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Farmer and Friesian

from Let Every Tongue by John Carroll

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lyrics

We are men who serve no purpose
And no kingdom to revere
Foreign lands are fertile
And our minerals are bare
The blades of grass like cenotaphs
For years I've left behind
But we remain the harvesters
Of blight that spoils the land

A farmer and a friesian pull the plough.

We are slaves that serve your purpose
Your place is where we fear
Mountains are our deity
Our fruits are in your care
The blades of grass like cenotaphs
For years I've left behind
But we remain the harvesters
Of blight that spoils the land

A farmer and a friesian pull the plough
My perennial land of love, that you are.

We are men who serve no purpose
And no kingdom to revere
Foreign lands are fertile
And our minerals are bare
The blades of grass like cenotaphs
For years I've left behind
But we remain the harvesters
Of blight that spoils the land

A farmer and a friesian pull the plough
My perennial land of love, that you are

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from Let Every Tongue, released November 1, 2012
Additional field-recording sample from a section of WuJu opera on 'Farmer and Friesian' was recorded live in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, China by John Carroll and reproduced with the kind permission of the performers.

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John Carroll Hangzhou, China

John Carroll is a songwriter and artist from Limerick, Ireland. Carroll's songs can be introspective acoustic narratives, or tongue-in-cheek tunes about acrophobic atheist taikounauts, all topped off with lashings of lyrics and phrases influenced by his adopted home in Hangzhou, China. ... more

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