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The Woman From Walkern

from Beaus And Arrows by Daisy House

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Helen Meissner was having a whinge one day on facebook...She was referred to in the UK press somewhere as "and a woman from Walkern" regarding Folkstock, a folk music festival SHE put together with David Swarbrick last year...a friend waggishly suggested "Woman From Walkern" would make a nice folk song...so I jumped on it. A brief Wiki search revealed that Walkern was the site of the last witch burning in England and I imagined a song on the theme of "Traditions"; about two modern wiccan descendants of Jane Wenham, one old, one young...

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Oh the woman from Walkern strolled down to the Beane (river)
she kept right on walking till she floated serene
her clothes left behind in a pile by a tree
with a note for the postman to send them to me

Send them on
the shoes and the rest
and the ragged black jumper that covered her breast
send them all to be blessed… at the mid-summer feast
for the woman from walkern, was the queen of the East

The next day they found her washed up in a field
the reverend came 'round and he said "how ya feel?"
"there's no law against lonely old women i know…
but she was no more a witch than your holy scarecrow"

Send them on
the cane and the key
ah the women have power that you can't even see
raise a glass for them all…. the first and the least
and the woman from walkern, the queen of the East

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from Beaus And Arrows, released June 16, 2014

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Daisy House was formed in December of 2012. The duo consists of Doug Hammond on guitar, bass, vocals and keys, and Doug's daughter Tatiana Hammond on vocals.
"Bon Voyage" is their 5th album to date

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