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As Sure As the Sun Rises in the East

by Tim Lane

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1.
Rebel Bones 04:37
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REBEL BONES Like the rumour of a thought not quite remembered The echo of a whisper on the wind Or a unfamiliar melody Which stirs a distant memory Of something that your mother used to sing A tale as true as iron True as earth upon the plough Blew upon the embers of a dream My folk have worked these fields for generations Tenant farmers living off the land The greedy landlord cast us out so he can graze more sheep Such villainy cannot be left to stand Chorus The common folk of Norfolk, true as earth upon the plough Fighting for the right to live where are the rebels now? The gentry thrive while poor folk starve the same old sorry tale And rebel bones lie lost in Dussindale A thousand campfires burning on the heathland Soldiers marching through the city gates For fifty days we waited there for justice But here’s a tale which always ends the same The landed lords and gentry serve their own well-being first It’s no surprise that justice never came Chorus - Instrumental Three thousand rebels died in that last battle In County Hall the gentry sit today But I hear a song of justice True as earth upon the plough Sung by the slaughtered ghosts of Dussindale Last Chorus: The common folk of Norfolk, true as earth upon the plough Fighting for the right to live where are the rebels now The gentry thrive while poor folk starve the same old sorry tale And rebel bones lie lost, rebel bones lie lost Rebel bones lie lost in Dussindale
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A Bough of Mistletoe 03:46
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A BOUGH OF MISTLETOE Tell me that you love me true the fine young lord he said For you are all my breath and life I would that we were wed The maid replied I’ll marry you but grant me only this To make our vows on Christmas day, this is my fondest wish So they were wed on Christmas day and all the guests agreed A finer joining of two souls they never thought to see The bridegroom said let all those here walk with us to my hall For there is laid a wedding feast, come join us one and all Chorus The bride she wore a silken gown as white as new laid snow And at her breast she held to her heart A bough of mistletoe A merry banquet amply served was laid out in the hall The newly-weds they ate and drank and danced with one and all And then the bride she told the groom this dancing wearies me So let us play a lovers’ game before we take our leave Wait here a while and I will hide myself here in your house And having waited start your search and you will find me out She hid herself and then the groom and guests searched high and low But where his loving bride had gone none but she did know Chorus All night and day he searched through all his house and grounds For days and weeks and months he searched but she could not be found The years wore on, the groom in grief lived out his life alone But always on his coat he wore a sprig of mistletoe Chorus An old man finds an oaken chest forgotten and concealed He lifts the lid and starts to weep at what is there revealed A time-bleached skeleton arrayed in silk as white as bone And lying on the breast a withered bough of mistletoe Chorus
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A Fish Out Of Water 04:55
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FISH OUT OF WATER A traveller found herself far from her home When a magical sound met her ear Music outlandish fantastic and rare; Such beauty she never did hear Voices there were, so joyfully singing In words she could not understand Melodious sweet and yet never so strange As if from an alien land She set out to find the source of this music To see how such wonders were made And soon she discovered it came from a place Where none such as she ever strayed A tower of timber, of flint and of stone So near and yet so far away Were she to go there she’d not do it walking And yet she would try just the same CHORUS Sing me that song of sunshine and starlight Of soft summer rain and the wide open sky I heard your voice and I am left breathless A fish out water am I A fish out water am I The going was hard but she pulled herself forwards The music was driving her on She wanted to seat herself next to those singers The better to hear their sweet song When broken and bloodied she came to the tower She cried out “Please let me come in! I’ve travelled so far drawn by your sweet music I would sit by your side as you sing” CHORUS Beg as she might they refused to admit her Her gentle request was denied “For none such as you can ever come in here It neither is fitting nor right” The traveller waited til no-one was looking And found a way in all the same She sat there in silence and listened enraptured And there she has ever since stayed CHORUS
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A Very Fine Pie 03:15
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A Very Fine Pie Here’s a pie a very fine pie the man says to his wife The finest pie you’ve baked for me ever in all of my life The meat is tender the gravy thick the pastry crisp and light Call the children in to eat we’ll have a feast tonight Call the children in to eat we’ll have a feast tonight His wife replies they are not here they’re gone to play in woods You must eat the pie my love which looks and tastes so good Eat the pie and eat it all leave not a scrap on the plate For this is a very special sort of pie that I have baked For this is a very special sort of pie that I have baked This truly is the prince of pies the man says as he eats There’s flavoursome steak and kidney here you’ve cooked me up a treat It seems a shame to dine alone on food so tasty and rare Call the children in to eat so they can have their share Call the children in to eat so they can have their share His wife replies they are not here they’ve gone to the chapel to pray You must eat the pie my love that you so highly praise Half of it you have consumed now take what still remains I tell you true I never will make a pie like this again I tell you true I never will make a pie like this again That was a pie a very fine pie he says as he clears his plate I do declare this pie you baked the best that ever I ate A perfect savory wonder and this is no word of a lie Call the children in so I can tell of this marvelous pie Call the children in so I can tell of this marvelous pie His wife replies I will not call they never did listen to me And ever since i came to your house they used me villainously And you give no rebuke or blame whenever they may do wrong And now there’s no returning from the place where they have gone And now there’s no returning from the place where they have gone I will not call they cannot come and I will tell you why I murdered them and cut them up and baked them in your pie That very same pie you gobbled down the way you always do The special pie that very fine pie that I made just for you The special pie the very fine pie that I made just for you
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Pull Boys Pull 05:29
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PULL BOYS! PULL! Have you ever seen the North Sea in a January gale? The waves as high as houses, the driving rain and hail The dark godless wilderness of nature unrestrained The cold wind blowing brutal like a glass smashed in your face On such a stormy night back in nineteen seventeen A steamer called the Pyrin was in peril on the sea Heavy winter seas had her crew sorely pressed Just off the coast at Cromer she signalled her distress CHORUS: Pull Boys! Pull! Hear the coxswain call Call this a storm lads? It’s just a Norfolk squall! Pull Boys! Pull! We always make it through This is the lifeboat Louisa Heartwell and we are the Cromer Crew Out into the tempest the lifeboat she was launched Open to the elements two sails and fourteen oars Two hours hard rowing to where the wreck lay Eighteen men rescued to live another day CHORUS Safely back on dry land the tired lifeboat crew Heard Henry Blogg their coxswain say “there’s further work to do There’s another ship out there and she looks like going down There’s only us can help her, we’ have to turn around” CHORUS The swedish ship Fernebo had hit a mine and split in two And only the Cromer lifeboatmen could save her stricken crew Again they launched their lifeboat with the whole town looking on And many came to help but the storm it proved too strong A third time they tried to launch her but the outcome was the same Eight oars all smashed up but they had to try again On the fourth time of trying at last they got away The lifeboat Louisa Heartwell once more off to save the day It weren’t no church picnic and it weren’t no village fete But they made it to the shipwreck before it was too late They saved those poor sailors and brought them home again Henry Blogg the Louisa Heartwell and the Cromer lifeboatmen CHORUS Some will sing of heroes who live by the sword But the best and bravest never fight and make war Much greater the hero as all good folk well know Who saves the life of a stranger at the risk of their own
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As Sure as the Sun Rises in the East 04:28
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AS SURE AS THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST CHORUS As sure as the sun rises in the east As long as time runs true While the moon turns the tide Though I roam far and wide I will always return to you I’ll always come back to you I climbed up on St James Hill to watch the sun arise With the dawn chorus screaming in a bright new summer’s day A tide of vivid colour slowly swept across the city I stood and watched in wonder, it stole my breath away But I'm sleepless again And I can't recall when I have ever felt so alone Red-eyed and listless Wasted and shiftless It seems I’m a long way from home CHORUS I stood and watched a thunderstorm break over Holkham gap With the first great claps of thunder ringing in my ears And as the lightning forked against the vast black clouds above the skyline I said there’s nowhere in the world I’d rather be than standing here But I'm sleepless again And I can't recall when I have ever felt so alone Red-eyed and listless Wasted and shiftless It seems I’m a long way from home CHORUS I stood and watched the moon rise through the mist on Roudham Heath With the first chill of autumn hanging in the air And the beauty of the starlight on that silver-shadowed ghostland Shining there before me was all that I could bear An ideal conception An exile’s perception Who never has felt so alone A romantic dream Half as real as it seems When it seems you’re a long way from home CHORUS
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Barsham Faire 03:05
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BARSHAM FAYRE Out and about one fine summer day Rambling the lanes down Bungay way I met a young woman and she did say “Are out just taking the air? Or are you going to Barsham Fayre?” Says I “in truth I’m a travelling man I have no destination planned” Says she “then sir, perhaps you’ll take my hand If you have the time to spare And I’ll take you to Barsham Fayre” CHORUS Barsham Fayre on a warm summer night Lost in a dream by the soft firelight If I never come home don't worry, I’m alright You’ll find me at Barsham Fayre So we went to the fayre and I looked around All manner of wonders there I found Such a joyful riot of sight and sound And revellers everywhere That summer at Barsham Fayre Craftsmen, clowns and players I saw Jesters, jugglers, beggars and bawds Rogues in finery and threadbare lords All manner of folk were there Gathered at Barsham Fayre CHORUS I sat by a fire as the evening fell In the company of friends and a jug of fine ale And we laughed and we sang and told tall tales I wished time could stop right there And leave me at Barsham Fayre CHORUS
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Deep Lane 04:00
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DEEP LANE Where have you been my daughter? Where did you go last night? Where have you been my daughter fair In the cold starlight? Your hands are cold your hair is wild And in your eye a look so dark and strange Did you go out down the old Deep Lane? Yes i went out walking I went out last night I went walking all alone In the cold starlight And there within the shadowed green I met a gentleman so dark and strange I must return to the old Deep Lane What did you hear my daughter? What did you hear last night? What did you hear my daughter fair In the cold starlight? I heard seven ravens sing In voices sweet as sun and summer rain I must return to the old Deep Lane What did you see my daughter? What did you see last night? What did you see my daughter fair In the cold starlight? I saw a shining company Dancing to the ravens’ sweet refrain I must return to the old Deep Lane What happened then my daughter? What happened then last night? What happened then my daughter fair In the cold starlight? They took took me up and turned me round Lifted me and laid me down Enchanting me with sight and sound so strange I must return to the old Deep Lane How did you leave my daughter? How did you come back home? We feared you were forever lost Never to return I cannot stop cannot stay Not even for a single day And you must also come away To starlight cold and lands so dark and strange Come and walk with me down the old Deep Lane
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Time Stay Your Hand 03:52
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TIME STAY YOUR HAND Time stay your hand, hold your peace, look away Let me slip from your grasp for a while Just leave me here, tomorrow can wait Forget about me I’ll be fine I’m begging you stand back and let me go free Moments like this never happen to me So time stay your hand, or at least take it slow I’ll call when I’m ready to go I’m asking a lot, but you know how it is So please can you turn a blind eye? I’ll never see perfection like this Ever again in my life So just this one time can you please bend the rules For a tired and emotional moon-struck old fool So time stay your hand, or at least take it slow I’ll call when I’m ready to go I’m begging you stand back and let me go free Moments like this never happen to me So time stay your hand, or at least take it slow I’ll call when I’m ready to go I’ll call when I’m ready, call when I’m ready I’ll call when I’m ready to go
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The Spark That Lights the Fire 08:53
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THE SPARK THAT LIGHTS THE FIRE I will make for you a love song stronger than the tide As wide as the horizon, as big as Norfolk skies I’ll forge it out of laughter, Out of promises and pain And sorrows all overcome and joy brought home again I’ll paint it on the reed beds and the tall cathedral spire I’ll shout it up to heaven and set the moon on fire I’ll spin it out of stories whispered in the night And silvered strands of memory tied up with autumn light CHORUS You are the spark that lights the fire You are the spring which feeds the sea You are the lightning bolt which shocks the heart to life You are the thought which makes the dream I’ll play it on the skyline as the sun begins to rise In crimson and in diamonds eating up the sky. And as the sun is setting on the thirteen city parks Throwing dying shards of sunlight out into the dark I’ll build out of cobwebs hung with morning dew And sunlight in April mist fighting to break through I’ll write it out in laughter lines, in breath and blood and bone In ebony and in firelight, in water and in stone CHORUS I’ll dance it round the ruins, the churchyards and the lanes The village greens and castles and the council house estates I’ll sing it in the market towns and through the city streets On the piers and promenades across the cold North Sea I’ll weave it out of hailstorms, out of snow and summer rain And supercells and flash floods and Squalls and hurricanes And thunderheads and lightning and the wind upon the wheat Will take it up and spin it round and lay it at your feet Everything I’ve ever known and all I’ve ever been All I’ve ever loved or lost, All I’ve ever seen Everything that makes me, all I think and feel and do I’ll put them in the love song that I will make for you CHORUS

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released January 5, 2021

Composed, performed and produced by Tim Lane

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Welcome to the musical world of Tim Lane. I'm a musician and composer who lives in Norwich in the UK.
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