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Gallows Field

from Signs & Wonders by Bleu Charrette

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Named after the ancient place of execution in Sandwich, England. The story of a doomed smuggler and his sweetheart. Folk noir...

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Once I had a young man. He loved me oh so true
He told me there was nothing that for me he wouldn't do.
He said he'd buy a cottage with roses round the door
With a horse and a carriage. I'd never again be poor

He said that I'd have dresses like a lady oh so fine.
He told me I'd have servants to bring me food and wine.
He said we'd have our own seats in the church upon the hill.
With a house full of children who never would grow ill.

Oh he said he was a fisherman, of nothing was he afraid,
But I knew that, like his shipmates, he followed the fair trade.

He asked me to marry him. He went down on one knee.
He gave me a precious ring that sparkled like the sea.
He told me that he'd love me forever and a day,
But I knew that the fair trade would soon take him away.

And then one day the news came that there had been a fight
between my love and his crew and the revenue men at night.
Near the shore they'd been waiting, on the clifftops up above.
They'd slain all his shipmates and taken away my love.

But now he's hanging, oh he's hanging,
My sweet man's hanging in the Gallows Field

She knew they'd been betrayed by his treacherous first mate.
He'd sold his friends down the river for silver coins and hate.
And with the money that they've paid him, he's having a fine wedding.
He doesn't know that with my dead lover's knife that's now where I'm heading.

They say revenge is sweet or so I've been told
and like his wedding feast, a dish best eaten cold.
His bride she screamed in horror as the groom fell at her feet,
And now I know tomorrow the hangman will I meet.

And I'll be hanging, I'll be hanging, beside my sweet man
I'll be hanging in the Gallows Field.
And we’ll be hanging, we'll be hanging,
Together at last in the Gallows Field
Together at last in the Gallows Field...

credits

from Signs & Wonders, released December 31, 2016
Words and Music: James Armstrong
Vocals: Sacha Touw, James Armstrong
Guitar: James Armstrong
Cajon: Sach Touw
Fiddle: Mr. Moon

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Bleu Charrette Cahors, France

Bleu Charrette are a " Folk Roots" duo based in the South West of France. The duo consists of James Armstrong and Sacha Touw. Their combinations of beautiful harmonies punctuated on guitar by James and Sacha on cajon and harmonica, produce an evocative tapestry of sound ranging from feel good dance tunes to poignant observations on life and love. A must see act ! ... more

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