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Flash of Blue EP

by Faradena Afifi

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Kingfisher 04:33
“Kingfisher” - Faradena Afifi 2021 Air so cold, it dampens the skin Flooded banks, reeds bend in the water Silence cloaks the trees In the misted sky, a cry pierces the scene And a kingfisher vanishes in a flash of blue And a kingfisher vanishes in a flash of blue A crow sits on a frozen branch Silver dusts mud below Snowflakes drifting over dark water In a pale sky, a cry pierces the scene And a kingfisher vanishes in a flash of blue And a kingfisher vanishes in a flash of blue In a flash of blue, flash of blue Sun is so hot, the ground it shimmers Whispering reeds, by a teeming river Light glitters on tumbling wings Life flows while the river sings Take my hand, together we’ll fly Above the trees over the river Take my hand Because life vanishes in a flash of blue Because life vanishes in a flash of blue In flash of blue, flash of blue
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Scarborough Fair Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Remember me to the one who lives there She once was a true lover of mine Tell her to make me a Cambric shirt Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Without any seams or needlework Then she’ll be a true love of mine Tell her to wash it in yonder well Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Which never drew water nor rain ever fell Then she’ll be a true love of mine Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Which never bore blossom since Adam was born Then she’ll be a true love of mine Now he has asked me questions three Parsley sage rosemary and thyme I hope he will answer as many for me Fore he’ll be a true love of mine Tell him to buy me an acre of land Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Between the salt water and the sea sand Then he’ll be a true lover of mine Tell him to plough it with a ram’s horn Parsley sage rosemary and thyme And sew it all over with one pepper corn Then he’ll be a true love of mine Tell him to shear it with a sickle of leather Parsley sage rosemary and thyme And bound it all up with a pea cocks feather Then he’ll be a true love of mine When he has done and finished his work Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Tell him to come, and he’ll have his shirt Then he’ll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley sage rosemary and thyme Remember me to the one who lives there She once was a true lover of mine She once was a true lover of mine She once was a true lover of mine Lover, lover, lover, lover
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A young maid was a walking down on the sea strand And spied a drowned sailor lain dead on the ground And as she drew near him, it made her to a stand For she saw it was her true love by the marks on his hand. As he was a sailing the ocean so brave, the ship it was wrecked by the wind and the waves the storm was a raging and the billows loud did roar which tossed this poor sailor all on the sea shore She put her arms around him and cried “oh my dear” she wept and she kissed him ten thousand time o’er and I am contented to lie by your side and in a few moments this lover she died In yonder green churchyard this couple was laid and a stone for remembrance was put on their grave oh, my joys are all ended and my pleasures are fled and this grave that we lie in is our married bed
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The Last Call It’s your last call, the very last call If we have something, or nothing at all On the crest of a wave, or swept up on the beach Like driftwood on the sand Will we still fly? Through misty skies Into the blue, a welcoming light So, should I stay? or simply walk away? With tears falling on the sand My arms feel so at home around you When we embrace, there is love And when I see into those soft brown eyes Like a bird, my heart flies Do you love me, as I love you? Together, forever, or finally through? In older years, will you still be here? With our footprints on the sand
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Bruton Town 03:48
In Bruton Town, there lived a noble, he had two sons and a daughter fair By night and day, they were contrivin' to fill their sister's heart with care One night, one night of restless slumber, one brother rose from his bed He heard the servant court their sister, heard they had a mind to wed He early rose the very next morning, a- hunting through the woods to go And there he did this young man a-murder, in the bramble briar his body thrown Oh brothers, brothers, why do you whisper? and what's become of the serving man? We lost him when we been a-hunting, lost him where he'll ne'er be found! She went to bed crying and lamenting, weeping for her own true love And as she slept, she dreamed that she saw him, covered over with gore and blood She early rose the very next morning, she searched the woods and the country round Until she found her own dear jewel, in the bramble briar his body thrown Three days, three nights, she did stay by him, kissed his eyes that could not see to keep him from the heat of the sunshine, covered him with green leaves from off the tree Three days three nights she did stay by him, thought her heart would break with woe 'til a cruel hunger came upon her and in despair to her home did go Oh sister, sister why do you whisper? won't you tell us where you have been? Stand off! stand off! you bloody butchers! my love and I, you both have slain! In Bruton town, there lived a noble

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debut folk EP by Faradena Afifi, Clunk and Rattle Records 2023

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released May 24, 2023

Recorded by Adrian Hare at Three Circles Studio, Saffron Walden, May 2023. Produced by Steve Beresford. Dedicated to the memory of Dominic Mulvey. With thanks to Dominic Mulvey and family, Geraldine Afifi, Frishta Afifi, Christian Raphael, Vicky Raphael, Maggie Nicols, Marion and Andy Treby, Banjo Nick, Nick Penny, Eleanor Gibson, Mark Gamon, Martin Kaszak, Jeremy Harmer, Chris Walls and family, Calvin Monk and family, Anette Grinstead and family, Cath Coombs, Mike Tabrett, Leanne Holroyd, Eva Koskuba, Sue Ferrar, Raymond MacDonald, Steve Tilston, Anna Bass, Ray Taylor, Penny McLaren Walker, Bryan Causton, Les Ray, Deirdre Murphy, Tony and Brenda Philips, Dawn Berg, Amelia Hogan, Bev Praver, Keith Jordan, STORM, Steve Beresford, The Noisy Women, The Lockdown Folkies, everyone at GIO and LIO, all the online improvisers and all of my T'ai Chi friends

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Faradena Afifi Cambridge, UK

Faradena is a British /Afghan community musician and T'ai Chi practitioner, who plays strings, piano, found objects, percussion, sings and moves. Folk and improvised music.

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