Our brand new Dancing Tunes CD, featuring a selection of traditional Jamaican songs with beautiful artwork by the renowned Jamaican artist, Bernard Hoyes in a bundle with one of our limited edition top quality cotton 'contrast' hoodies with reach through front pockets
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The brand new CD by Edward II, beautifully packaged in natural recycled card and vinyl effect CD with full lyric sheet, sleeve notes by Karen Gabay and David Jennings and original artwork by Bernard Hoyes. Mastered in the renowned 80 Hertz studios to maximise audio quality, this is a truly beautiful thing.
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A classic boy meets girl song with reference to the Jamaican folk-lore character ‘Bald Head John Crow’ thought to be based on a troublesome dark-skinned man who had only recently arrived on a boat from Africa. John Crow features in many Jamaican stories, along with Anancy, the mischievous spider man.
lyrics
This long time girl, I never see you,
Come let me hold your hand
This long time girl, I never see you
Come let me hold your hand.
Bald-head John Crow sitting on the treetop,
Plucks off the blossom,
Let me hold your hand girl
Let me hold your hand.
This long time girl, I never see you,
Come let me wheel and turn
This long time girl, I never see you
Come let me wheel and turn.
Bald-head John Crow sitting on the treetop,
Plucks off the blossom,
Let me wheel and turn gal,
Let me wheel and turn.
This long time girl, I never see you,
Come let me walk and talk
This long time girl, I never see you
Come let me walk and talk.
Bald-head John Crow sitting on the treetop,
Plucks off the blossom,
Let me walk and talk girl
Let me walk and talk.
This long time girl, I never see you
Come let me wheel and jig
This long time girl, I never see you
Come let me wheel and jig.
Bald-head John Crow sitting on the treetop,
Plucks off the blossom,
Let me wheel and jig girl,
Let me wheel and jig.
credits
from Dancing Tunes,
track released December 1, 2020
Traditional: Arrangement Gavin Sharp / Tee Carthy
Edward II, are an English roots band that uniquely blend the rhythms of the Caribbean with traditional songs from the
British Isles. Back in the nineties the band were at the forefront of the Rock Against Racism movement and signed to Cooking Vinyl Records and Rhythm Safari in the US. They worked extensively across the globe touring world music, reggae and folk festivals on every continent!...more
Darling Charms - Would've thought NK would have learned her lesson after the Port 'n' Brandy 😘 xx
This whole EP is bangin' btw. Beautiful work xx Gill Loomes-Quinn
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6