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Alta, alta va la luna
05:14
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2. |
Crying Man
05:24
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3. |
Que no voy sola
04:02
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4. |
Etz Harimon
01:28
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5. |
El Rey de Francia
05:38
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Yo m'enamori d'un aire
03:24
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7. |
Wooden table
05:28
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I sold my wooden table and gave away my silks,
to go away and marry a man who played lap steel guitar.
He wooed me with gentle caresses,
and whispered the loveliest words.
His eyes were loving and teary,
and his lips were the kissing kind.
I’d never thought I would marry
or move to a foreign land,
but something took me to go with him,
and we thought that love was enough.
CHORUS
I spent many months organising,
preparing for life as a migrant.
I made many visits and conversations,
farewells to family and friends.
Some, they asked me about the wedding dress,
and the close ones, they wondered why is he the one?
They thought my going exciting but far,
a long way to visit for a cup of tea.
CHORUS
With my winter coat and my treasures in hand,
I cried with my brothers good-bye.
I flew to America weary and sleepy,
and landed in the arms of my man.
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8. |
Et Dodim
02:04
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9. |
Puncha la rosa huele
04:17
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11. |
Sit myself still
04:56
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It makes me stop and wonder why,
Why I am always going.
And every place I take myself
and stay for just a while.
I wish I could hold me down and find the ground, Sit myself still.
I’m blown away through the winds of change
and a craving for the new.
So I take myself, like a bird fleeing far,
and the seasons are doing a dance.
CHORUS
Then I could settle and see
what the messes and the losses could be,
and the craving and the boredom and the restlessness
could meet and just let them be.
And the grasses and the flowers could grow
like the creases on the faces I know.
Could it be that there’s reason to stay?
like a sleep in the afternoon sun.
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12. |
Los Bilbilicos
01:06
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there are lyrics for this song, but we recorded this fragment only, at the time
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Helen Rivero Australia
Helen's music is dreamy or dramatic, eclectic & intentionally imperfect. Folky and worldy & gypsy jazzy flavours combine to create many moods.
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