Brookland Voices, by David A. Harley

Brookland Voices

by David A. Harley

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1.	Brookland Voices 01:10	info	buy track
2.	When I Was In Love With You 00:30	lyrics	buy track
A Shropshire Lad XVIII Oh, when I was in love with you Then I was clean and brave, And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave. And now the fancy passes by And nothing will remain, And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.
3.	Seven Years In The Sand 01:32	lyrics	buy track
Seven years in the sand Seems a long time somehow Never mind, tosh, you'll soon be dead 100 years from now The pay is low, the food is rank You get jankers now and then You're fed almost entirely on The produce of the hen Seven years in the sand Seems a long time somehow Never mind, tosh, you'll soon be dead 100 years from now
4.	South Wind 02:20	info	buy track
5.	Brookland Breezes 03:34	info	buy track
6.	Far In A Western Brookland 01:20	lyrics	buy track
Far in a western brookland That bred me long ago The poplars stand and tremble By pools I used to know. There, in the windless night-time, The wanderer, marvelling why, Halts on the bridge to hearken How soft the poplars sigh. He hears: long since forgotten In fields where I was known, Here I lie down in London And turn to rest alone. There, by the starlit fences, The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs
7.	Another Brookland 03:05	info	buy track
8.	Swifts 00:58	info	buy track
9.	Bells By Water 01:23	info	buy track
10.	The Water Is Wide 02:10	info	buy track
11.	Blue Remembered Hills 00:45	lyrics	buy track
‘A Shropshire Lad’ XL Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.
12.	The Knocker Up 00:39	lyrics	buy track
A pal of mine once said to me "Will you wake me up at half past three?" So I went by at half past one, Tapped at the window and said, "Oh, John, I've just come round to tell you, Just come round to tell you, Just come round to tell you You've two more hours to sleep." We had a knocker-up, and our knocker-up had a knocker-up And our knocker-up’s knocker-up didn’t knock our knocker up, up So our knocker-up didn’t knock us up ‘Cos he’s not up.
13.	It Ain't Gonna Rain 00:57	lyrics	buy track
It ain’t gonna rain, it ain’t gonna snow, It ain’t gonna rain no mo’; Come on ev’rybody now, Ain’t gonna rain no mo'. Oh, what did the blackbird say to the crow? It ain’t gonna rain no mo’, Ain’t gonna hail, ain’t gonna snow, Ain’t gonna rain no mo Bake them biscuits good and brown, It ain’t gonna rain no mo’. Swing yo’ ladies round and round, Ain’t gonna rain no mo’
14.	Rea Brookland 02:32	info	buy track
15.	Chivalry 02:17	info	buy track
16.	Blues for Davy 04:40	info	buy track
17.	When I Was One And Twenty 02:34	lyrics	buy track
A Shropshire Lad XIII When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
18.	A Rainy Day Blues 02:47	lyrics	buy track
Some days are like a melody But I can't seem to hold the key I don't mind losing, I just wish I had a little more to lose So I spend my day trying to keep myself amused Sitting here picking at a rainy day blues It seems the road to fortune never ends You play God all week and golf at weekends And if we quit the ratrace we could have a ball But you know those big wheels grind so small And you tell me that you love me but it seems sometimes You stuff my mouth with kisses and my ears with lies

about

This started as another vaguely folky album, but somehow Messrs Yeats (subsequently moved to the 'Swan Songs' album) and Housman elbowed their way in. Then I found myself with all these improvised or semi-improvised guitar pieces, some of them played on electric rather than acoustic guitar, and they do seem to dominate the album. In fact, while I would never claim to be any sort of jazz guitarist, this is probably as near to a jazz album as I'll ever get. To be fair, 'South Wind' and 'The Water is Wide' are instrumental versions of traditional songs/tunes.

'Severn Years In The Sand' is a version of a song that seems to have arisen during World War II among units that saw service in the Middle East. 'The Knocker Up' and 'It Ain't Gonna Rain are actual folk songs. 'When I Was In Love With You', 'Far In A Western Brookland', 'When I Was One-And-Twenty' and 'Blue Remembered Hills' are settings of verse by Housman. The song 'A Rainy Day Blues' and the other instrumentals are my own, including 'Chivalry', which is an instrumental based on my own 'Song of Chivalry'.

credits

released February 24, 2024

All vocals and instruments by David A. Harley. (Acoustic and electric guitars, Nashville-strung guitar, guilele.)

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David A. Harley England, UK

David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com