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Waters Rising

from The Springbank Voyage by Barry Nisbet

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lyrics

A canvas shroud sinks, links of chain weighted
Winks, descends the deepest blue
The wind like lover’s breath, death-stilled
As wraith of white slips from view

I smelled the burning water, I breathed the aching air,
I felt the thirsting tide engulfing all I ever cared for

Tropic bird flies, cries, echoes stark on blue
To horizons brittle and beyond
And every tongue, dumb through utter drought
Sun’s harsh consuming song

I smelled the burning water, I breathed the aching air
I felt the thirsting tide engulfing all I ever cared for
I saw the sail fleets wither, tattered canvas, rusting hulls
I saw the ditches dug, the world stripped of all light and colour

I smelled the burning water, I breathed the aching air
I felt the thirsting tide engulfing all I ever cared for
I saw the forests toppled, I heard the glaciers fall
I felt the deserts spread, engulfing all engulfing all

credits

from The Springbank Voyage, released August 12, 2022
Music and lyrics by Barry Nisbet 2022
Recording: Robin Wynn Evans at Tpot Studio
Mixing: Adam Sinclair
Mastering: Andrew Tulloch

Helen Nisbet reads from ‘The Book of Common Prayer’
Alice Jamieson reads detail from the Agreement and Account of Crew, Springbank, 1908-1910

Barry Nisbet – vocals, guitar
Miriam Iorwerth – marimba
Eilidh Grant - vocals
Stephen Jack – bass
Pepita Emmerichs - mandolin
Ade Dacre - drums
Theo Barnard – guitar
Ellen Gira – cello
Sample – Ship’s bell, Tallship Glenlee

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Barry Nisbet Scotland, UK

A skilled guitarist, fiddler and songwriter, Shetlander Barry Nisbet is inspired by stories, both historical and contemporary. Performing in dialect and English, his songs give a sensitive, occasionally humorous take on past and contemporary events.
As likely to be seen at the wheel of a tall ship as on a festival stage, Barry runs the 'Sessions and Sail' musical sailing voyages.
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