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Heavy Thursday

from Drome by Duir!

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    "Few of us can see the world from the planets AND in its atoms; it demands a perspective that can see both the detail and the breadth, see both the history and the present, see both the reality of the world and also its supernatural echoes around us. ...Duir! are the only artists I can think of who do it so well in music and words."
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Thursday is Thor’s Day and his name is synonymous with secondary-settlements ending in ‘thorpe’. As a child I could see The Hanging Wood from my bedroom window. Was it a place of execution, or did it just hang on the cliff edge overlooking the gravel basin? The woods in Lincolnshire retain a sense of mystery for they were once the haunt of highwaymen, wrong ‘uns and evil-doers a-plenty. Heavy tales indeed.

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I forgot to close the tithe barn door and left footprints in the snow
It was a gift to those who follow me but have no place to go
I swear I saw the Hanging Wood ablaze one Thursday night
I’m telling tales of heavy things that happened long ago.

I caught a glimpse, well I thought I did, of waders in the mire
They spoke of things that made no sense, but I stayed for a while
A solemn oath, so dignified, they’re sharpening their knives
But strangers come and strangers go and that is all I know.

Shopping done I head for home along fenland’s edge I roam
Where ghosts of sailors’ manifest in alder woods below
I bring with me my evensong, my courage and my plough
And they’ll tell tales of heavy things around the three-grained oak.

Pendulums, sewing things, catalogues and hats
Draws that never open, diaries and maps
I can see the shape of things - yes, I can see it all
I lie awake and dream of what the future has in store.

But Monday’s child is full of face, but Thursday’s is so sad
I want to see the heavy things before my time has passed
I want to touch the heavy things, I want to touch them all
And I will dream of heavy things and heed the sandman’s call.

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from Drome, released September 20, 2021
Music by Simon Brighton
Words by Terry Welbourn

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Duir! Nottingham, UK

DUIR! is a musical collective based in the East Midlands, UK that utilise spoken word, music and song to bring alive the folk memories of Lincolnshire and its environs. Their inspiration stems from myths, legends, folk-tales and topographic features of this rural country.
DUIR! comprise of, Simon Brighton, Stephen Coalwood and Terry Welbourn.

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