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Wan

from Air Loom by Sarah Angliss

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lyrics

And outen then come the thick heart's blood
and outen then come the thin.
And outen then come the thick heart's blood
and outen then come the thin.

She's pulled out the hazel bush
that should have grown into a tree.

Fair Lucy she sits at her father's door
weeping and making moan
when by there come her brother dear
"what ails thee Lucy wan?"

"Oh I ail and I ail, dear brother", she cried
"and I'll tell you the reason why:
for there is a child between my two sides
that's from you dear brother and I"

And he's drawn out his good broad sword
that hung low down by his knee
and he has cutted off our Lucy Wan's head
and her fair body in three.

And outen then come the thick heart's blood
and outen then come the thin.
And outen then come the thick heart's blood
and outen then come the thin.

And he's away to his mother's house.
"What ails thee Geordie wan?
What's that blood on the point of your sword?
Son come tell unto me"
"Oh that is the blood of my greyhound
he would not run for me."

"But your greyhound's blood it was ne'er so red
son come tell unto me."
"Oh that is the blood of my grey hawk
he would not fly for me."
"But your grey hawk's blood it was ne'er so clear
son come tell unto me."
"Oh that's not the blood of my grey hawk
'tis the blood of my sister Lucy."

"What will you do when your father comes to know?
Son come tell unto me."
"Oh I will set forth in a bottom less boat
that sails across the sea."
"And when will you come back again?
Son come tell unto me."
"When the sun and the moon dance on yonder green hill
and that may never be".

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from Air Loom, released March 30, 2019
Music by Sarah Angliss, based on the traditional ballad Lucy Wan.
Featuring Sarah Gabriel (vocals) and Stephen Hiscock (bells).

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Sarah Angliss London, UK

Composer and performer. “Music possessed of an eerie instability…a whole universe unto itself brimming with fresh propositions and new directions…a shimmering, minimalist masterpiece.” The Wire.

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