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Selkie's Call
03:21
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We have ways of calling
We who come from the sea
But as I recall, you called me
Through the dying grass to the bogfire hearth
of the life you thought was all there was
But come with me, down to the sea
Down to the bank, into the river
Nothing here but the air we breathe
And this endless weather
Let them speak, let them speak, let them believe
That we both drowned
I know you felt it calling -
how else would you find me?
And in your eyes I saw the sea
A fleeting glimpse in the mirror glass
of the life that waits beyond what was
Come with me, down to the sea
Down to the bank, into the river
Nothing here but the air we breathe
And this endless weather
Let them speak, let them speak, let them believe
That we both drowned
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My Vengeance
03:19
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My vengeance has a black hull
And a red sail
And a loyal heart
Tonight there are no stars
And I will show them what love is
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Letters to Baffin Bay
04:10
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Standing barefoot in the cold
Sinking in the snow
It hasn’t been this deep
Since the day I watched you go
Lines carved upon my soul
Of that old Britannia song
And it hurts me
Watching them haul away
Letters to Baffin Bay
I hope these lines will reach you
Your heroes come to cheer
With both feet on the land
Their medals shine like smiles
They hide their shaking hands
They say you’ll make me proud
But not when you’ll return
And it hurts me
Watching them haul away
Letters to Baffin Bay
I hope these lines will reach you
They’re sailing with the dawn
Retracing your last steps
They brave the white unknown
Not for men but for the wreck
I see it in their eyes
Hearts on fire as yours is ice
And it hurts me
Watching them haul away
Letters to Baffin Bay
I hope these lines will reach you
Watching them haul away
Letters to Baffin Bay
I hope these lines will reach you
Standing barefoot in the cold
Sinking in the snow
It hasn’t been this deep
Since the day I watched you go
I hope these lines will reach you
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Mother of Kings
02:43
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My death is no small thing
Witch-queen, mother of kings
My blood is written in the trees
And this land belongs to me
Ten thousand years below
Above, heaven knows
I am the voice of the in-between
And this land belongs to me
Rewrite my history
Bury me beneath the weeds
I am the fire and the sudden breeze
This land belongs to me
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Sonar
02:42
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An Mhaighdean Mhara
02:14
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Is cosúil gur mheath tú
Nó gur thréig tú an greann
Tá an sneachta go freasach
Fá bhéal na mbeann'
Do chúl buí daite
Is do bhéilín sámh
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh
'S í 'ndiaidh an Éirne ‘shnámh
A mháithrín mhilis
Duirt Máire Bhán
Fá bhruach an chladaigh
'S fá bhéal na trá
Maighdean mhara, mo mhaithrín ard
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh
'S í 'ndiaidh an Éirne ‘shnámh
Tá mise tuirseach
Agus beidh go lá
Mo Mháire bhroinngheal
'S mo Phádraig bán
Ar bharr na dtonnta
'S fá bhéal na trá
Siúd chugaibh Mary Chinidh
'S í 'ndiaidh an Éirne 'shnámh
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Land & Sea
03:41
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I was found, tossed up by the sea
while the tide washed away my name
I couldn't say exactly why I came
I came to find the other part of me
In my hands a kingdom rises from the deep
As I sign the coral and the weed
In your smile I see patient disbelief
But I know the other part of me
And this is what I've made of me
And this is who I am
And this is what I've made of me
And this is who I am
Tell me, why should we
End as foam upon the sand?
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Lily Bentley London, UK
Folk singer, songwriter and Crystal Palatian
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