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Lyke Wake Dirge (single)

by Rowan : Morrison

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Lyke Wake Dirge is a traditional English folk song, that tells of a soul's journey on its way from earth to purgatory. Our version will appear on the forthcoming Rowan : Morrison album Frost on Fields.

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This ae nighte, this ae nighte
Every nighte and alle
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte
And Christe receive thy saule
When thou from hence away art past
Every nighte and alle
To Whinny-muir thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon
Every nighte and alle
Sit thee down and put them on;
And Christe receive thy saule
If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane
Every nighte and alle
The whinnes sall prick thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule
From Whinny-muir when thou may'st pass
Every nighte and alle
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule
From Brig o' Dread when thou may'st pass
Every nighte and alle
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last;
And Christe receive thy saule
If ever thou gavest meat or drink
Every nighte and alle
The fire sall never make thee shrink;
And Christe receive thy saule
If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane
Every nighte and alle
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;
And Christe receive thy saule
This ae nighte, this ae nighte
Every nighte and alle
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte
And Christe receive thy saule

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released July 12, 2019
Trad. Arr. Morrison.
Vocals, Shruti and Claves: Angeline.
Other instrumentation: Stephen.
Mixed by Stephen.
Produced Stephen & Angeline.

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Angeline Morrison and The Ambassadors of Sorrow

"Bewitching and otherworldly... Morrison's voice is eerily confiding, strangely present, insistent even at its quietest" Folk Radio UK.

Believing in the beauty of sad songs, weaving folk, soul and beat sounds of the '60s into a tapestry of the human heart. Homespun sounds that reside in a nostalgic universe.

"Dark, unsettling folk that verges on the hymnal" BBC Introducing.
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