Biography:
Karine Polwart (born 1971) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, and her songs cover a wide area, from alcoholism to genocide.
Despite winning the Horizon Award for Best Newcomer at the BBC Folk Awards 2005, Karine Polwart is no newcomer to the folk world, having previously been a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band. Her solo career is new, and it is for this that she has been particularly recognised.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse]
G C
The back of the winter is broken
Am D7 G
And light lingers long by the door
G C
And the seeds of the summer have spoken
Am D7 G
In gowans that bloom on the shore
[Chorus]
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[Verse]
G C
In darkness we cradled our sorrow
Am D7 G
And stoked all our fires with fear
G C
Now these bones that lie empty and hollow
Am D7 G
Are ready for gladness to cheer
[Chorus]
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[Verse]
G C
So long may you sing of the salmon
Am D7 G
And the snow-scented sounds of your home
G C
While the north wind delivers its sermon
Am D7 G
Of ice and salt water and stone
[Chorus] 2x
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[End] 4x
G C G G Am G
Badidaaadaaaaaa badidadaaandaaaaa
G C
The back of the winter is broken
Am D7 G
And light lingers long by the door
G C
And the seeds of the summer have spoken
Am D7 G
In gowans that bloom on the shore
[Chorus]
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[Verse]
G C
In darkness we cradled our sorrow
Am D7 G
And stoked all our fires with fear
G C
Now these bones that lie empty and hollow
Am D7 G
Are ready for gladness to cheer
[Chorus]
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[Verse]
G C
So long may you sing of the salmon
Am D7 G
And the snow-scented sounds of your home
G C
While the north wind delivers its sermon
Am D7 G
Of ice and salt water and stone
[Chorus] 2x
D Em C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
G Am D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
G C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
Am D7 G
And we follow the heron home
[End] 4x
G C G G Am G
Badidaaadaaaaaa badidadaaandaaaaa
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