Though the Apple Boughs are Bare...

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William Morris' poem, 'A Garden By the Sea,' performed as it might have been heard in the Late Middle Ages, improvised around the melody of Polorum Regina, a song current in the 14th century. Read more: greasycoat.tumblr.com/tagged/William-Morris

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I know a little garden-close,
Set thick with lily and red rose,
Where I would wander if I might
From dewy morn to dewy night,
And have one with me wandering.
And though within it no birds sing,
And though no pillared house is there,
And though the apple-boughs are bare
Of fruit and blossom, would to God
Her feet upon the green grass trod,
And I beheld them as before.
There comes a murmur from the shore,
And in the close two fair-streams are,
Drawn from the purple hills afar,
Drawn down unto the restless sea:
Dark hills whose heath-bloom feeds no bee,
Dark shore no ship has ever seen,
Tormented by the billows green
Whose murmur comes unceasingly
Unto the place for which I cry.
For which I cry both day and night,
For which I let slip all delight,
Whereby I grow both deaf and blind,
Careless to win, unskilled to find,
And quick to lose what all men seek.
Yet tottering as I am and weak,
Still have I left a little breath
To seek within the jaws of death
An entrance to that happy place,
To seek the unforgotten face,
Once seen, once kissed, once reft from me
Anigh the murmuring of the sea.

...William Morris 1891

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released March 27, 2014

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greasy coat productions Nyack, New York

Greasy Coat Productions is proud to present some of the odder sounds associated with folk fiddler, composer and entertainer, Ian Moore. Projects here include highly experimental reconfigurements of traditional, classical and pop sounds from around the world. As well, find here movie soundtracks, ballet music, music for even more devious purposes. ... more

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