Name: All Things are Quite Silent
Duration: P00H03M05S
Description: This is a traditional folk song, probably most notably sung by Shirley Collins. We love her version, but wanted to take a slightly different slant on it. Tanya brought this song to the Woodlarks and the girls arranged it together.

All Things are Quite Silent

from Truth is a Fixed Star by The Woodlarks

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This is a traditional folk song, probably most notably sung by Shirley Collins. We love her version, but wanted to take a slightly different slant on it. Tanya brought this song to the Woodlarks and the girls arranged it together.

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All things are quite silent, each mortal at rest,
When me and my love got snug in one nest,
When a bold set of ruffians entered our cave,
And they forced my dear jewel to plough the salt wave.

I begged hard for my sailor and for his dear life.
They'd not listen to me although a fond wife,
Saying: "The king he wants sailors, to the sea he must go,"
And they've left me lamenting in sorrow and woe.

Through green fields and meadows we ofttimes did walk,
And sweet conversations of love we have talked,
And the birds in the woodland so sweetly did sing,
And the call of the thrush made the valleys to ring.

Although my love's gone I will not be cast down.
Who knows but my sailor may once more retum ?
And will make me amends For all trouble and strife,
And my true love and I might live happy for life.

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from Truth is a Fixed Star, released January 1, 2008
Tanya Jackson (melody vocals, guitar); Brona McVittie (harmony vocals, guitar). Trad Arr. From the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, Williams and Lloyd.

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Bróna McVittie Northern Ireland, UK

Pioneering her own brand of cosmic folk, Bróna McVittie both deftly reimagines traditional folk and crafts her own nature- inspired songs with a rich mix of folk and electronic instruments. As The Guardian describes it “You’re put in the place of a bird navigating wide open landscapes, absorbing light, space and air. This is music that takes you on its wing, and gives you fresh visions” ... more

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