Name: The Swallow
Duration: P00H02M42S
Description: Found in the story The Saddle in Wiltshire Tales from 1853 written by John Yonge Akerman. It was written as 'The Zwallow' in old Wiltshire dialect and included the notated tune too! The “doleful strain” is sung by the character Joe, and he says he learnt it at Highworth.

The Swallow

from A Seed Of Gold by The Rosie Hood Band

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Found in the story The Saddle in Wiltshire Tales from 1853 written by John Yonge Akerman. It was written as 'The Zwallow' in old Wiltshire dialect and included the notated tune too! The “doleful strain” is sung by the character Joe, and he says he learnt it at Highworth.

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The swallow twitters on the barn
The rook is cawing from the tree
And in the wood the ringed dove coos
But my false love has fled from me

Like tiny pipe of wheaten straw
The wren his little note does swell
And every living thing that flies
Of his true love does fondly tell

But I alone am left to pine
And sit beneath the willow tree
For truth and honesty be gone
And my false love has fled from me

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from A Seed Of Gold, released November 3, 2023

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Rosie Hood Sheffield, UK

Rosie Hood is known for her strong, pure voice and captivating performances as well as her poetic writing and honest interpretations of traditional songs. A BBC Performing Arts Fellow and Horizon Folk Award nominee, Rosie's first solo album The Beautiful & The Actual, a collection of old and new folk songs was described by The Guardian as “poetic class” ****. ... more

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