Back From Hope

from Feather by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin

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My friend Carrie, researching in a radio archive, reminded me of the Radio Ballads. I spent the evening listening to the Ballad of John Axom, and in the midst of that tragic story, the voice of John Axom's wife caught my ear. Reminiscing about her happy marriage, she talked about how they walked and danced together, and she said, "Wherever we hiked, we would always come back from Hope". It seemed like a gift to a songwriter...

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Wherever we hiked
And the hills in their glory sang their songs
Or we lay upon the silent mountain
When we found our rest in walking all the day
And our feet trod our story on the paths
Wherever we hiked

Wherever we hiked
I've seen the storms come in
The glimmer of a distant skyline
Been wet through to my skin
Been wind-drenched and sun-dried
And we would always come back from Hope

On Sundays, we'd take the Iron Way
Leave the city for the moorlands
And you'd show me how the spine of England rose
Just as the sun rambled in a Pennine sky
Wherever we hiked

Now you're gone, and it's a distance that I cannot cross
And the Peaks they give no answers
And I know that we were not the first or last
But we were walkers, we were dancers
And we hiked...

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from Feather, released May 17, 2019
H. Martin

Phil - vocals, guitar, stomp box
Hannah - vocals, fiddle

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Edgelarks fly in on the tailwind of BBC award winning duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin. Combining soulful original songwriting with deep folk roots and influences as diverse as Indian classical and American blues, this duo produce a sound like no other. ... more

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