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"The Dim & Yellow Light"
02:25
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* there lived two sisters in one bower - and there came a young man to be their wooer - on the bonny damsides of Minorie - he courted the eldest with all his land - the courted with youngest with own right hand - on the bonny damsides of Minorie - he gave the elder a brooch and ring - but he loved the youngest above all things - on the bonny damsides of Minorie - he courted the eldest with his penknife - he loved the youngest above his life - on the bonny damsides of Minorie - ah sister, o sister you'll go to the broom - to hear the blackbird change his tune - 'n well maybe see the lads of Minorie - they walked up & they walked down - & thrice the blackbird changed his tune - but they never saw the lads of Minorie .
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The Lovely Moon
03:21
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* oh sister, oh sister you'll go to the dam - to see our father's ships a-coming in - into the bonnie damsides of Minorie - they went to the dam, & they stood on a stone - & the elder pushed the youngest sister into the bonnie damsides of Minorie - oh she swan up & she swam down - till she swam to where to the sister was standing - on the bonny damsides of Minorie - o sister, sister take me by the hand - 'n you'll get the miller ;ad & all his lands - for he's the bonnie miller lad of Minorie .
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Midnight Labours
02:38
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* it was not for that that I pushed you in - but you were fair & was black as coal & you'll drown in the dams of Minorie - the miller's own daughter went out to the dam - for water to walk her father's own hands -on the bonnie milldams of Minorie - o father, father you will fish the dam - for there's either a maid or a milk-white swan has drowned in the dams of Minorie - there was none o' them who knew her face so fair - but well knew the miller by her bonnie yellow hair - it was his own bonnie lass o' Minorie .
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The Bright Moon
02:46
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LEITMOTIF longsong
24:16
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Martyn Bates UK
(For CD version write to Jerry at eyeless@eyelessingaza.com)
voice +acoustic w/songs/ e-guitars/kybd/ tape. Since 1980,
Eyeless in Gaza, & since 2000, Twelve Thousand Days, Mick Harris etc. Knew stuff / Forgot stuff / cared too much / cared too little - perhaps. 2023:current band = Kodax Strophes … with Martyn reportedly "still longing for 'Christmas in my soul". kodaxstrophes.bandcamp.com
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