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St Decuman

from Bring Back Home by Ange Hardy

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A nod to my local heritage and town of Watchet, we live very close to the Church of St Decuman.

I was told this story by various locals and found a great version of it in "Somerset Folk Tales" by Sharon Jacksties.

Local legend tells that Decuman was a hermit from Wales who sailed to Watchet, along with his favourite cow, on his cloak. He lived in peace next to a holy well, before being beheaded by a marauding Dane. However Decuman then retrieved his head and glued it back in place with water from the well. When he then drank milk, without it leaking from his neck, he finally found his first believers.

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Oh the yew tree stands on sacred grounds by the wall that circles those in peace. And beneath the tree by the stones and leaves stands a wild boar before the priest.

I will rest my bones by the seven seas, oh and for my cloak will a vessel be. And by the well upon my hill I will pray for all before my feet.
I will bore a cow by my cloak so fine, oh and how the milk it shall be my wine.

And pray I will upon my hill for the coming of a Christian time.
It was by a Dane, by a sharpened blade, in a single stroke took away my head. And away it fell upon my hill, now I am to fetch it back again.

I will, to my well and the waters deep, pray unto my God for my soul to keep. And there I will upon my hill see my head onto my shoulders meet.

And the people see how the milk and wine, oh it shall not run from the wounds of mine... and pray they will upon my hill for the coming of a Christian time

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from Bring Back Home, released November 28, 2017

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Nominated for the Horizon Award for best emerging talent at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Ange Hardy is a folk singer, songwriter and recording artist from West Somerset, England. Ange performs original contemporary songs written in a traditional style with an emphasis on vocal harmony. ... more

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