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The Fox

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”.

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

lyrics

The fox went out on a cold cold night
Prayed to the moon to give him light
He'd many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o
He’d many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o

He ran till he came to a great big pen
Where ducks ’n geese were kept therein
A couple of you gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o
Said a couple of you gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o

He grabbed the grey goose by the neck
Threw a duck across his back
He didn't mind their quack, quack, quack
And the legs all dangling down-o, down-o, down-o
He didn't mind their quack, quack, quack
And legs all dangling down-o

Old Mother Flipper-Flopper jumped out of bed
Out of the window she stuck her head
Crying, "John, John! grey goose is gone
The fox is down on the town-o, town-o, town-o!”
Crying, "John, John, grey goose is gone
Fox is down on the town-o!”

John he ran to the top of the hill
To blow his horn both loud and shrill
Fox said "better flee with my kill
They'll soon be on my trail-o, trail-o, trail-o."
Fox said "better flee with my kill
They'll soon be on my trail-o”

He ran till he came to his cozy den
There were his little ones eight, nine, ten
Crying, “Daddy, daddy better go back again
It must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o!"
Crying, “Daddy, daddy better go back again,
It must be a mighty fine town-o”

Then the fox and the wife without any strife
Cut up the goose with a fork and knife
They never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o
They never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o

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from Sweet Dreams, track released January 29, 2021
Guitar & Vocals – Lewis Barfoot
Percussion - Giles Barrett & Lewis

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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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