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For You A St​ó​r

from HOME by Lewis Barfoot

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about

My Mum grew up in an Orphanage. She never spoke about it. But my imagination went wild with what may have happened to her. Part of my process of healing this family story for me, was acknowledging how much grief and sadness there was around my Mum being abandoned by her family and the state and the church. It was as if the grief was mine, even though I wasn’t the one in the orphanage. I wanted to go back in time and rescue her and all the other children who has been sent to church-led institutions in Ireland. I wanted to save them all from the experience they had and give them the love they never received. This song does that. It holds the little abandoned children and gives them the love they deserve. The end of the song is one chorus and verse from an Irish folk song I learned when singing with Rún. I use it as a lullaby in this context. The voice over is from a women who grew up in the orphanage with my Mum. I collaborated with Kerry Andrew who composed and sang a hauntingly beautiful backing vocal.

lyrics

Time to leave this shore
Like so many Irish before
In hope of a promised land
Away from the church’s hand

Oh, Seventy years ago
Sailed to a place unknown
Leave the motherland, tuppence in her hand
Ferry to a new home

They said you did not deserve a name
Cull your hair, Dress you in shame
They said you did not deserve a name

Oh little girl
Wish I could be there for you

Oh little boy
Wish I could be there for you

Oh little one
Wish I could be there for you

“You can judge a group and say they are all bad, that’s not right. There might be only two bad in the group.”

A stór, a stór, a ghrá
A stór, a stór an dtiocfaidh tú?
A stór, a stór, a ghrá
An dtiocfaidh tú nó an bhfanfaidh tú?

Bhí mé lá breá samhraidh
I mo sheasamh ar an mhargadh
'S is iomaí fear a dúirt liom
"Monuar, gan tú sa bhaile agam”

credits

from HOME, released November 17, 2023
Musicians
Cello – Lea Miklódy
Clarinets - Gabriel Buffa
Double Bass - Michael O’Riordan
Guitar, Vocals – Lewis Barfoot
Percussion – Davie Ryan
Violin - Elisabeth Flett

Recorded in Cork
Cello, Guitar, Percussion and Violin recorded at Wavefield Recordings, Clonakility
Double Bass recorded at Studio Lewis
Vocals recorded by DanDan Fitzgerald at SoundSound Studio
Mixed by Giles Barrett at Lightship 95
Mastered by Sam Proctor at Lismore Mastering

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Lewis Barfoot Cork, Ireland

”Vocals to melt the hearts of angels“ -FRUK
 
Contemporary Folk Artist Lewis Barfoot displays a fearless and disarming honesty in her lyrics, She works with an uncomplicated loveliness of sound, blending ethereal, evocative vocals with original compositions and reinventions of trad songs. Frequently compared to the likes of Kate Rusby, Sandy Denny and Maíre Brennan.
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