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Move Along Song

from Stray Hens Debut by Stray Hens

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    All tracks taken from the Traditional English catalogues, except the Moving on Song, by Ewan McColl. Gorgeous womens harmonies driven and supported by mellow and perfectly produced bass and drums. An incredibly traditional and honest sound, with clear accessibility and fluency with the newer performers of the UK and Australian folk scene.

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Moving On Song is written by Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger. often called Go, Move Shift! there are various versions by Christy Moore, Peggy Seeger, and many other famous folk performers.
The arrangement by Mandy Connell was first performed by her with Richard Grace at the National Folk Festival, as part of 'Folk Vs Folk' Slam at the Majestic Stage, in 2011.

Mandy wrote a bridge in her own words:

Born in the afternoon,
In the drought or the flooding rain
Come on a Boat or a plain
There's always someone there who'll
Say you Can't Stay

There are sadly as many reasons now to sing this song as there were to write it in 1964 for the Radio Ballads- 'Travelling People'.

lyrics

Born in the middle of an afternoon
In a horse-drawn wagon on the old A5
The big twelve wheeler shook my bed
You can't stop here the policeman said

You better get born someplace else
So move along, get along, move along, get along,
Go, move, shift

Born in a wagon on a building site
Where the ground was rutted by the trailer's wheels
The local people said to me,
You'll lower the price of property

Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge
When the white hoarfrost lay all around
No wise men came bearing gifts
Instead the order came to shift

Wagon, tent, or trailer born
Last week, last year, or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There's always men nearby who'll say

credits

from Stray Hens Debut, track released May 4, 2014
Mandy Connell Guitar & Vocals
Rowena Wise Fiddle & Vocals
Sally Taylor Fiddle & Vocals
Ryan Tews Drums
Richard Grace Double Bass

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Stray Hens Melbourne, Australia

Three stunning frontwomen, on fiddles, vocal and guitar, backed by drums & double bass. No one in Australia is arranging folk revival songs with such passion. Complex harmonies, jazz & old-timey inspired rythms, & anceint anglo ballads create a theatrical show.
Formed in March 2013, & already booked for some of the country's Premier festivals, their debut EP has us anticipating the full album! ... more

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