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Maid on the Shore

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Maid on the Shore
[prima metà dell'800, ma forse ben più antica]
Quello che riporto è il testo della versione della grandissima Frankie Armstrong, dal suo "Lovely on the Water" del 1972, di una delle canzoni tradizionali inglesi più femministe di sempre, al pari di The Crafty Maid's Policy, Lady Maisry, Wreccan wifes ged [The Wife's Lament; The Wife's Complaint] e altre già presenti sul sito.

"Maid on the Shore", o "The Mermaid", è stata incisa anche da A.L. Lloyd, Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy, Stan Rogers, Cyril Tawney e molti altri artisti
Testo trovato su Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music

Anche questo un bel racconto di riscossa e vendetta femminile contro la meschinità e la brutalità maschili. La ragazza sulla spiaggia – quasi certamente una sirena – accetta docilmente di essere trasportata a bordo della nave di un grezzo capitano, uno che mastica e sputa tabacco e che la saluta senza... (Continues)
Well it's of a sea captain who sailed the salt sea
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2017/12/30 - 23:43
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The Idiot

The Idiot
[1981]

Album: Northwest Passage
I often take these night shift walks when the foreman's not around
(Continues)
Contributed by adriana 2016/5/10 - 09:48
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Harris And The Mare

Harris And The Mare
An old pacifist (like thee) loses his way.
A Canadian (CBS) play was written and preformed AFTER the song was sung publicly.

A "conscie" is a "conscientious objector"
Harris, my old friend, good to see your face again
(Continues)
Contributed by doug barnett 2008/8/29 - 13:50
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The House Of Orange

The House Of Orange
"I don't care what your politics are, when
our children are dying in the streets, it's time to put away the guns." Stan Rogers

The House of Orange is a Stan Rogers song about The Troubles, in particular about fundraising for the combatants in Canada. The overall sentiment of the song is "a pox on both your houses". The 'House of Orange' mentioned in the song is the royal house of William III of England, who led the Protestant side of the Williamite war in Ireland. It is on his posthumous CD From Fresh Water. This is the last song written by Stan Rogers before his death, and arguably among his most lyrically evocative

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I took back my hand and I showed him the door
(Continues)
Contributed by Marcia 2008/6/26 - 17:34




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