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Sweet Dreams

from Sweet Dreams by Lewis Barfoot

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Sweet Dreams / The Fox is the new single by Irish/English singer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Barfoot, due on 29th January 2021. Sweet Dreams / The Fox follows recent single Fisherman (November 2020), and are also taken from the debut Lewis Barfoot album Glenaphuca due in March 2021.

When asked about the single Lewis explains “this pairing of songs is a duet of love songs to my parents. Sweet Dreams is an original composition, inspired by and dedicated to my dearly departed mother, presented alongside my arrangement of traditional English folk track The Fox, which my father used to play to me as a child”. Lewis’s stunning, crystalline vocal and deft, chamber folk arrangements call to mind modern stars such as Ane Brun and Lisa Hannigan as well as classic artists such as Joni Mitchell.

Sweet Dreams and The Fox were both produced by Lewis, recorded at Soup Studios, London and mastered by Pete Maher.

lyrics

Where do I meet you now you’re no longer here?
Meet you dreamland where worries disappear

You’re a whisper in the wind
A flicker in the light
A smile upon my cheek
When you kiss me goodnight
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams
Made of memories

You massaged my legs when I’d been running at school
Helped me with my Latin tables Bam, Bas, Bamus
Bam, Bas, Bamus

You’d plait my hair with sleepy eyes
Plait my hair from your sleepy bed
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams
Made of memories

Memories of you alive
Nothing prepares you
Memories of you alive

Now you’re no longer here to whisper in my ear
Whisper in the wind, can you hear me?
Now you’re no longer here to whisper in my ear
Whisper in the wind, I can hear you

You’re a whisper in the wind
A flicker in the light
Smile upon my cheek
When you kiss me goodnight

A whisper in the wind
A flicker in the light
Smile upon my cheek
When I kiss you goodnight

Sweet dreams, sweet dreams
As you lay beneath the trees
Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, sweet dreams

credits

from Sweet Dreams, track released January 29, 2021
Artwork - Barbara O’Meara
Cello – Hannah Victoria Thomas
Clarinet - Matt Dibble 
Guitar, Shruti & Vocals – Lewis Barfoot
Mastering - Pete Maher
Mixing and Recording – Giles Barrett
Percussion - Jonny Huddersfield Helm

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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.
'A Terrific Debut' -  FATEA ... more

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