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AA 03 The May and the Whin
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a wistful folk ballad of lost love
flute folk ballad wistful
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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 #15
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Martin Stirrup
Rights
Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
January 30, 2024
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MP3
MP3 9.6 MB • 320 kbps • 4:13
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WAV 42.7 MB
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BPM
160
Key
A min
Story behind the song
The hills of Antrim and Donegal are covered is golden Whin (gorse) and white May (hawthorn) in late spring/early summer
Lyrics
AA 03 The May and the Whin 6/8 160bpm AmAmGGFFE7E7 AmAmGGFFE7E7 DmDmGGCCGG AmAmGGFFBB The gold of the whin as it clings to the rock The white may all cascading down She looking fine in her Sunday best frock The sun turning skin red and brown Late in the spring is the finest of times With the sap now well on the rise You got her attention with idiot rhymes Whilst your heart was bewitched by her eyes CCBB CCBB CCBB AmAmDD If she asks you now what would you say To go back to the whin and the may To the place where it all did begin Return to the may and the whin Time brings the changes, time writes the plot Reasons meander away Time holds the threads to the things you've forgot All you were unable to say Things put together we're broken apart Feelings pushed back out of sight. Could have been should have been crushed from the start Fight was the loser to flight Can you recapture a feeling long past Can you regain all you lost Nailing your colours now onto the mast Willing to not count the cost Never too late to make good what went bad Time for righting a wrong Time to discover what you never had Time to give voice to your song ?
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