Name: Butterfly (Over The Hill)
Duration: P00H03M43S
Description: Not the slip jig 'The Butterfly', which was released on an earlier album, but a blues of sorts, written on the platform at Chalk Farm station in the 1980s.

Butterfly (Over The Hill)

from Ten Percent Blues by David A. Harley

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Not the slip jig 'The Butterfly', which was released on an earlier album, but a blues of sorts, written on the platform at Chalk Farm station in the 1980s.

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Butterfly [Over The Hill]) (Words & music by David A. Harley)

You can’t cage a butterfly, not unless you break its wings (x2)
You can cage a songbird, but you can’t make him sing

I went over the hill and I heard some flyer blow (x2)
I’ve been too long in the city: time to pack my grip and go

You think I’m fooling, but honey, it’s a fact
You had a good old mule, but you just broke his back

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from Ten Percent Blues, released May 19, 2021
Words, music, electric guitars and vocals by David A. Harley

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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