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A retelling of a classic folk song, but edgier

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There’s a hole in my bucket dear liza
Through which all I put in drains away
To have no bucket dear would be wiser
And we’d still end with nothing each day

And the trip to the well’s always fruitless
for it’s ten long miles under the sun
and you say I should fix it dear liza
But with shat should I fix it dear one?

We’ve no coal for the fire up the forge with
for the winter was dark long and cold
We’ve no metal to patch up the hole with
All of value we had has been sold
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Then mend it with straw my dear Henry
We must make do and mend as we can
If the straw is too long you must cut it
with the knife that you hold in your hand
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But my knife has no edge dear Liza
And I can’t stop the hole with mere straw
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Then sharpen your knife dear henry
For we must keep the wolf from the door
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And how shall I sharpen my knife dear?
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With the whetstone as well you should know
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But the stone must be whetted with water
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Then to fetch it my dear you must go
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There’s a hole in my bucket dear liza
Through which all I put in drains away
To have no bucket dear would be wiser
And we’d still end with nothing each day

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from The Haberdasher's Voyage, released January 3, 2021
Written & produced by Fergus McKay
Vocal, guitar, trumpets, keyboards: Fergus McKay
Vocal: Kim Oldenburger
Bass: Gaia Miato
Backing vocals: Angie Diomede
Banjo:Daniel Wall
Violin: John Davidson

Drums: Antoine Gaudé

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Fergus McKay and Nothing Concrete Toulouse, France

In the shadows of the Pyrenees in Southern France, resides a collective which has purposefully chosen this remote locale from which to strike out in all directions with their extraordinary music.

An acoustic-led combination of folk, swing jazz and a bluesy country cabaret polka which is quite unlike anything else, embracing the ancient art of storytelling through song. ... more

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