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The Blackest Crow

by Phil Snell

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I’m Going Where the Chilly Winds Don’t Blow 03:54
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The Parliament of Rooks 03:57
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the Halcyon' s Lullaby 03:42
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4.
Cluck Old Hen 05:08
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The Blackest Crow 03:12
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6.
Seabirds 04:34
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Counting the Magpies 03:09
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the Blackbird from Clough 03:39
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9.
Wind that Shakes the Barley 03:46
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about

Here are some tunes and songs some of which are bird related, I don’t know why - maybe it’s lockdown causing me to admire the freedom of birds in general but in particularly a family of crows that spend their day in the field outside our house.
It's a mixture of folk, oldtime, electronica and other influences

1 I’M Going Where the Chilly Winds Don’t Blow (trad/arr Phil Snell) An old-time song I have taken liberties with....
2 Parliament of Rooks (Phil Snell) It’s always rewarding to spend some time watching the rooks doing their thing way
up in the tree tops.
3 the Halcyon’s Lullaby (Phil Snell) Halcyon is an old word for the kingfisher. 100 metres from our house runs the
wonderful River Wharfe. We walk the dog a couple of miles downstream every morning and are often
treated to a sighting of one or more of these flying jewels.
4 Cluck Old Hen (trad/arr Phil Snell) Another old-time song I have taken liberties with. Chickens are such fun!!...
5 The Blackest Crow (trad/arr Phil Snell) A very old song which I suspect originated in the British Isles. I have
treated it as a tune.
6 Seabirds (Phil Snell) I was sitting on a rock on the beach at beautiful Robin Hood’s Bay, on the East coast of
Yorkshire with gulls and oystercatchers and such flying about when this piece came to me. I wrote some notes as
best I could and weeks later recorded it, So, here it is.
7 Counting the Magpies (Phil Snell) Do we all count magpies when we see them? I do! What might they steal??
8 The Blackbird From Clough (trad/arr Phil Snell) An Irish tune I have taken liberties with, it’s a march but I couldn’t
resist trying a reggae backbeat.
9 The Wind that Shakes the Barley (trad/arr Phil Snell) Another Irish tune I have taken liberties with. This is usually
played as a reel, ie., very fast, but I also like the sound of it at this more relaxing pace.

credits

released January 25, 2022

Jonny Dyer piano on “Halcyon’s Lullaby”. (www.swan-dyer.co.uk)
Gemma Wilson flute on “Halcyon’s Lullaby”
Lisa Marie Glover saxophone on “Parliament of Rooks” and backing vocals on “Going where the Chilly Winds Don’t Blow”

That fantastic crow photograph on the front was taken and artfully presented by June Hunter (www.junehunter.com) who kindly gave me permission to use it. June has a blog called Urban Nature Enthusiast which is well worth a visit. She like corvids too!

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