The Village Bell (2021 version with Kris Drever)

from The Language of Love (Boo Hewerdine) + The Village Bell (2021 version - Boo Hewerdine with Kris Drever) by Boo Hewerdine

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The Village Bell

I wrote this song with Kris Drever for the Ballads Of Child Migration project. Orphans were sent all over the "Empire" during the War. At the Fairbridge orphanage in Western Australia they were woken at 6AM every morning by the "village bell", New sounds and homesickness.

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The Village Bell

At 6 AM when we would rise
Every day the same clear skies
The only way that time went by
Was the sound of the village bell
And in the fields beneath our feet
The dust was dry the Sun would beat
Would wake we’d eat we’d dream we’d sleep
To the sound of the village bell
And crickets don’t sing like the North Sea
Hissing through the shingle on a beach
And mockingbirds don’t call that thrushes
Used to call the morning back to me
Back to me
To know that you are on your own
To know that you will not go home
To say goodbye to all you’ve known
Is that sound of the village bell
And crickets don’t sing like the North Sea
Hissing through the shingle on a beach
And mockingbirds don’t call that thrushes
Used to call the morning back to me
Back to me
No I don’t want to talk too much anymore
About everything that went before
Cos each time you come to my door
I hear the sound of the village bell

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from The Language of Love (Boo Hewerdine) + The Village Bell (2021 version - Boo Hewerdine with Kris Drever), released February 14, 2021

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A master in the art of songwriting, Boo Hewerdine (The Bible) reached his 60th year in the creative form of his life. Producing and collaborating with young artists, taking musical risks and focussing on the minute details of life through new songs.

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