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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lyrics
Farewell the rolling hills and farewell to the field,
Farewell, love, my fate tonight is sealed,
On the sea love, on the sea.
High are the daunting waves and bold the wind it blows,
I can see, love, the mermaid and she knows,
On the sea, love, on the sea.
CHORUS
And peace as the sea it calms,
And peace now in her arms,
Where I’ll be, love, sleeping in the sea.
My father built a bonnie ship and set her on the sea,
It was his joy, love, he gave that ship to me,
On the sea, love, on the sea.
On oceans high and oceans low we sailed that ship around,
We owned the tide, love, for glory we were bound,
On the sea, love, on the sea.
CHORUS
And three times that ship went round and
three times round went she,
It’s murky deep, love and far away from thee,
On the sea, love, on the sea.
So farewell the rolling hills and farewell to the field,
Farewell, love, my fate tonight is sealed,
On the sea, love, on the sea.
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