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Hares on the Mountain and other arrangements

by Alasdair Dow

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1.
Hares on the mountain (trad, arr. A. Dow after C. Wood) 03:32
lyrics
If all the young men were hares on the mountain, If all the young men were hares on the mountain How many young girls would take guns and go hunting? If the young men could sing like blackbirds and thrushes, If the young men could sing like blackbirds and thrushes How many young girls would go beating the bushes? If all the young men wеre like fish in the water, If all you young mеn were like fish in the water How many young girls would undress and dive after? But the young men are given to frisking and fooling, Yes the young men are given to frisking and fooling So I'll leave them alone and attend to my schooling.
2.
Watch the stars (trad, arr. A. Dow after John Renbourn - abridged version) 02:46
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3.
Pure imagination (Bricusse/Newley, arr. A. Dow) 05:20
lyrics
Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination; Take a look and you'll see Into your imagination. We'll begin with a spin, Traveling in the world of my creation; What we'll see will defy Explanation. If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it; Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There's nothing to it. There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination; Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be. If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it; Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There's nothing to it. There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination; Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be.
4.
There's no you (Hopper and Adair, arr. A. Dow) 03:37
lyrics
I feel the autumn breeze It steals cross my pillow As soft as a will-o'-the-wisp And in its song there is sadness because There's no you The lonely autumn trees How softly they're sighing For summer is dying they know That in my heart there's no gladness because There's no you The park that we walked in The garden we talked in How lonesome they seem in the fall The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover Our favourite nook in the wall In spring we'll meet again We'll kiss and recapture The summertime rapture We knew And from that day never more will I say There's no you
5.
No, no, no! (a poem of Walter de la Mare's set by A. Dow - steel-string version) 03:15
lyrics
Had you loved me, Earth had given All that heart Could wish of Heaven; That sigh entreats, Past hoping even: Had you loved me (Had you loved me). Yet love itself Endure may not; Best not harboured Than forgot. Yet love itself Endure may not; Best not harboured, Best not harboured, Best not harboured Than forgot. Forgot, lost, cold, faded – Then – ah, what? Even love itself? No, no, no! – Would Summer miss One wild flower For cause like this! Still must I crave Where nothing is But – ‘No, no, no!...’

about

These demos were recorded at the studio in the Włodawski dom Kultury (Włodawa Culture Centre, Eastern Poland) the morning after my concert there and a late dinner at Irek and Anna's. My thanks to Marek for recording, Michal for mixing, I and A for their hospitality and Kate for making it all happen.

My rendition of 'Hares on the Mountain' was described as 'exquisitely done' by Mark Radcliffe on his BBC Radio 2 Folk Show (05/04/23): www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVBNO_Yn50Y&t=16s&ab_channel=AlasdairDowMusic

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released February 17, 2023

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