powder
His dog I'll shake and his neck I'll break
And I'll howl a wee bit louder
To meet Mad Tom at Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
To save her shoes from gravel
It's well that you sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live on the air
And they want no drink nor money
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Various Guises London, UK
Formed in the embers of a late-night bonfire, Various Guises takes your expectations of a female folk duo, rocks them in the cradle, and then holds them upside down until the blood rushes to your ears. Together Blanche Ellis & Maya McCourt weave a dark and dreamy aesthetic that has been called ‘enigmatic, timeless folk’. ... more
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