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a quiet house

by julie murphy

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    New songs by Julie Murphy, on voice and piano. Accompanied on harp and trombone by Ceri Owen Jones.

    The cover is a matt gatefold card CD, like an mini old fashioned LP. The first 300 are signed by Julie Murphy.

    "I think I can hear the musical DNA of Nico, Lal Waterson & PJ Harvey’s White Chalk in @juliemurphysong’s beautiful 2012 album A Quiet House. Anyway, whatever it is, I’m absolutely smitten."
    PETE PAPHIDES

    "Julie murphy is a towering talent, both in traditional music and as a singer-songwriter" Dafydd Goff, The Guardian

    "You'll be hard pressed to find anything more moving, plaintive or intuitive, from any era or genre" Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales

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the fountain 07:11
air full of dreaming, sky full of stars the sound of people laughing in cafes and in bars as i turned a corner i came into a square there were lovers all around me, lovers everywhere their eyes were for each other as the world around them turned they were lost to venus and the stars were falling stars were falling the water from the fountain annoints these dreaming lovers the wine is their communion as they keep the dawn from breaking as i look around me eloise is rising high above the rooftops in the arms of some sweet lover some sweet lover benedetto si al giorno, el mese, el lanno e'l stagionne, el tempo, el lora, el punto el bel pese de duo begli occhi che legato manno my ofynays i lywr lili doust thou love me tel me truly hithe ddywede hawdd y haddo amo te in corde meo le stelle stanno cadendo le stelle stanno cadendo
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you are flown from me but i am always with you you are flown from me but i am always with you along the ledge let me go you said and you were right i was holding on too tight you are flown from me but i am always with you you are flown from me but i am always with you it's time to go but even so i watch you fly in a long long goodbye and though it's hard to see you make mistakes i cannot be the one to heal your heart when it breaks the cat smothers the kitten who stays too long and the world is waiting for your song and the world is ready for your song your voice in your time your voice in your time
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the sugarspell fell over the people here's the door, here's the house, here's the steeple bow down bow down to money sweeter than honey we don't make things now but we can borrow have now, your children pay tomorrow and the bland rise in a land of paper fill in the form, fill in the form and come back later you say you come in peace you are a liar you watch your gold and silver climbing higher and another young boy dies to keep you in power you are deaf to his cries in your ivory tower and the sugarspell fell over the people here's the door, here's the house, here's the steeple we don't make things now but we can borrow have now, our children pay tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow but the fool is prince in a land of beauty the fool is prince in a land of love fool is prince in a land of beauty the small birds sing a child is king the small birds sing a child
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kathleen 04:00
it's plain to see the sun won't shine today i'm not in the mood for sunshine anyway think i'll go insane i have to stop the pain think i'll go down to see kathleen a swallow comes she tells me of her dreams says she'd like to know just what they mean feel like i could die as i see her flying by ride the northwind down to see kathleen moon hangs high above the oceans roar the stars have come to lead me to her door crystal across the sands the waves they take my hand soon i will see my sweet kathleen
6.
convoy 08:26
draw the blanket of ocean over the frozen face he lies, his eyes quarried by glittering fish staring through the green freezing sea glass at the northern lights he is now a child in the land of christmas watching amazed the white tumbling bears and the diving seal the iron wind clangs round the ice caps the five pointed dog-star burns over the silent sea and the three ships come sailing in sunday 29th april, 1945 left about 9.15 as part of a large convoy, sea flat and calm. about 9.30pm there was quite an explosion, didn't sound like a depth charge monday 30th april 1945 moderate weather, in the evening drank beer, rum, ate chocolates. talked of home and of people at home thurs 3 may 1945 a grey sky and sea. passed the day as usual. things naturally much better since the states. we now have beer, chocolate and sweets saturday 5th may 1945 mild sunshine and a cold wind. did a little dobie. played records. same old routine, sea and yet more sea - developed quite a roll late in the evening sunday 6th may 1945 heavy swell. ship rolling badly. pass time playing records and reading. war news is great wednesday 9th may 1945 came off watch at 4 a.m, found an unofficial party in the saloon. joined in and just managed to stay on my feet. the people at home are on their second days holiday
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essex song 06:59
through bushes and through briars i lately take my way all for to hear the small birds sing and the lambs to skip and play all for to hear the small birds sing and the lambs to skip and play i overheard my own true love his voice was loud and clear long time i have been waiting for the coming of my dear long time i have been waiting for the coming of my dear sometimes i am uneasy and troubled in my mind sometimes i think i will go to him and tell to him my mind sometimes i think i will go to him and tell to him my mind but if i should go to my love and my lover he'd say no if i show to him my boldness he'll never love me again if i show to him my boldness he'll never love me again an old world under my feet under my feet under my feet no sign of the sunday bell or the wishing well or the maids a milking meadows under my feet under my street under my street but where are the stable doors and the cobble floors and the anvil ringing? but they left no trace when they covered this place covered this place to make a new world then and to start again from the flames of london town
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about

'Julie Murphy is a towering talent, both in traditional music and as a singer-songwriter.'
Dafydd Goff The Guardian

'Plenty of love, death and beauty, those who like their music with a bit of edge and a lot of soul need to make its enriching acquaintance immediately.'
Colin Irwin froots

'You'll be hard pressed to find anything more moving, plaintive or intuitive, from any era or genre.'
Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales

'Murphy’s exquisite vocals bring a depth of emotion to the material that few other singers could approach. Murphy’s finest work to date.'
Dave Haslam R2 magazine

" I think I can hear the musical DNA of Nico, Lal Waterson & PJ Harvey’s White Chalk in @juliemurphysong’s beautiful 2012 album A Quiet House. Anyway, whatever it is, I’m absolutely smitten."
PETE PAPHIDES

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released May 1, 2012

julie murphy : voice and piano
ceri owen jones : trombone and harp
recorded, mixed and mastered by jens schroeder
produced by julie murphy ( at home in wales )

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julie murphy Swansea, UK

Julie Murphy is a singer songwriter and member of Welsh folk innovators fernhill. She writes songs at the piano at home in the Welsh countryside. Her fourth solo album 'Every bird that flies' is available now

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