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The Tree of Life (Ben's Song)

from Goshawk by Carole Pegg & Radik Tülüsh

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An alternative creation story of people and 'moosic' (as Suffolk melodeon player Oscar Woods would say) in which a woman was first on earth. Based on an African myth, the song is dedicated to Liban Benjamin Padfield (1987-2006), of Anglo-African heritage and son/ brother of dear friends, who loved roots and world music, had a huge zest for life, and left us much too soon.

lyrics

Mary sits on a mountainside, combing out her curls,
Only one on the earth and her tears made the rivers of the world,
Tears made the rivers of the world.

‘What’s the use in being so fair when there’s no one to see?’
Prayed to the Lord above: ‘Won’t you send a mate for me?
Send a mate for me.’

Mary went a’ rambling, Mary went a’ scrambling, to see what she could see,
Over the hill, a’ shuffling and shaking, comes a big fat tree,
Comes a big fat tree.

‘Oh, I am the tree of happiness. I am the tree of life,
I will show you the way. You are to be my wife,
You are to be my wife’.

‘Oh no’, she cried, ‘oh no’, she cried, ‘this can never be’,
‘I’m so young and beautiful and you’re just a tree,
You’re just a dirty old tree.’

She became a snow white dove and flew into the sky,
He took up a ball of mud and hit her in the eye,
Hit her in the eye.

It bounced into the universe and so became the moon,
As the branches pulled her down, she fell in a swoon,
She fell in a swoon.

Fruit came from the branches, birds came from the trunk,
All the creeping creatures came, from where the roots had sunk,
From where the roots had sunk.

Ten thousand years he held her there, ‘Til her belly grew big and round,
And she gave birth to the peoples of the earth, the tree they danced around,
The tree they danced around.

From a branch they made a bow, from a twig they made a flute,
From the bark they made a fiddle, from the trunk they made a lute,
From the trunk they made a lute.

They clapped and stamped upon the earth, sang praises from the heart,
They danced to the beat of the tree of life, the music then did start,
The music then did start …..

credits

from Goshawk, track released June 7, 2014
Carole Pegg: Words & Melody
Carole Pegg: vocals, fiddle
Radik Tulush: Tuvan igil fiddle, shoor end-blown flute
Richard Partridge: viola

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Goshawk Cambridge, UK

Carole Pegg was lead singer and fiddler with pioneering folk-rock band Mr Fox with an acclaimed solo singer-songwriter album Carolanne Pegg. Radik Tülüsh, was the former wild fiddler with Tuvan band Yat-kha. He is currently a member of Tuvan band Huun-Huur-Tu and has made two solo albums. ... more

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