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Beacons in the Storm

by Pandy Corporation

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April Shower 04:12
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Ocean 04:17
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Storm 06:18
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Dusk 04:39
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Mirage 03:15
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Come all you young fellows that handle a gun Beware how you shoot when the night's coming on For young Jimmy met his true love, he mistook her for a swan And he shot her and killed her by the setting of the sun As Polly was walking, all in a shower of rain She sheltered in a green bush, her beauty to save With her apron throwed over her he mistook her for a swan And he shot her and killed her by the setting of the sun Then home ran young Jimmy with his dog and his gun Crying Uncle dear Uncle have you heard what I done? I met my own true love, I mistook her for a swan And I shot her and killed her by the setting of the sun Then out rushed his uncle with his locks hanging grey Crying Jimmy oh dear Jimmy don't you run away Don't leave your own country 'til the trial do come on For they never will hang you for the shooting of a swan All the girls of this country, they're all glad we know To see young Polly Vaughan brought down so low You could take them cruel girls and set them in a row And her beauty would outshine 'em like a fountain of snow Well the trial wore on, and Polly's ghost did appear Crying Uncle dear Uncle let Jimmy go clear For my apron was thrown 'round me, he mistook me for a swan And he never would have shot his own Polly Vaughan
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a ghost stirs, the heart made nervous by the possibility of it autumn sunshine cold earth, a glimpse of the incomprehensible beholder, beheld where do they end in the blue distance, or far closer? a flurry of dying leaves driven by the wind
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October Fire 03:31

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oak tree
lit by the sun

october fire
into which
a blue tit darts

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released June 2, 2014

All instruments played and recordings made by Benjamin Burns, apart from the following:
Ocean: Waves crashing against a pebble beach, recorded in Hastings by Phil Burns.
Storm: Banshee vocals meowed by my cat Salem.
Quasi Adagio (Derrysallagh Remix): A remix of 'Quasi Adagio' by Béla Bartok, from his collection of pieces For Children. Piano played by Géza Anda , 1954.
Polly Vaughan: This song is an old Irish song, sometimes called Molly Vaughan. Vocals were performed by the wonderful Sive. The harp is sampled from 'Dragonfly' by The Angels of Venice. And the Shakuhachi flute is sampled from 'Honshirabe' by Miyata Kohachiro. Big shout out to Tim Nairn for introducing me to some of the great folk music that inspired this version, including Anne Briggs take on the song. Watch the video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_x7y3g_Fgs
October Fire: Thank you to freesound user SoundIntervention for the excellent fire-crackling sample: www.freesound.org/people/SoundIntervention/sounds/113510/

Special thanks to Ben Bix and Damien at iH! for all their help and support, to Molly Burns for her brilliant cover design, to Sive for saving the day with her wonderful vocals, to Maryam & Patrick & Ben Bix for their work on the video for Polly Vaughan, to Gregory & Cristina for their help and feedback, to my parents for all their encouragement, and to Ivan for his help in organising the launch night for this album.
Love and thanks to all my friends and family.

Copyright © Pandy Corporation, 2014

(If you want to use my music to remix or sample, just ask)

Artwork by Molly Burns © 2014 Molly Burns
www.mollyburns.eu

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Pandy Corporation Ireland

Pandy Corporation come from Geevagh, a small village in County Sligo, but operate out of Dublin. They are made up of Benjamin Burns and his troupe of musical Pandas.

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