Rammed Earth

Nancy Kerr 2010

 

James says this one’s fun, has a bit of an Americana feel. Nancy always thinks of Emily Smith because of her recording of it.

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/rammed-earth

https://kerrfagan.bandcamp.com/track/rammed-earth

We could walk in the woods where we all are still children In the darkness where folly is free But the shadows must flea And like lizards they scatter when you throw your bright light upon me Chorus For rammed earth and cool walls Shelter our hearts and counter our faults And your wedgewood eyes strip me down And teach me the hardest craft of all You can show me a bird with the wings of an angel And it shares in my summer and spring For when heads they hang heavy with thoughts’ gravitation We can switch on our nature and sing So build me a house from the bones of the dragon and set it with blood and with lye For I hear by the songs that you teach to your children we are made of the same you and I