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Pace Egging Song

from Life in a Paper Boat by Kate Rusby

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    Life in a Paper Boat is the 14th solo album by Kate Rusby, released in October 2016.
    This CD includes the bonus track Big Brave Bill.

    The album features her signature mix of traditional and original songs, whilst marking a sonic development from previous releases: synthesizers and drum programming were used extensively throughout the record.

    Critics described the sonic change as "done in the best possible taste"
    You can get lost in the the soundscape.
    It's a modern context retaining all the elements of the folk tradition.

    The album's title track, written by Kate, was inspired by the European migrant crisis. In "Hunter Moon," another original, the moon is in love with the sun—and longingly tracks the sun's progress every day, from dawn to sunset.

    1 Benjamin Bowmaneer
    2 Hunter Moon
    3 The Ardent Shepherdess
    4 Life in a Paper Boat
    5 Only Desire What You Have
    6 Hundred Hearts
    7 The Mermaid
    8 Pace Egging Song
    9 The Witch of the Westmorland
    10 I'll be Wise
    11 Night Lament
    12 Big Brave Bill (bonus track on CD only)

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PACE EGGING SONG
Trad arr Rusby / O’Kane PRS / MCPS

lyrics

We are one, two, three jolly lads all in one line,
We have come a pace egging and I hope you prove kind,
And I hope you prove kind with your eggs and strong beer,
We’ll come no longer by you until the next year.

The next that comes in it’s Lord Nelson you’ll see,
With a bunch of blue ribbons tied down to his knee,
And a star on his chest like silver does shine,
And I hope you’ll remember it’s pace egging time.

The next that comes in it is Jolly Jack Tar,
He sailed with Lord Nelson during the last war,
He has come from the sea old England to view,
And he’s come a pace egging with our jovial crew.

The next that comes in it is Lord Collingwood,
He fought with Lord Nelson ‘til he shed his blood,
He fought with Lord Nelson through sorrow and woe,
And I hope you’ll reward him before you do go.

Then in comes Old Miser with all his brown bags,
For fear of his money he wears his old rags,
So see what you do, and mind that all’s right,
If we get nowt we’ll take nowt,
Farewell and goodnight.

We are one, two, three jolly lads all in one line,
We have come a pace egging and I hope you prove kind,
And I hope you prove kind with your eggs and strong beer,
We’ll come no longer by you until the next year.
And I hope you prove kind with your eggs and strong beer,
We’ll come no longer by you until the next year.

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from Life in a Paper Boat, released June 23, 2022

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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. ... more

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