http:\/\/www.fosca.com\/Scarlets-Well-Big-Dipper-On-The-Spearmans-Floor.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\nLike the previous mp3, it’s taken from the album The Dream Spider Of The Laughing Horse, released on May 3rd on Siesta Records.<\/p>\n
In the current issue of Q Magazine, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex suggests a track listing for the ideal Art-Rock CD compilation. He includes The Monochrome Set’s “He’s Frank”, written by Bid circa 1978, and played by me at the club Stay Beautiful when I DJ’d there. From the same songwriter twenty-six years on, “Big Dipper…” may not be Rock enough for some, but it’s definitely Art. And I know what I like. <\/p>\n
More info: http:\/\/www.scarletswell.co.uk\/<\/p>\n
Big Dipper On The Spearman’s Floor<\/b><\/p>\n
Can you see the Dipper, the twinkle of the Dipper
\nLook up to the ceiling of the vasty deep
\nIt points the way to where we’ll find our sleep
\nIf you hear a fiddle, the scraping of a fiddle
\nComing from the hull of a passing yawl
\nIt’s just a jolly, praying for us all<\/p>\n
I hear my love a-singing far away
\nCalling me back to my door
\nAnd till I tread my earth
\nI’ll march the Spearman’s floor<\/p>\n
Don’t be caught a-slacking, talking to the mermaids
\nDon’t be making sports for the rays to play
\nYou’ll fall behind and surely lose your way
\nYou may meet a mako, lurking in the darkness
\nHe may ask to join you for a little while
\nDon’t answer, lest you want to see him smile<\/p>\n
I hear my love a-singing far away
\nCalling me back to my door
\nAnd till I tread my earth
\nI’ll march the Spearman’s floor<\/p>\n
Can you see the fishes, the spangle of the fishes
\nCasting inky shadows across our heads
\nThey point the way to where we’ll find our beds
\nIf you hear a tinkle, a merry little tinkle
\nComing from the deck of a sunken sloop
\nIt’s just the verger, counting out his loot<\/p>\n
I hear my love a-singing far away
\nCalling me back to my door
\nAnd till I tread my earth
\nI’ll march the Spearman’s floor<\/p>\n
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Hit rather heavily by a bout of flu, I find myself confined indoors for most of this week, and have to give any clubs a miss for the time being. Which includes Kash Point tonight, much to my chagrin. Snuffling and coughing, I remember that it’s time to set the world to rights with another […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickonedwards.com\/diary\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}