In their debut album, VOXIE blends the bell tones of the Celtic harp with the warmth of the human voice into a collection of authentic and enchanting songs from Ireland and Scotland. Singer Lara Brooksbank and harper Abigail Kent are dedicated to the Irish and Scottish music traditions. A national harp champion on the Scottish harp, Abigail includes a few tracks of instrumental sets.
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This song hails from the rebellion in 1798 in County Wexford, Ireland - the very place of Abigail's ancestors. Barley was food easily stored in pockets by the rebels during this revolt. Fields of barley sprung up where the rebels fell, a perpetual natural monument to their bravery.
lyrics
The Wind that Shakes the Barley:
I sat within the valley green, I sat there with my true love,
My sad heart strove the two between, the old love and the new love -
The old for her, the new that made me think of Ireland dearly,
While soft the wind blew down the glen
And shook the golden barley.
'Twas hard the woeful words to frame to break the ties that bound us,
But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us.
And so I said, "The mountain glen I'll seek next morning early
And join the bold United Men!"
While soft winds shook the barley.
While sad I kissed away her tears, my fond arms 'round her flinging,
The foeman's shot burst on our ears, from out the wildwood ringing.
A bullet pierced my true love's side in life's young spring so early,
And on my breast in blood she died
While soft winds shook the barley!
I bore her to the wildwood screen, and many a summer blossom
I placed with branches thick and green above her gore-stain'd bosom:-
I wept and kissed her pale, pale cheek, then rushed o'er vale and far lea,
My vengeance on the foe to wreak,
While soft winds shook the barley!
But blood for blood without remorse, I've ta'en at Oulart Hollow
And placed my true love's clay-cold corpse where I full soon will follow;
And 'round her grave I wander drear - noon, night, and morning early,
With breaking heart whene'er I hear
The wind that shakes the barley!
With breaking heart whene’er I hear
The wind that shakes the barley…
credits
from Between the Distance,
released November 15, 2020
voice: Lara Brooksbank
Celtic harp and bodhrán: Abigail Kent
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