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Old Black Crow

by Emma and The Professor

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1.
Way down deep in the forest Something’s calling me Stopped me dead in the middle of my tracks To see what I could see Gazed in through a window To my surprise Were fine, fine ladies dancing with fire in their eyes. Take me down to the river take me down today Forgive me girl for what I did and wash my sins away Ain’t no use in crying now that she’s gone I vowed I’d never forsake my love And now she’s proved me wrong. Oh what a beauty so fine I was possessed and I nearly lost my mind To have her, hold her She will be mine. And the old black crow comes a calling. Don’t you hear me calling, calling out your name? I’d sell my soul to the devil my girl If I could have you back again Old black crow comes tapping, tapping at my door I’ve given everything I got and I ain’t got anymore. Oh what a beauty so fine I was possessed and I nearly lost my mind To have her, hold her She will be mine. And the old black crow comes a calling Comes a calling. She left so long ago And now my heart is as black as the coal Who’s that tapping on my door? Old black crow coming back for more Old black crow Comes a calling, comes a calling, comes a calling. Sold my soul to the devil Sold my soul to the devil Sold my soul to the devil Sold my soul to the devil She left so long ago And now my heart is as black as the coal Who’s that tapping on my door? Old black crow coming back for more Who’s that tapping on my door? Old black crow coming back for more Who’s that tapping on my door? Old black crow coming back for more Old black crow Comes a calling.
2.
Lily 03:18
I’ve always walked the fields but I’ve never known why Never felt alone with you by my side Time it separates but I don’t know why And I feel like I’ve known you all of my life. When I’m here on the hill looking back at the view Show me your secrets as arrows run true They’re speaking to me as they once spoke to you From Clun to Clee the ridgeway lies before you. Oh Lily, Oh Lily our time has now passed The bones of the dead are but shadow and dust Oh Lily, Oh Lily I can hear you say We shall meet again my friend On the old ridgeway. Now winters have passed and summers have been And memories of lifetimes are all I have seen If it’s just for one moment I could be there Clun to Clee the ridgeway lies before you. Oh Lily, Oh Lily our time has now passed The bones of the dead are but shadow and dust Oh Lily, Oh Lily I can hear you say We shall meet again my friend On the old ridgeway. I feel your power I hear your call Like the moon and the stars and the stones of time And the sun. Oh Lily, Oh Lily our time has now passed The bones of the dead are but shadow and dust Oh Lily, Oh Lily I can hear you say We shall meet again my friend On the old ridgeway Clun to Clee the ridgeway lies before you.
3.
On this road I am travelling I know that it is long I keep on searching to the desert I have come In the dead of the night I danced by moonlight For you my love for you. Night time drifting shadows shifting Twisting turning lovers yearning Everlasting so enchanting Eastern Sunrise follow me. If I reach a new tomorrow turn back the sands of time keep on believing that forever’s never mine. And the wheel keeps on turning as my heart is burning For you my love for you. Night time drifting shadows shifting Twisting turning lovers yearning. Everlasting so enchanting Eastern sunrise follow me. I’m following a whisper Oh an echo on the breeze At the dawning of the sunrise Are the memories left of me. Night time drifting shadows shifting Twisting turning lovers yearning. Everlasting so enchanting Eastern sunrise follow me.
4.
My young love said to me my mother wont mind And my father wont slight you for your lack of kine And she stepped away from me and this she did say It will not be long love til our wedding day. She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair So sadly I watched her move here and move there Then homeward she wondered with one star awake As the swan in the evening moves over the lake. The people were saying no two were e’er wed But one had a sorrow that never, never was said And she went away from me and this she did say It will not be long love til our wedding day. Last night she came to me my true love came in So softly she came that her feet made no din And she laid her hand on me and this she did say It will not be long love til our wedding day.
5.
When I was a young man never been kissed I got to thinking over what I had missed. I found me a woman I kissed her and then Oh lord, I kissed her again. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine. He asked to marry and be his sweet wife And we would be so happy for all of our lives. He begged and he pleaded like a natural man And then, oh lord, I gave him my hand. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine. I worked mighty hard and so did my wife To get what we needed to make a good life. With corn in the fields and wheat in the bins And I was, oh lord, the father of twins. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine. Well our children numbered to just about four They all had sweethearts knocking at their door. They all got married and they didn’t hesitate And I was oh lord, the grandmother of eight. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine. Now we are old and ready to go We got to thinking what happened a long time ago. We had a lot of children trouble and pain But oh lord, we’d do it again. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine. Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine Oh, oh, kisses sweeter than wine.
6.
Through the valleys, ‘neath the stars From the west come shining torches Keep the circle strong and true And we’ll drive out all the evil forces. Build a fire and beat the drum And we’ll summon up immortal heroes The time has come, we must prepare For battle of the Marches. Give me my bow into my hand And I the King will make a stand For I am Pook and I am Pan Within the realms of fairy land. Build a fire and beat the drum Dance and sing and they will come Build a fire and beat the, beat the, beat the drum Dance and sing and they will come Dance and sing in fairy ring Of ancient throne and fairy stone Dance and sing.
7.
In an ancient land where boundaries lie great kings of power reach for the sky. From the Bristol Channel to the Irish Sea rolls as far as the eye can see. Oh mighty King of the Mercians you drove a Dyke through the ancient lands. Marched mile on mile across low lands state your claim over England. The Devil’s Plough cuts earth and stone No hand of man could work alone. Whipped up fear in the borderlands where lost souls rest in no man’s land. As the clouds were filled with the promise of rain Upon the shores a lady came Cynethryth brought her guilt and shame And in return took Offa’s name. Shrowded in mystery Awf’s ditch is all that’s left to see And if you listen carefully you’ll hear a whisper on the breeze. The Devil’s Plough cuts earth and stone No hand of man could work alone. Whipped up fear in the borderlands where lost souls rest in no man’s land. Cut through the earth and stone, cut through the earth and stone Hear the ground tremble and moan cut through the earth and stone. Cut through the earth and stone, cut through the earth and stone Cut through the earth and stone. The Devil’s Plough cuts earth and stone, No hand of man could work alone Whipped up fear in the borderlands where lost souls rest in no man’s land.
8.
My time has come to say goodbye Don’t ask me why, don’t ask me why I loved you well I loved you fine But you’re not mine, no you’ll never be mine All of the evening, all of the day I am a servant I am a slave. You taught me truth and honesty I gave my heart so willingly But all the while I should’ve seen Now devils stand where angels have been. All of the evening, all of the day I am a servant I am a slave. My will is strong my heart is true My love runs deep like oceans blue A love that lasts eternity Forever true to you I’ll be. All of the evening, all of the day I am a servant I am a slave All of the evening, all of the day I am a servant I am a slave
9.
Well she married me a wife, gave me trouble all my life Left me out in the cold rain and snow. Rain and snow, rain and snow Left me out in the cold rain and snow. She came running on down the stair Combing back her yellow hair And her cheeks were as red as the rose. As the rose, as the rose And her cheeks were as red as the rose. She came on into that room Where she met her fatal doom Saying I can’t get along with you. With you, with you Saying I can’t get along with you. Well I ain’t got no use For your red apple juice And I ain’t gonna be treated this way. This way, this way Saying I ain’t gonna be treated this way. I see you sitting in the shade Counting every dime I made I’m so broken and hungry too. Hungry too, hungry too I’m so broken and hungry too.
10.
Men-an-Tol 03:59
So I find myself amongst the brave south western hills Running like a mad man on the moor Let the sweet Atlantic rain wash away my ills The Men-an-tol shone strangely in the storm. I get the strangest feeling in the air around It’s more than just a feeling. A different way of seeing a different kind of life Something I believe in, something I believe in. Here amongst the city lights the feelings not so clear Neon lights and faceless signs hide what I hold dear But it’s there to find if you have the mind And you don’t live in fear of it. Give me something, give me something to believe in Give me something, give me something Gotta give me something to believe. Give me something, give me something I believe, oh I believe Give me something, give me something. I rest amongst what still remains of lives that passed before Lightning strikes the top of Zennor Tor. As I find myself amazed again at man’s pathetic score Years of knowledge wasted and ignored. It’s a feeling, it’s a feeling Gotta give me something to believe in. It’s a feeling, it’s a feeling I believe, oh I believe. I believe, I believe Gotta give me something to believe in. Give me something, give me something.
11.
Rivers 02:46
In every sunrise and bird that sings In every teardrop that sorrow brings In every storm and wind that blows You surround me wherever I go. You’re all around me you surround me You’re everywhere I go You’re within me always near me where rivers, You’re all around me you surround me You’re everywhere I go You’re within me always near me where rivers, rivers flow.

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"Old Black Crow radiates with the energy that lies within the ancient lands of the Welsh Marches. Here are tales of sorrow, loss, hope and love all delivered with deep passion and soul."

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released April 22, 2017

Emma Heath - Guitar / Vocals
Mark Davies - Bodhran / Cajon

Guest musicians
Benji Kirkpatrick - Bouzouki on Battle of The Marches and Servant Slave.
Banjo on Old Black Crow and Kisses Sweeter than Wine.

Marion Fleetwood - Violin / Viola / Cello and strimg arrangements on Eastern Sunrise and She Moved Through the Fair.

Ben Walsh - Violin on Old Black Crow and Lily.

Jack Rowe - Violin on Rain and Snow.

All other instrumentation - Tony Skeggs

Recorded and Produced by Tony Skeggs.

Benji Kirkpatrick's part on Kisses Sweeter than Wine and
Marion Fleetwood's strings recorded by Jeremy Paul Carroll
at Precision Mastering, Cropredy.

Mastered by Jared Bryant at Severn Valley Studios

Album cover painted by Fay Brotherhood.

Photographed by Rob Dunsford

CD design by Amber Meredith-Jones.

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