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Holmfirth Anthem

from While Mortals Sleep by Kate Rusby

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    England's finest Folk singer and interpreter of classic material presents her second volume of South Yorkshire inspired songs and carols, following on from Sweet Bells. Features the Kate Rusby Band: Ed Boyd (guitar), Damien O'Kane (tenor guitar, banjo, guitar), Duncan Lyall (double bass) plus The Brass Quintet Boys.

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Trad and Joe Perkin/Arr. Kate Rusby

This gorgeous song was taken into the South Yorkshire Carrollers' repertoire in the early 20th Century. Originally, called 'A Maiden's Complaint for the Loss of Her Shepherd', it was adapted in 1850 by a choir master from Holmfirth called Joe Perkin.

lyrics

Abroad for pleasure as I was a-walking,
It was one summer, summer evening clear
Abroad for pleasure as I was a-walking,
It was one summer, summer evening clear
There I beheld the most beautiful damsel
Lamenting for her shepherd swain
Lamenting for her shepherd swain

The fairest evening that e’er I beheld
Was ever, ever more with the lad I adore
The fairest evening that e’er I beheld
Was ever, ever more with the lad I adore
Wilt thou fight yon French and Spaniards?
Wilt thou leave me thus, my dear?
Wilt thou leave me thus, my dear?

No more to yon green banks will I take thee,
With pleasure for to rest thyself and view the land
No more to yon green banks will I take thee,
With pleasure for to rest thyself and view the land
But I will take thee to yon green gardens
Where those pratty flowers grow
Where those pratty, pratty flowers grow

I will take thee to yon green gardens
Where those pratty flowers grow
Where those pratty, pratty flowers grow

credits

from While Mortals Sleep, released December 5, 2022
Vocals and Guitar: Kate Rusby
Electric Guitar: Damien O'Kane
Double Bass: Kevin McGuire
Bouzouki: Ed Boyd
Diatonic Accordion: Julian Sutton
Cornet: Rich Evans
Flugelhorn: Gary Wyatt
French Horn: Nick Stones
Euphonium: Mike Altree
Tuba: Matthew Broadbent

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Kate Rusby England, UK

Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate celebrates her own 50 yrs with her 'Established 1973' tours.

2022 marked 30 yrs as a professional musician with the album 30:Happy Returns

Hand Me Down (2020) was her highest-charting album.

Named in the Top 10 Folk Voices of the Century and a Mercury Prize in 1999

Yorkshire roots the carols in her Christmas tour.
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