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Purple Heather

from Birds by M Stevens & The Ghasts

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Purple Heather

She wore shawl of eventide
She went searching for her mother’s home
Crossing fields and rivers wide
Where the rugged wether sheep do roam
And she did go to where the sowers sow
And by the valley-o, where purple heather grows
Where she did see the ancient green-eyed goat
There in the mist a-glow where purple heather grows

He wore sadness on his sleeve
He had memories of her silken face
When he went walking in the reeds
And did not feel the lake above his waist
And he did find his way by green meadow
And black-eyed hooded crow where purple heather grows
For he would hold her satin hand you know
And they would stand, you know, where purple heather grows

Now I must walk into the light
I must not remember yesteryear
And I must lose my where and why
I must let these question fester here
For I must go to where the sowers sow
And then forever go where purple heather grows
Where I will hold your withered hand, you know
And we will stand, you know where purple heather grows

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from Birds, released November 12, 2022
Written by Michael Stevens

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M Stevens & The Ghasts Dublin, Ireland

You may know M Stevens as Mike, that speccy guy from a string of Irish alt folk & indie pop bands like Settler, Groom, Lie Ins and Skelocrats. Or as co-founder of celebrated indie collective Popical Island.

M's band The Ghasts are Mark Jordan, Hugh McCabe, Ciaran Canavan, Donagh O'Brien and sometimes Norah and Anna Stevens and Sadhbh McCabe. ... more

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