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The Unthanks - The Flight Of The Curlew

from Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds by Various Artists

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‘The Flight of The Curlew’ was written in 1966 by Graeme Miles, a prolific English songwriter who wrote hundreds of folk songs about Teeside and the North Yorkshire Moors. His songs describe and embody both the industrial and natural worlds of his home region. The Unthanks have long been inspired by Graeme’s songs, and they were particularly attracted to his little-known haunting song of the curlew, with its stately atmosphere of space, freedom and loneliness. The band’s re-imagining of Miles’ song attempts to capture the sparse wilderness of the marsh, and the dusk flight of the curlew.

lyrics

Lyrics

The curlew flies the skies alone
She goes wherever she’s inclined
Over stubbled field and heathered hill
In search of what there is to find.
She plays her flute across the marsh
Her plaintive sounds draw near then fade
A straight and even course she steers
Towards the creek to feed and wade.
She whistles her notes across the dunes
The rising moon shines in her eye
In the greyness of the dusk she calls
The couch-grass whispers in reply.
She pipes her tune across the moor
The wind blows soft in harmony
Into the gathering night she wings
She is alone and she is free.

credits

from Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, track released April 22, 2022
Composed by Graeme Miles
Arranged by The Unthanks
Performed by Rachel and Becky Unthank (vocals), Adrian McNally (piano)

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Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds’ is an album project for curlews, created by Merlyn Driver in partnership with the RSPB. Proceeds directly support the RSPB’s Curlew Recovery Programme


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