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Dead In The Cold

by Schwa

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This track comes from our 2018 song-cycle ‘A Lark,’ inspired by Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ and the decline in domestic bird numbers in the U.K.

The original poem is by Christina Rossetti.

‘Autumn Birds’ is another song from the same cycle.

schwasters.bandcamp.com/track/autumn-birds-2

lyrics

Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush,
Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush,
Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,

Weave him a coffin of rush,
Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow,
Weave him a coffin of rush,
Raise him a tombstone of snow.

credits

released February 4, 2021
Peter Spafford - piano, lead vocal
Jacqui Wicks - lead vocal
Owen Spafford - viola
Richard Ormrod - accordion, backing vocal

Engineered by Richard Ormrod

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Schwa Leeds, UK

Welcome in Schwa: Peter Spafford writes poetry and plays the piano; Richard Ormrod plays other instruments and arranges tunes. More recently, Jacqui Wicks sings and plays the ukulele.

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