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The Snows They Melt The Soonest

from HOME by Lewis Barfoot

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about

This traditional folk song from the UK, written by Thomas Doubleday and first published in Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine in 1821 spoke to me of the barren landscape and harsh winter of my Grandmother’s life. I changed the gender of the song to give power to my Nan’s story and to reframe a traditional piece from the female perspective.

The album starts in the depths of winter and I wanted to crack the ice on some of the stories of my family in Cork. I collaborated with MaJiker in his London studio to create a vocal sonic winter landscape as a backdrop to this traditional folk song. My Nan, Bridget Colbert was sent to Our Lady’s Asylum in Cork, after birthing nine children. There was nothing wrong with her. Nobody seemingly intervened. In 1940’s Ireland the men had the power and the local priest and my grandad decided to lock my Nan away. I never met her.

lyrics

O the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
And the corn it ripens fastest when the frosts are setting in
And when my man he tells me that my face he'll soon forget
Before we part, I wage a crown, he's fain to follow't yet

O the snow it melts the soonest when the wind begins to sing
And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring
But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lad, an ye'll be free
For all your pride, to follow me, were't cross the stormy main

O the snows they melt the soonest when the wind begins to sing
And the bee that flew when summer shined, in winter cannot sting
I've seen a man’s anger melt between the night and morn
And it's surely not a harder thing to melt a man's scorn


O never say me farewell here, no farewell I'll receive
For you shall set me to the stile, and kiss and take your leave
But I'll stay here till the woodcock comes, and martlet takes her wing
Since the snow it melts the soonest, when the wind begins to sing

credits

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


Recorded in Cork
Cello, Guitar, Percussion and Violin recorded at Wavefield Recordings, Clonakility
Double Bass and Xylophone 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.
'A Terrific Debut' -  FATEA ... more

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