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The Call / Daughters of Watchet / Caturns Night

from Findings by Ange Hardy & Lukas Drinkwater

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about

Lukas: “The small town of Watchet is linked to the iron ore mines in the Brendon Hills by the West Somerset Mineral Railway - the Mineral Line. Daily life in Watchet revolved around mining, maintaining the steam trains, servicing the harbour and farming the lands.”

Ange: “The Call first took shape during an EFDSS songwriting workshop led by Nancy Kerr. Lukas and I then wrote Daughters of Watchet to tell the stories of Mary, Annie, Molly, Sally and their husbands."

Lukas: "The tune at the end is a nod to a local Watchet celebration. Queen Catherine (pronounced by the west country locals as ‘Caturn’) was the Portuguese wife of King Charles II. She once delivered a boatload of spiced cider and hot cakes as a gift to the people of Watchet, and the locals still celebrate Caturn's Night every year.”

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Call on the high hills, oh daughters of Watchet! Be blessed by the high tides and fed by the lawns. And call for the men to come in from their tall ships, call for the men to come in from the storms.

And call for the men to come in from their horses, call for the men to come in from the corn. Call on the high hills, oh daughters of Watchet, be blessed by the high tides and fed by the lawns.

Mary sat by the hollow tree (the hollow tree, the hollow tree!). Mary sat by the hollow tree down by the fields of maize.

And Annie sat by the old ore mine (the old ore mine, the old ore mine!). Annie sat by the old ore mine, down by the mineral line.

Mary’s love was a farmer’s hand, took to the fields to farm the land. From sun up until sun down he worked the long day through.

And Annie’s man was a miner’s son, took the family business on, worked all day and all night long down by the mineral line.

Molly sat by the briny sea (the briny sea, the briny sea!). Molly sat by the briny sea down by the harbour wall.

And Sally sat by the railway line (the railway line, the railway line!). Sally sat by the railway line down by the old steam train.

Molly’s love was a longshoreman, the work was hard and the hours long, but it kept them fed it kept him strong, he’d not be to complain.

And Sally’s man was a fireman, he stoked the fires of a steam engine, cleared the soot from the black ash pan down by the old steam train.

Call your men you daughters fine (daughters fine, daughters fine!). Call your men you daughters fine, call your men to home.

credits

from Findings, released September 14, 2016
Ange Hardy (vocals, guitar, whistle), Lukas Drinkwater (vocals, guitar, double bass), Archie Churchill-Moss (diatonic accordion), Ciaran Algar (fiddle), Evan Carson (percussion).

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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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