A Violet Plucked From Mother's Grave

by Cornish Wreckers

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A TRACK FROM MY PROJECT "Cornish Wreckers".
Find the complete album and a complete list of all the contributing musicians on Bandcamp here cornishwreckers.bandcamp.com/releases

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"A Violet Plucked From Mother's Grave" is a thorough rewrite of the 1880's music hall hit. Mary Jane Kelly was heard singing it at her Spitalfields digs, round midnight, shortly before being silenced by Jack The Ripper. She liked the song. Can we know anything about her from the things that she may have left behind? The idea of a song rendered by her voice . . . ?

lyrics

Scenes from my childhood
Arise before my gaze
In the meadow
Where I would lay

Father and Mother
Have passed away
Sister and Brother
Lie beneath the clay


CHORUS
But while life does remain
To cheer me I'll retain
A small violet that I
Plucked from Mother's grave


I remember
My dear old Mother's smile
When I was still
The apple of her eye

And how Father would sit
When the sun had died
To read aloud
To us children for awhile

CHORUS
CHORUS

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released January 7, 2020
from the album "Lurid Tales Of Wrecking And Repose", released July 8, 2019 by Cornish Wreckers
vox, piano and guitar treatments - Tony Millman
Lead guitar, synth bells and field bells - Michael Plater
Chorus vox - Andrea Millman
Written by Tony

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Tony Millman Melbourne, Australia

Interviews, gigs, etc www.tonymillman.com + bands: Cornish Wreckers cornishwreckers.bandcamp.com , Joint Hoppers, Plutotonic, The Embers Of Gospel, Bonnie And Clyde, Budd Street, Stone Island, Northern Lighthouse Board, MELT, Paul Bearer And The Coffin Makers. ... more

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