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Blackbirds and Thrushes

from A Twelvemonth and a Day by Mark Automaton

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As I was a walking for my recreation
A-down by the gardens I silently stray'd
I heard a fair maid making great lamentation
"O Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid"

The blackbirds and thrushes sang in the green bushes
The wood-doves and larks seemed to mourn for this maid
And the song that she sang was concerning her lover
"O Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid"

Her cheeks blushed like roses, her arms full of posies
She strayed in the meadows and, weeping, she said
"My heart it is aching, my poor heart is breaking
For Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid"

When Jimmy returned with his heart full of yearning
He found his dear Nancy all dead in her grave
He cried "I'm forsaken, my poor heart is breaking
I wish that I never had left this fair maid!"

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from A Twelvemonth and a Day, released May 11, 2019

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Mark Automaton UK

Mark Automaton came to prominence as a founding member of the seminal “cassette culture” band the Instant Automatons, who were instrumental in spearheading the UK DIY music scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Since then, Mark has been active as a producer, musical collaborator and solo artist, releasing music under his own name and also as 391 and randomk/automata.
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