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The Twenty-Ninth of Febry
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a soft low ballad telling a tale of wedded woe
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poetical fusion folk - ballads and poems twisted, reshaped, strung out, sung
Mixing the traditional folk song-story structure of the ballad with musical traditions from east and west, Halfwise describe their music as cello, glockenspiel, tabla, trombone, guitar and startling vocal harmony
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #151
Peak in subgenre #39
Author
Halfwise
Rights
cc Halfwise 2005
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November 05, 2005
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MP3 5.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This ballad began life as a jolly Americana-esque lampoon, but somehow morphed into a deadly serious tragedy. It is a cautionary tale – don’t ask for something you don’t want, cos you might just get it! The tragedy is made all the more poignant by the fact that it is, essentially, true.
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on the 29th of febry tradition says a lady may ask a man to marry her and not forgoe her dignity but if he refuses her to wed then-he-must buy her a silken gown and a set of pearls of that he can’t deny her dumdedum on the 29th of febry I was walkin with my darlin I asked him to marry me just as the day was dawning Well he turned a pale face to the wall He turned away in sorrow And as a tear began to fall he said ‘I wish you’d asked me tomorrow. For I am poor, I’m very poor And I can’t afford to but you A silken gown or a set of pearls. My love, I must deny you.’ Dum de dum On the 29th of febry I got round to thinking if I couldn’t wed the man I loved I’d get a gown all silken. So I went into the nearest bar And I sat down in the corner And every time that door did slam - I looked over my shoulder Until - in he walked, He was kinda short, but kinda dark and handsome And he looked like he could afford to pay my silken pearly ransom. So I went ahead and I stood me up And I sat right down beside him And I told him if he married me I never would deny him. Dumdedum x4 On the 29th of febry tradition says A lady May ask a man to marry her And not forgo her dignity. But if he agrees her to wed Then she must take him… never to forsake him.
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