Very nice and light tune, good arrangement and recording

instruments, bass / percussion, and the vocal is so tight & clear.

Really great sound you have going on!! Great song Clive.

something different... nice song and good lyrics

Great composition, arrangement and instrumental delivery, like the vocals too

Nice atmosphere! The gentle tempo and sound match

Great track Clive! Well produced and performed!

I heard this on Jay's site, awesome song! well done you two 😊

A rolling shanty style song! The lyrics written by Jay Rich https://soundcloud.com/richsoundz-534267642
tell a woeful tale of Press gangs, deceit and revenge!!

Lyrics Below

I'll tell you a tale, happened in the Blind Beggar:
A tavern once property of Mother Riddle
They say that this witch was in league with the devil
So crooked and stooping her decrepit figure

Her prey were young men who at her expense supped:
She'd fill them with drink while providing a room
Meantime, the press gangs, finding them in their cups
Would spirit them off by the light of the moon

Mini-break

And Old Mother Riddle would pile up her gains:
Her excuse being dupes always take the King's shilling
The truth was that it had been slipped their drunk way
With no single wight (man) able-bodied or willing

Chorus 1

Away, away, how she cast them away, And sadly it lasted for many a day
Away, away, wretched men met their end, At the hands of a rogue masquerading as friend

Break 1

And so would continue this inhumane scam
Until one dark day at her bar would present
A young and bold stranger, a smart, sober man
And fate took a turn, as Ma Riddle soon learned

This stranger was different, his blue gaze direct:
Ma fell to mute silence, her old heart a quiver
Requesting no victuals (Food) he stood and assessed
Her discomfited face, then declared her a sinner

Mini-break

My father, said he, at not quite nineteen years
Is from a sunk warship long lost to the depths
It's taken a lifetime of grieving and tears
To see his betrayer pay off her old debts

Chorus 2

Away, away, how she cast them away And it would last for so many a day
Away, away, those drowned men met their end At the hands of a scoundrel who posed as a friend

Break 2

Bridge:

Old Mother Riddle
She played a mean fiddle
Though not the sort sweet music would make
Her greed was her downfall
But she'd lose it all
And scheme herself into a premature grave

Mini-break

Well Mother Riddle she pleaded and bargained
With the young stranger so grimly resolved:
He said though you're old, your grave sins bring no pardon:
Your only hope is to pray for your soul

It's my intention to show you the snow
So give me your gold and the deeds to your home
Then you'll go forth so the deep winter cold
Freezes your skin and creeps through your old bones

Break 3

And call yourself blessed for to keep your bright eyes:
This bleak season will get all your damnable kind
Though tempting it is to deprive you of sight:
Render you like this tavern: cursed and beggar blind

Chorus 3

Away, away, how he cast her away Whence she could never (once) come back again
Away, away, how she met a bad end, At the hands of a nemesis that fate would send

Mother Riddle & the Blind Beggar

Old Mother Riddle & The Blind Beggar

Award winning Singer-Songwriter, Composer and Producer.

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I love words and I love to make music, I have always written my own music and have always tended to lean towards instrumentals, My more recent songs are vocal compositions but the instrumentals still appear as and when they need to! My influences are many and varied, Vangelis, Tomita, The Alan Parsons Project, Paul Simon, John Denver, Billy Joel, Bob Segar, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Neil Diamond, to name a few, so many good bands and  songwriters! 
I write new stuff nearly everyday but only record a few. I do this mostly for me and it’s great when other people like my stuff! Hopefully you are one of those people!

Nashville International Song and Lyric writing Competition.
Directors Award 'The lonely'

World Songwriting Awards:-

Finalist Spring 2020. "Best Modern country Song"  'Then you're gone'
Finalist Summer 2020 "Best Modern Country Song"  'I don't know here name'
Finalist Fall 2020  "Best Modern Country Song"  'Wonderful life'.
Finalist Winter 2021 "Best Modern Country Song". 'The Question'
Finalist Summer 2021 "Best Modern Country Song" "Small town Girl"
Finalist Winter 2022 'Best Pop Song'. "Playing a game"
Finalist Spring 2022. 'Best Jazz Song'. "Tears in my eyes"
Finalist Summer 2022. 'Best Modern Country Song'. "Never in my plan"
Finalist Fall 2022. 'Best Alternative Song'. "So many mistakes (The Veteran)".
Finalist Winter 2023. 'Best Pop Song'. "All through the night"
Finalist Summer 2023 'Best Modern Country Song'. "This life is mine"
Finalist Fall 2023 'Best Rock Song'. "Nothing to say"

Please feel free to contact me here on Soundcloud or the email below. You can further support me by purchasing my music via the soundcloud buy button or directly here! 

clivepett.bandcamp.com
clp9658@gmail.com

thankyou!

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