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Stranger at the Gate EP

by Solarference

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1.
Cold blows the wind tonight dear love and cold the drops of rain I never had but one sweetheart - in greenwood she was slain dear love and in greenwood she was laid I'll sit and mourn all on her grave for twelvemonth and a day When twelvemonth and a day is done my love from yonder speaks "Why weep you here upon my grave? what is it that you want from me and will not let me sleep?" "One final kiss from your cold clay lips is all I ask of thee..." "My lips are not of life dear love my breath is earthly still if you do lay your lips on mine your time will not be long dear love tomorrow or today..." "Back to this earth I give my soul I'll kiss your lips of clay" "When will we meet again dear love when will us two be near" "When oaken leaves do fall from trees when they're withered up and gone dear love when withered up so brown when you and I and all the world are laid into the ground" Cold blows the wind tonight dear love and cold the drops of rain I never had but one sweetheart
2.
Gallant Ship 05:14
I'll build myself a gallant ship a ship it is of noble fame four-and-twenty mariners they shall box it on the main I will stand with helm in hand stand to guide them on their way would i were with my true love fair before the dawning of the day No scarf shall over my shoulders go and i shall never comb my hair pale moonlight, the candlelight, neither tells that i am fair frost may fall and as a pall wrap me up in sleet and snow no rest i'll taste but sail in haste to where my love is lying low Mi a glywais fod yr 'hedydd wedi marw ar y mynydd pe gwyddwn i mai gwir y geiriau awn a gyrr o wyr ac arfau i gyrchu corff yr hedydd adre Mi a glywais fod yr hebog eto'n fynych uwch y fawnog a bod ei galon a'i adenydd wrth fynd heibio i gorff yr 'hedydd yn curo'n llwyfr fel calon llofrudd
3.
There came a stranger to the gate Jennifer gentle and rosemary and he three days and nights did wait as the dove flies over the mulberry tree The eldest sister bid him leave Jennifer gentle and rosemary the second swore they would be deceived as the dove flies over the mulberry tree The youngest sister let him in Jennifer gentle and rosemary and barred the door with a silver pin as the dove flies over the mulberry tree "Now you must answer my questions five," Jennifer gentle and rosemary he says, "or surely you will be mine," as the dove flies over the mulberry tree "Oh what is louder than a horn, and what is broader than the way, and what is sharper than the thorn, and what is colder, colder than the clay, "And what is rounder than a ring, Jennifer gentle and rosemary, now unto me your answers bring as the dove flies over the mulberry tree." "Oh shame is louder than a horn, and love is broader than the way, and hunger's sharper than the thorn, death is colder, colder than the clay, "This world is rounder than a ring Jennifer gentle and rosemary and so I now my answers bring as the dove flies over the mulberry tree." And as his answers she did name Jennifer gentle and rosemary he flew away in a blazing flame as the dove flies over the mulberry tree.
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Willow Tree 04:28
When I was in my prime I flourished like a vine then came upon a false young man stole the heart of mine, gone stole the heart of mine The gard'ner standing by three offers he made to me the pink, the violet, the red, red rose which I refused all three, which I refused all three The pink's no flower at all for it fadeth way too soon the violet is too pale a hue I think I'll wait 'til June, I think I'll wait 'til June In June the red rose blooms that's not the flower for me and so I'll cut the red rose off and plant a willow tree, and plant a willow tree And the willow tree shall weep and the willow tree shall whine I wish I was in the young man's arms that stole the heart of mine, that stole the heart of mine

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A remastered version of Cold Blows the Wind (track 1) appears on our full-length album Lips of Clay (2012).

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released December 12, 2011

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Solarference UK

Solarference is vocalists & sound artists Nic Janaway and Sarah Owen, combining traditional folk songs with innovative electronic sound-manipulation: intense live energy, unearthly but warm, lyrical and organic sound-worlds.

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