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Sailor's Wife

from Sowing Acorns by Emma Langford

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    Track List:

    1. Birdsong
    Choir: Niamh Farrell, Sadbh Ní Shúilleabháin, Cari Q, Jess Leen, Ruth Smith, Alma Kelliher

    2. Sailor's Wife

    3. He Came From the Sea

    4. The Winding Way Down to Kells Bay

    5. Port Na nPúcaí - Alec Brown

    6. Sowing Acorns (feat. Vanessa Ifediora)

    7. Mariana

    8. Song For My Younger Self

    9. Ready O

    10. Goodbye Hawaii

    11. Demon Darling

    12. Free To Fall

    13. You Are Not Mine (AKA This Song Isn't About You, You Lying Bollix)

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lyrics

Well I put my life on hold waiting ‘round for you
And now you sail the seven seas and what am I to do?
And do you think of me out there, and are you coming home?
Or did you pack a single care in setting out alone

So you built a boat, a sturdy one, from anything you found
And you pushed off from familiar shores to find unchartered ground
But the waters that you sail upon might tear you limb from limb
So Gods bless the boat you built yourself and all who sail within

Now you’re drifting, Ooh
Drifting...

Well I think about from time to time building myself a boat
And setting out to find you boy, we’d be two ships afloat,
And I think of you there bobbin’ like a cork upon the sea
Oh are you dead or livin’ boy, won’t you come on back to me?
Drift on back to me, come on home to me, drift on back to me

Now you’re drifting, Ooh.
Drifting, Ooh
Drifting
Now you’re drifting, Ooh, Ooh…

credits

from Sowing Acorns, released September 18, 2020
Guitar & Vocals: Emma Langford
Violins: Maria Ryan & Lucia MacPartlin
Cello: Alec Brown
Keys: Graham Murphy
Drums: Ray Yrure
Bass: Peter Hanagan

Production: Graham Murphy & Chris O'Brien

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Emma Langford Limerick, Ireland

Emma is a Limerick-based songwriter with strong folk, traditional influences that shine through her work

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