Bruton Town

from Pellets by The Lords of Thyme

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lyrics

In Bruton Town there lived a farmer,
Who had two sons and a daughter dear,
By day and night his daughter’s courtship
Did fill her brothers’ hearts with fear.

One night, one night of restless slumber,
One brother rose up from his bed,
He heard the servant court their sister,
He heard they had a mind to wed.

A day of hunting was prepared
In Thornywoods where the brambles grow,
And there they did this young man murder
And in a ditch his body thow.

As she lay dreaming on her pillow,
She thought she saw her heart’s delight
By her bed side as she lay weeping,
Dressed all in his bloody coat.

She rose up early the next morning
And searched the countryside around,
And there she saw her own dear jewel
Lying in the briars where he’d been found.

Three days and nights she did sit by him
‘Till her poor heart was filled with woe,
Then cruel hunger came upon her,
And to her home she had to go.

“Oh sister, sister, why do you whisper?
And won’t you tell us where you’ve been?”
“Stand off, stand off, you bloody butchers,
My love and I you both have slain.”

credits

from Pellets, released October 26, 2017
Michelle Woolley - Vocal
Joe Woolley - Guitars
Tali Trow - Electric Bass
Pat Kenneally - Drums, Keyboards, Balafon
Stephen Barlow - Pedal Steel

Trad. Arranged by Joe Woolley, Michelle Woolley, Tali Trow & Pat Kenneally

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No one can tell you what traditional English music is without tying themselves in handkerchief knots, but you know it when you hear it. The Lords Of Thyme are traditionally English in the same way that Pentangle or Fotheringay were traditionally English, but also in the same way that Julian Cope undoubtedly is. A hazy, blissed out, ancient and modern country of the strangest imaginations. ... more

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