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The Cart

from Moorscape - Album by John Reed

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THE CART tells the story of another journeyman, taking a cart full of boulders for construction from quarry to their destination. He is someone the Drover would have encountered on his travels, and could be the ‘passer by’ who finds his body on the moor in THE FARTHEST POINT. The Carter’s journey is along uneven tracks, and the vibrancy of the music depicts a feeling of panic that the cart can at any time go out of control.

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THE CART

Heard across the valley,
Echoes through the town
The rattle of his wheel rims
Drown the belfry down

Old grey mare with iron shoes
Blinkered in her view
Sixteen hands in quiet cruise
With her mullen bit to chew

Beside the brook and through the dell
Down the scarp, and up the hill
Through the ford and swollen ghyll
To take his load up to the mill

Crushing weight on every spoke
From heavy blocks of stone
Held by rein and wooden brake
As the grey mare drives along

Beside the brook and through the dell
Down the scarp, and up the hill
Through the ford and swollen ghyll
To take his load up to the mill

INSTRUMENTAL

Beside the brook and through the dell
Down the scarp, and up the hill
Through the ford and swollen ghyll
To take his load up to the mill

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from Moorscape - Album, track released April 4, 2016
JOHN REED: Cittern, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
KIERAN HEANEY: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar
HEYGAMAL: Production

© Lyrics and music to all songs copyright John Reed 2016. All Rights Reserved

All recordings © and ℗ ND4PRM 2016

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John Reed Berwick Upon Tweed, UK

John is a Blackpool born singer-songwriter and radio show host whose songs cover themes of social injustice, environment, politics, love, & life

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