Biography:
Barry Dransfield is an English folk singer, fiddler, cellist and guitarist. His 1971 album "Lord of All I Behold" was voted Melody Maker folk album of that year.
He performed and recorded with his brother Robin Dransfield. As a duo, Robin & Barry Dransfield built their early following at the Harrogate Folk Club, where they shared the stage with such influential folk artists as Martin Carthy, Ewan MacColl, and the Watersons. Continuing to evolve as a band
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[Intro]
Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb
[Verse]
C G
It was all once bright jewels
C G
and glittering sands
C
The oceans have ravaged
G
Strangled the land
Bb
Waste fills the temples
C#
Dead daughters are born
The presses are empty
G C G
Your editor's torn
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Dm
Whose husband was the first to fall?
Eb Cm Gm
Who died the worst death of them all?
Bb F Cm Eb
How many splinters in each separate band?
Gm Cm Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb Dsus4/A
How many stations in the final hand?
[Verse]
C G
Go gathering sea shells
C G
And write down brave words
C
Your prayers are unanswered
G
Your idols absurd
Bb
seaweed and cobwebs
C#
have rotted your son
your barricade's broken
G C G
your enemy's loss
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Dm
Whose husband was the first to fall?
Eb Cm Gm
Who died the worst death of them all?
Bb F Cm Eb
How many splinters in each separate band?
Gm Cm Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb Dsus4/A Gm
How many stations in the final hand?
Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb
[Verse]
C G
It was all once bright jewels
C G
and glittering sands
C
The oceans have ravaged
G
Strangled the land
Bb
Waste fills the temples
C#
Dead daughters are born
The presses are empty
G C G
Your editor's torn
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Dm
Whose husband was the first to fall?
Eb Cm Gm
Who died the worst death of them all?
Bb F Cm Eb
How many splinters in each separate band?
Gm Cm Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb Dsus4/A
How many stations in the final hand?
[Verse]
C G
Go gathering sea shells
C G
And write down brave words
C
Your prayers are unanswered
G
Your idols absurd
Bb
seaweed and cobwebs
C#
have rotted your son
your barricade's broken
G C G
your enemy's loss
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Dm
Whose husband was the first to fall?
Eb Cm Gm
Who died the worst death of them all?
Bb F Cm Eb
How many splinters in each separate band?
Gm Cm Dsus4 Dsus4/C Dsus4/Bb Dsus4/A Gm
How many stations in the final hand?
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