Biography:
Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is an English guitarist of some renown. In the 1970s he teamed up with legendary singer June Tabor; together they recorded three albums.
By the age of 12 Simpson was playing guitar and banjo. In 1970, Simpson dropped out of college to become a full-time professional musician, touring folk clubs. In 1976 he recorded his first solo album "Golden Vanity". In the same year he opened for Steeleye Span on their UK tour.
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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!
TUNING: DADGAD
[Intro]
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[Verse]
April sun on Slapton Lea, between the lagoon and the haunted sea
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I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky
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And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air
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Come from savannah and desert and sea, to mark another year for me.
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[Verse 2]
A sailor's tattoo like a prayer on my arm to bring me home and safe from harm
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Though rocks may melt and seas may burn, dark swift and bright swallow will always return
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Bright swallow sweet spirit of stockyard and barn, you lighten our days with all of your charm
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Bring hope to the sailor upon the wide sea and mark another year for me
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[Verse 3]
Swifts scythe and scream through the city dusk, late to come and first to leave
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But come they do and leave they must, hot August nights their absence grieve
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And how we'll miss their impudent glee; this devil's bitch; this mystery
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This sprite that sleeps upon the breeze, and flies and feeds behind the storm
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[Verse 4]
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I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky
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And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air
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Come from savannah and desert and sea, to mark another year for me.
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[Outro]
And for you, my love, and eternity
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky
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And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air
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Come from savannah and desert and sea, to mark another year for me.
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[Verse 2]
A sailor's tattoo like a prayer on my arm to bring me home and safe from harm
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Though rocks may melt and seas may burn, dark swift and bright swallow will always return
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Bright swallow sweet spirit of stockyard and barn, you lighten our days with all of your charm
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Bring hope to the sailor upon the wide sea and mark another year for me
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[Verse 3]
Swifts scythe and scream through the city dusk, late to come and first to leave
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But come they do and leave they must, hot August nights their absence grieve
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And how we'll miss their impudent glee; this devil's bitch; this mystery
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This sprite that sleeps upon the breeze, and flies and feeds behind the storm
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[Verse 4]
April sun on Slapton Lea, between the lagoon and the haunted sea
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I was thinking of war and cruelty when spring's first swallow split the sky
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And I was lifted above all care as the swallow swung through the salted air
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Come from savannah and desert and sea, to mark another year for me.
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[Outro]
And for you, my love, and eternity
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