Hares On The Mountain
This is the first Radie Peat song I encountered, here with Daragh Lynch, both of Lankum.
It’s a version of Shirley Collins song of the same name, but it’s much much older. It’s an old folk roots song of Irish-English origin, with three complete cycles of verses. The second cycle is overtly sexual, the “knife in the window” cycle, referring a knife in the window used by the incompetent man to undo the knots of his lovers underthings. The third cycle— a baby. I guess a passion play of sorts. It’s unclear where some of these cycles originated. Irish-English roots, or American roots adaptations…
The first cycle was the extent of Shirley Collins classic. Gladly I’d say as they are the most poetic with the references to animals, nature. In some sense shamanic as men are transformed into creatures that are pursued by young women. I fell in love with Radie Peat’s drone, which I think adds a dignity and poetry to really just a bawdy folk song.
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It’s a version of Shirley Collins song of the same name, but it’s much much older. It’s an old folk roots song of Irish-English origin, with three complete cycles of verses. The second cycle is overtly sexual, the “knife in the window” cycle, referring a knife in the window used by the incompetent man to undo the knots of his lovers underthings. The third cycle— a baby. I guess a passion play of sorts. It’s unclear where some of these cycles originated. Irish-English roots, or American roots adaptations…
The first cycle was the extent of Shirley Collins classic. Gladly I’d say as they are the most poetic with the references to animals, nature. In some sense shamanic as men are transformed into creatures that are pursued by young women. I fell in love with Radie Peat’s drone, which I think adds a dignity and poetry to really just a bawdy folk song.
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