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FF 11 The Broken Vow
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A traditional English ballad of love and tragedy (that I wrote ...)
ballad traditional tragedy
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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...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #16
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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April 29, 2022
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MP3 14.1 MB • 320 kbps • 6:10
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WAV 62.3 MB
Story behind the song
This came from playing with a Kalimba - the plangent tones set me off on a 'traditional' ballad
Lyrics
The Broken Vow 6/8 slow DmF G DmG DmF G Dm CDm FCAmG FC Dm GG Dm CDm Let sky grow dim as the night begins And dreams they fly away You’ll pay the price for all your sins As darkness follows day As darkness follows day He said he was her own true love No other would he claim He promised to the heavens above As he laid her down again And I will always come to you But heed me when I say From my cottage by the lake so blue You must always keep away She promised him then to obey The way that lovers do But in her mind it nagged away Uncertainty it grew She slid along the rill-side path As the sun it softly fell Until she came up to his hearth In the lonely dappled dell She took the key from ‘neath the stone The lock it slowly turned The door slipped free with ne’er a groan Her curiosity burned She took a step into the room As her fear she stoutly tamed Whilst light and shadow pierced the gloom From her flickering candle flame A baby she saw lying there Close in her mother’s arms A young girl’s face neath golden hair Furrowed in alarm Then in burst her own true love And with an angry anguished cry She snatched a knife that hung above And caused her love to die Oh brother dear the mother screamed Your blood it flows full well Is this a nightmare I have dreamed I fear the truth to tell So maidens to your vows be true Be careful in your haste It’s easy for the truth to screw And your true loves life to waste
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