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London Fields

by Grog

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The idea for Grog came out of a passing conversation with Colum Petit, a virtuoso folk violinist who was working in Sant Boi a few years back. After one of his gigs we started talking about doing a concert of traditional and modern sailor songs. In the end he wasn't in on the birth of the group, but the concert happened.

Here's a track recorded with him in 2009 at Jordi Colomer's studio in El Masnou. It's called London Fields and stylistically it's the forerunner of Grog. Hope you like it.

lyrics

London Fields

I went walking in London Fields / and Death walked by my side
He said I am stronger than any man / no matter what his pride
When I asked him why his hand fell that day / answer he gave me none
There was nothing left but to fly away / for now the deed was done

I went walking in London Fields / and Life she spoke to me
And she said how sweet it was to live / and walk so fine and free
But there’s no going back from the other side / no matter who you are
There was nothing left but to follow the tide / now that you had gone that far

I went walking in London Fields / and Death walked by my side
Saying no one chooses their time to die / and there’s no place they can hide
When my hand it falls then your time has come / and all must me obey
I left him there with tears in my eyes / and I went on my way

I went walking in London Fields / and Life she spoke to me
Saying I am the queen of all our dreams / without me nothing can be
Death is my shadow, that much is true / the price that we must pay
So while you have your time on you / make sure you live your way

I went walking in London Fields / and I walked on my own
With no god who watches our life on earth / we’re free to act alone
In the end there’s only ourselves who’ll judge / how well or not we’ve lived
When you’re gone it’s true you get the love / that you’ve seen fit to give

I went walking in London Fields / and watched the children play
It was life that gave my brother to me / and death took him that day
When he went the people he loved were left / to suffer and cry in pain
But his passing gave us a greater gift / because it’s love that still remains

credits

released February 28, 2009
words and music: Steve Roberts
Steve Roberts: guitar and voices
Colum Petit: violin
Recorded by Jordi Colomer
Arrangement by Steve Roberts and Jordi Colomer
Photo by Alex Fernandez

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