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BL09 Sword in the Sheath
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Another acoustic 'neotraditional' folk song with mandolin and fiddle about country ways in the olden days...!
folk traditional neotraditional countryways
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #54
Peak in subgenre #15
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
September 23, 2021
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MP3 7.4 MB • 320 kbps • 3:14
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WAV 32.6 MB
Story behind the song
An old-time story of country folk and how they got together pre-Tinder...
Lyrics
BL 09 Sword in the Sheath DABmDEmGG DABmDA A There once was a hill and a village thereunder Leaf on a branch and the branch on a tree A young man descended a hoping for plunder Wakeful and watchful but most willingly He met with a maiden a tending the midden She with her basket and he with a leer His lustful intentions he failed to keep hidden He with abandon and she without fear The courtship was hasty the outcome expected Sauce for the goose and the gander indeed And consequence was as you may have predicted Turning the furrow and setting the seed BmABmA CGA BC#C# Her father caught them in delecte fragrante Shaft to the quivver, sword to the sheath He got out his shotgun to help up the ante With grimace and gurney and gritting of teeth If caught by temptation at least then enjoy it Lust is the driver but love is the key If you've a weapon be sure to deploy it And be prepared always for paying the fee You've got to keep moving on never to falter Whatever the weather whatever the need Never be led like a lamb to the slaughter However considered however decreed So caught in a trap but the trap has its pleasures Pleasure pursuing or just heaven sent Such circumstances call for drastic measures Earnest entreeties and honest intent He took to his task like a fish to the water The weld and the wettle the waft and the weave He kissed the old man and he married his daughter The pot to the kettle, the arm to the sleeve ?
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