Ch 17 The Stately Dance

martin stirrup – Acoustic Artist

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martin stirrup

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...

"Ch 17 The Stately Dance" is an Acoustic Folk track by martin stirrup on SoundClick. The track carries an emotional weight that lingers well after it ends. This is the unmistakable sound of Forest, and it will especially appeal to acoustic folk fans. It has charted at #12 on the SoundClick Acoustic Folk chart. "Ch 17 The Stately Dance" is part of the martin stirrup catalog on SoundClick, where independent artists connect with a global audience.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #49

Peak in subgenre #12

Author

Martin Stirrup

Rights

Martin Stirrup

Uploaded

January 29, 2022

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.5 MB • 320 kbps • 3:18 minutes

Story behind the song

Memories of a long trip on the Trans Siberian railway - 7 days and nights from Vladivostok to Moscow.

Lyrics

CH 17 The Stately Dance    


                   Am
The silver birch the iron rails the stately dance
                                                        A           Dm
Along the line as through the taiga we advance
  E
The train has seen
  Am
All this before
               F            E          Am
But for us its something novel to explore

And so for us as we arrive at 44 *
Look to the future where there still lies so much more
Some paths are fixed
Some paths are new
Thats the way that happy memories accrue

Dm    Am
 Sometimes the rainclouds 
GAm
Hang with leaden disdain
     Dm    Am
But breaking through those grey shrouds
Dmsus4 repeat
One golden shaft of sun
Brings laughter on
          E
Burning away the rain

The silver bark amongst the dark trunks of the pine
Read like a true organic bar-code for our time
The taiga stretch....es endlessly
But maybe we cant see the forest for the trees

* we celebrated our 44th anniversary on the train, halfway across Siberia

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