Recorded by Owain Fleetwood Jenkins at StudiOwz, in the afternoon April 12th, 2017. Take 4: Lead vocals and tenor guitar. We added the autoharp and backing vocals the day after.
lyrics
Come walk with me, my sweetest one
A sight for you to see
I’ll show you where the blackbird nests
She sleeps in the hanging tree
Sleeps in the hanging tree
Sleeps in the hanging tree
I’ll show you where the blackbird nests
She sleeps in the hanging tree
Come take my hand, my sweetest one
And lean right close to me
Would you dare to kiss a stranger here
Under the hanging tree
Under the hanging tree
Under the hanging tree
Would you dare to kiss a stranger here
Under the hanging tree
I leaned into his open arms
Like into an open door
I saw his eyes with the strangest glow
Then I saw no more
Under the hanging tree
Under the hanging tree
I saw his eyes with the strangest glow
Under the hanging tree
The blackbird sings a weary song
She sings so mournfully
My bones shall lay ‘til Kingdom come
Under the hanging tree
Under the hanging tree
Under the hanging tree
My bones shall lay ‘til Kingdom come
Under the hanging tree
credits
from Decades of Silence,
released November 1, 2017
Tale: autoharp and lead vocals
Erlend: tenor guitar
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