Song insprired by 8 year old Camille's writings about what's happening to our world.

Camille

Dedicated to Nick Drake. 
Lyrics on Video for banned hut
https://youtu.be/KYunxeRiB78

Echoes Of The Fruit Tree

This song is about Blewbury (Oxfordshire UK) and loosely based on a document found there 40 years ago. It was an oath of allegiance to Cromwell by a guy called John Fuller. However it has been documented that after the 2nd Battle of Newbury (English Civil War 1644) that Royalists came to Blewbury  (Hall Barn specifically) while retreating back to Oxford (the King's stronghold)....King Charles had scarpered to Bath after the battle to get more troops. Shortly after the Cavaliers had left the Roundheads arrived in pursuit.....missing each other by minutes! 

Probably twisting reality a bit but it may be that John made a bit of money from both sides in the war .

John Fuller's Purse

Lamenting Blewbury guitar group's 2014  Blewfest sing along.

Fest Lament

Photo: Charlotte Orr ( http://www.facebook.com/charlotteorrphotography )

When

Orson's Jaunt

Lady Dudley (1560)
Cumnor Place is one of the most haunted places in Oxfordshire. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of Amy Robsart, who was the wife of Robert Dudley – a man best known for having a passionate affair with Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1560, Amy Robsart passed away at Cumnor Place under some fairly mysterious circumstances. It is a popular theory that she was murdered in order to free her husband up to be with the Queen, although the death was staged as an accident. This theory has gained some credibility given that Amy’s ghost is sighted on the stairs where she broke her neck in a fall! Is this her spirit trying to reveal the true circumstances behind her death all those years ago? Lady Dudley’s maid tells us what her mistress’s ghost told her…..

Lady Dudley's Maid

It was the longest day in July. Summer had  started. 
But not in 1816. The eruption of Tambora on Soembawa (Indonesia) on 10 April 1815 had darkened the skies. In the US and Europe it snowed and night frost in August caused crops to fail. 
This story inspired Banned Hut’s Mark Silverthorne to write a song.