A beautifully arranged album, recorded live by Emulsion Productions in East Brunswick.
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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about
There is a great deal of research and literature on these old songs.
From a ite called 'Mainly Norfolk, whcih cites Martin Carthy's sleeve notes and A.L. Lloyd,
"Sovay Sovay was a great favourite among country singers and was printed by Such, among others, under its alternative title of The Female Highwayman. Her name varies from place to place—Sovay, Silvy, Shilo, Sally, etc. —but the story remains the same being a rather involved and slightly chancy way of establishing her lover's good faith. The tune sung here was collected by Hammond in Dorset and slightly altered rhythmically by Bert Lloyd giving it a somewhat Balkan lift. The text is collated from various versions."
Sovay, Sovay all on a day,
She dressed herself in man's array
With a sword and pistol all by her side
To meet her true love, to meet her true love, away did ride.
As she was riding over the plain
She met her true love and bid him stand:
“Your gold and silver, kind Sir,” she said,
“Or else this moment, or else this moment, your life I'll have.”
And when she'd robbed him of his store
She said, “Kind Sir, there is one thing more:
A golden ring which I know you have,
Deliver it, deliver it, your sweet life to save.”
“Oh that golden ring a token is;
My life I'll lose, the ring I'll save.”
Being tender-hearted just like a dove,
She rode away, she rode away, from her true love.
Now next morning in the garden green
Just like true lovers* they were seen;
He spied his watch hanging by her clothes
Which made him blush, made him blush, like any rose.
“Oh what makes you blush at so silly a thing,
I thought to have had your golden ring;
'Twas I that robbed you all on the plain,
So here's your watch, here's your watch and your gold again.”
“Oh I did intend and it was to know
If that you were me true love or no.
So now I have a contented mind
My heart and all my heart and all my dear is thine.”
*MC pronounces it loviers or lovyers.
credits
from Stray Hens Debut,
track released May 4, 2014
Led by Sally Taylor on vocals and fiddle
Mandy Connell on Guitar
Rowena Wise on Fiddle and Harmonies
with Richard Grace on Double Bass
and Ryan Tews on Drums
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