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The Coronation of the Herring Queen (Ether)

from Meadowsilver by Meadowsilver

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The Ether mix of the track previously released as a single. A psych folk tribute to the Herring Queen ceremony.
“Once a year (and for the last hundred years) the Scottish coastal town of Eyemouth chooses a local to be that year's Herring Queen. Arriving by ship into the harbour, she is met by her maids in waiting and reigns until the next again summer. A festival to bind the town's inhabitants together, this ritual also inhabits similar folkloric territory with harvest fortune and fertility rites such as South Queensferry's 'The Burryman' and the May Queen tradition found throughout the UK.” - Grey Malkin.

lyrics

Come sing
Come sow
Come and be
Come with masks
Come and dance
Offer unto the sea
Come kneel
The coronation of the herring queen
Come praise
Come raise
The sails again
Come by chance
But by night
Be gone my friend
Come kneel
At the crowning of the herring queen
Come run
Come the moon
Come the hare
Once were queen
Now a maid
At the harbour fair
Come kneel
At the crowning of the herring queen

credits

from Meadowsilver, released November 29, 2019
Words and music by Grey Malkin with additional material from Gayle Brogan.
Grey Malkin: Drums, Synths, Ebow Guitar.
Gayle Brogan: Vocals.
Stephen Stannard: Bass, Electric Guitars, Orchestral and exotic strings wrangling, Analogue Synths.
Produced and Mixed by Stephen Stannard.

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Pefkin Sheffield, UK

Pefkin is the alter ego of Gayle Brogan, creator of slowly-unfolding, ritualistic hymnals that draw heavily on the landscape and natural world.
She is also a member of Burd Ellen, Greenshank and Meadowsilver.

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