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Enclosure - II Axe
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Enclosure came and trampled on the grave
Of labours rights and left the poor a slave
Each little tyrant with his little sign
Shows where man claims earth glows no more divine
It levelled every bush and tree and hill
Hung moles for traitors though the brook runs still
And birds and trees and flowers without a name
All sighed when lawless law’s enclosure came
Enclosure like a Bonaparte let not a thing remain
No rest until it’s torn apart, the landgrabbers' claim.
Old Tom made his living on the land
And at the stroke of midnight made his stand
He lopped a branch from winter’s leafless oak
To save the forest for the Common folk.
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Back to the inn he entered with the limb
And held it high before the crowd within
No Lord would part him from his ancient right
as he leapt the fence upon St Martin’s Night.
Enclosure like a …
The lords and ladies take what’s yours and mine
But lop a branch and you shall do the time
You’ll pick the tarry oakums, tread the mill
For gathering fuel to beat the winter’s chill
Remove those mind-forged manacles and see
The forest's fate depends on you and me
and beauty all around you’ll never lack
cos in the end we'll go and steal it back.
Enclosure like a …
words by John Clare (v1, v2, first line of chorus) and Ellie Wilson
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Sanctuary - I Submerged
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Sanctuary - II Scars
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Ellie Wilson England, UK
Ellie Wilson is a violinist/composer. Her work melds contemporary classical, folk & electronica, creating a haunting,
textural soundworld that explores themes of lost & fragmented memories, lingering traces of the past. Ellie is a former member of 5-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominees, Stick In The Wheel.
'Exquisite beauty offered by Wilson’s controlled violin’ Mojo
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Ellie Wilson recommends:
This is Thom's debut album, featuring trad folk classics like Poverty Knock, John Barleycorn and some originals too. Oh, and I play fiddle on it !
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