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NIGHTSONG - The Spell

from Stray Tales (Album) by Jo Beth Young

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Part of the NIGHTSONG album 'The Peasants' Revolt' with John Reed and Ali Karim

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One of Jo’s ancestors, Issobel Young, suffered death by strangulation and burning after her husband accused her of "attempting to kill him with magic after quarrelling about an unsavoury house guest." Interestingly, this nugget of information was discovered only after Jo had written this song. Sometimes past spirits seem to beckon their descendants to reveal their stories.
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The Spell

Before the Essenes, there were we.
The gift came down from my Mother to me.
A guardian I was of sound
To sing the Earth into the clouds.

Who will hold you when you sleep?
In the vale of death, your heart to keep?
Who will mend the ills you fall?
The healing balm remembers all.

I could make my throat, like a butterfly.
I could pierce the heart like an arrow in flame.
I’m earth and wind and fire and rain.

Yeah they were afraid of the folk like me
A witch they said would burn at sea
They were afraid of the folk like me

But the sea is my mother
and she will carry me
from one life to another

I keep coming back

(The healers, the seers, the handlers of truth)

©️ Copyright NIGHTSONG 2020. All rights reserved.
Lyrics © Jo Beth Young 2020
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from The Peasants' Revolt, released December 21, 2020
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from Stray Tales (Album), released November 17, 2022
Written and Performed by Jo Beth Young
John Reed and Ali Karim (NIGHTSONG)

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Jo Beth Young England, UK

"Deeply moving and soulful"
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"Exquisite"
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"This is an absolutely beautiful, spellbinding and mesmerising record. ..heartbreakingly beautiful.
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"Pure artistry... one of the most innovative folk artists of recent years...
this is a work that others will be desperately trying to emulate for many years to come. "
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