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Girl on The Dunes
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Girl on the Dunes Teresa Doyle
In 1723 a Basque woman and her teenager daughter came to an Acadian settlement on Prince Edward Island. The mother soon died leaving the young girl on her own. The Acadians attributed magical powers to the girl and, if the legend is true, she was convicted of witchcraft in Nov of 1723. I've written several songs about this story. One song is a co-write with Ron Hynes. At this point in the tale, her mother has just died and the girl is being visited by fisherman asking for favourable winds and other magical favours.
Cold river flowing, soft breezes blowing
Blackbirds fill the skies
Boats in the harbour, fisherman gather
The tide is on the rise.
Out on the beachhead, a young girl's camped out
Sailors flock to her door.
Send us fine weather, find us good shelter
See our boats safely to shore.
Chorus:
Like a dove in the distant sky
Out upon the dunes she cries.
Oh that sweet young girl
Cast upon a cruel world.
Lonely she wanders, silently ponders
The tragedy wrought by this place.
Who will protect her, offer her shelter
Wipe the tears from her face.
And when she goes walking, the town folks are talking
They say she has secrets untold.
Perhaps some strange powers, with herbs and with flowers
It's best they just leave her alone.
Chorus
Cold river flowing, soft breezes blowing
Blackbirds fill the skies
Boats in the harbour, fisherman gather
The tide is on the rise.
The tide is on the rise.
The tide is on the rise.
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Jimmy's Jig
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Gone Down River
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Maggie Lachlin's Last Storm Teresa Doyle 2010
Teresa credit's story teller Lorne Johnston for this incredible account of weather shaman Maggie Lachlin Gillis. Anyone who could predict big storms and save fisherman's' lives was both feared and revered in island communities. Lorne was a lobster fisherman and pilot for rum-running vessels during prohibition. He was in his teens when these events occurred in Clear Springs Harbour on the north side of Prince Edward Island.
Maggie Lachlin Gillis love her pipe.
She'd smoke it on the back porch of her place above the harbour
Drinking black tea and molasses from the Co-op in Bear River.
Long widowed and forgotten and alone.
When lobster season came she'd wander back down to the harbour
Trading stories at the cookhouse, reading tea leaves for young lovers.
Maggie Lachlin Gillis had the sight.
Like her Grandaddy before her she had the gift to read the water.
She could feel a storm a-comin,' give all the sailors warning.
Chorus:
She heard the birds cry, and the seas crash
And the winds roar, and the waves lash
And the cold seas, and the high tide
And the fierce wind from the cruel eye
Of the storm.
Maggie's Granddad foresaw the Yankee Gale.
A thousand sailors perished, but not a man in Clear Springs Harbour
Put an oar into the water, after Lachlin gave the warning.
He heard the birds cry, and the seas crash
And the winds roar, and the waves lash
And the cold seas, and the high tide
And the fierce wind from the cruel eye
Of the storm.
Harvest moon 1923.
Boats on blocks for winter, Maggie Lachlin had a vision
Saw all the boats in Clear Springs piled up at the bridge a good mile inland.
And folks said, “Maggie Lachlin's lost her mind.”
But when the gale roared up the Clear Springs Brook
It pushed every boat, and line and hook,
Piled them a mile from the shore, at the bridge, way up at the highway.
She heard the birds cry, and the seas crash
And the winds roar, and the waves lash
And the cold seas, and the high tide
And the fierce wind from the cruel eye......of the storm.
Jimmy's Jig Teresa Doyle 2012
My father loved fiddle music but never owned an instrument. He like to 'jig' fiddle tunes. This form of mouth music has all but disappeared. Dad would often trade tunes with local fiddlers around the kitchen table when I was growing up. Jimmy also loved a slow aire. He was passionate about farming and wanted to leave the land in better shape than he found it. This tribute to my father combines a bit of mouth music and a slow aire.
I like to get up in the morning
See the cows out on the hay
Watch the sun rise in the meadow
Welcome the gifts of the day.
I like to walk out in the evening
The kids and the dogs at my heels
Check on the cows in the meadow
Look over the crops in the fields.
At the end of the day I take pleasure
In all of the chores I have done
A fine piece of land is a treasure
I'm glad to call this one my own.
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A Chuachag Nam Beann
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Loka Samasta
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Lazy Holiday
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Un Destino Nuevo
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Song Road
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Song for Kate
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Caoineath Mhuire
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Teresa Doyle Prince Edward Island
Teresa Doyle is a folk/celtic/jazz/world singer from rural Prince Edward Island. Music from her 12 releases has garnered three ECMAs, two JUNO nominations and the 2007 Victor Martyn Lynch -Staunton Award given annually to one Canadian musician. She's toured in Canada, The U.S., Mexico, Europe and Japan. ... more
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