Name: The White Swan
Duration: P00H02M01S
Description: This song is a 'side-quel' (concurrent to and therefore neither sequel nor prequel, what term would you prefer?) to my song 'Queen of Spindles', title track of my most recent studio album. It was written for the folk of the Eala Bhan - the White Swan - and tells a little of the other side of the story.

The White Swan

from ALBUM: Songs for the Wood by Talis Kimberley

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This song is a 'side-quel' (concurrent to and therefore neither sequel nor prequel, what term would you prefer?) to my song 'Queen of Spindles', title track of my most recent studio album. It was written for the folk of the Eala Bhan - the White Swan - and tells a little of the other side of the story.

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THE WHITE SWAN

My brothers all I wish you well,
I wish you all good things
Who have such clever human hands
Where once you each had wings
Who walk so fine upon the ground
Your feathers all long gone;
But as I am not man again
Let me remain a swan.

My sister dear, I wish you well
Whose tears I cannot dry
Am I denied both human form
And the means and strength to fly?
Am I to lose my sister’s love
Now grief is all her song?
Then if I cannot be a man
Pray let me a swan

Oh let me have my two white wings
And let me have the sky
I’ll circle round your castle keep
And bid you all goodbye
I’ll circle once then choose my course
And evermore fly on
I am no prince, I am no man
But I can be a swan.

I am no prince, I am no man
But I could be a bonny swan.

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Words & music by & © Talis Kimberley 2011

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from ALBUM: Songs for the Wood, released March 5, 2014
Made shinier by Mark Long

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Talis Kimberley UK

"I'm a songwriter and singer; my songs are spun from folklore and history, stirred well with a hazel wand and served with cake. I'll sing you ravens and bones and the story behind the story, I'll sing you bread and apples, ghosts and knitting, and bring you home with a pocketful of feathers and hope"

Voice / guitar / English concertina

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