BL09 Sword in the Sheath

martin stirrup

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Another acoustic 'neotraditional' folk song with mandolin and fiddle about country ways in the olden days...!

folk traditional neotraditional countryways

martin stirrup

Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!

Martin Stirrup

Singer/songwriter

An old folkie who got back into it...

These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...

"BL09 Sword in the Sheath" is an Acoustic Folk track by martin stirrup on SoundClick. The production choices feel intentional, giving the track a distinct character. This is a remarkable offering in this genre from this independent artist. It has charted at #15 on the SoundClick Acoustic Folk chart. If Folk is in your rotation, "BL09 Sword in the Sheath" belongs there too — find it on SoundClick.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #54

Peak in subgenre #15

Author

Martin Stirrup

Rights

Martin Stirrup

Uploaded

September 23, 2021

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.4 MB • 320 kbps • 3:14 minutes

Story behind the song

An old-time story of country folk and how they got together pre-Tinder...

Lyrics

BL 09 Sword in the Sheath

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DABmDA     A

There once was a hill and a village thereunder
Leaf on a branch and the branch on a tree
A young man descended a hoping for plunder
Wakeful and watchful but most willingly

He met with a maiden  a tending the midden
She with her basket and he with a leer
His lustful intentions he failed to keep hidden
He with abandon and she without fear

The courtship was hasty the outcome expected
Sauce for the goose and the gander indeed
And consequence was as you may have predicted
Turning the furrow and setting the seed

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CGA  BC#C#
Her father caught them in delecte fragrante
Shaft to the quivver, sword to the sheath
He got out his shotgun to help up the ante
With grimace and gurney and gritting of teeth

If caught by temptation at least then enjoy it
Lust is the driver but love is the key
If you've a weapon be sure to deploy it
And be prepared always for paying the fee

You've got to keep moving on never to falter
Whatever the weather whatever the need
Never be led like a lamb to the slaughter
However considered however decreed

So caught in a trap but the trap has its pleasures
Pleasure pursuing or just heaven sent
Such circumstances call for drastic measures
Earnest entreeties and honest intent

He took to his task like a fish to the water
The weld and the wettle the waft and the weave
He kissed the old man and he married his daughter
The pot to the kettle, the arm to the sleeve
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