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Peat Fire Flame (Traditional​/​Macleod)

from The Salt Box EP by Michael Bentley

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I must have heard this song in my childhood because it has always had a peculiar familiarity for me. In addition to being a great song, Pear Fire Flame is also a Scottish Country Dance and dance tune, and may have older origins as a pipe tune, as suggested by the notes on the music (from Kennedy-Fraser), "Words...to a tune played on the chanter by Malcolm Johnston."

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Far away and o'er the moor,
Morar waits for a boat that saileth
Far away, down lowland way,
I dream the dream I learned, lad

By the light of the peat fire flame, light for love, for lilt o grail deeds
By the light of the peat fire flame, the light the hill-folk yearn for

Far away, down lowland way,
grim's the toil, without tune or dream, lad,
All you need's a creel and love
for the dream the heart can weave, lad,

By the light of the peat fire flame, light for love, for lilt, for laughter
By the light of the peat fire flame, the light the hill-folk yearn for

Far away the tramp and tread,
tune and laughter of all the heroes
Pulls me onward o'er the trail
of the dream my heart may weave, lad

By the light of the peat fire flame, light for love, for lilt o grail deeds
By the light of the peat fire flame, the light the hill-folk yearn for

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from The Salt Box EP, released September 17, 2023

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The Foundry was begun, originally, as an outlet for Michael Bentley's chapbooks in the mid-80s. It grew to include audio releases in the mid-90s, and now serves as an umbrella for artistic ventures from Bentley and his collaborators.

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