God who made the lion and the lamb, you decreed I should be who I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan, If I were a wealthy man!

Serdar

Lyrics, CDs and downloads are available at https://ringlefinchuk.bandcamp.com/album/tall-tales. 

Four years in the making and entirely self-produced, 'Tall Tales' is the first full-length album from London-based alternative folk band Ringlefinch. 

With dark-humoured, wittily introspective lyrics set to upbeat, offbeat earworm tunes and a strong folk-storytelling sensibility, 'Tall Tales' centres on themes of identity, exploring how we all tell ourselves stories of who we are to try and make sense of our place in the world. This sense of self-determination even extends to the production of the album - the band recorded and mixed it on equipment they built themselves.

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"The Masochism Tango"
Talented pianist - a gifted singer with superbly deft comic timing and a line in dark humour - respected lecturer in mathematics at Harvard University - Tom Lehrer is also one of the great satirical songwriters of the twentieth century. One of his earlier songs, "The Masochism Tango" scandalised audiences on its release in the late 1950s. How times have changed. 

Song: Tom Lehrer
Arrangement: Ringlefinch
©&℗ Ringlefinch 2021, all rights reserved
Released on Folkroom Records

The Masochism Tango

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♡ The Masochism Tango (Orchestrated Version)♡

From Bo Burnham's live comedy show "what." Repeat Stuff

Bo Burnham - Repeat Stuff (what. album)

'Mass Trespass' is our debut EP, released on 25th July 2014 and available now on CD through our website or via iTunes, Amazon and other digital distributors! 

We recorded 'Mass Trespass' in the famous Crypt Studios in Crouch End, North London in February 2014, with BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Ben Walker as producer. It's very much a statement of who we are as a band, and how we throw a wide range of musical influences into our song-pot, to make a tasty casserole of Ringlefinch!

Lyrics:
This town's in the grip of La Grippe
She comes for 'em while they sleep
And they dance to her pipes in a heap
As we all bow down to La Grippe
Yes, the town's in the grip of La Grippe
The cacophony of coughing makes you weep
You will hear it from on high to down deep
She ain't particular 'bout the company she keep
Is La Grippe

There's one name on everyone's lips
As we each try to give her the slip
Lemon, honey, fluids, plenty of sleep
But one by one, we succumb to La Grippe
She's been picking us off by the score
Now she's picking us all off the floor
And sending us to spread the news,
And the cough, and the sneeze, and the blues

La Grippe

Head pounds, dizzy, the shakes,
The fever, the misery, the aches
And the world feels like it's been greased
It's cheaper than a hangover, at least
So come, let's follow La Grippe
Like a passel of mucosal sheep
Stoning doctors with apples to keep
Them away from Madame

La Grippe

And we're sick of being sick, had our fill of being ill
Surely we've been poorly long enough... long enough...

La Grippe

(c) A Logan 2014

Ringlefinch - La Grippe

Fazıl Say&Serenad Bağcan - İnsan İnsan

It was the last Monday
For learning love
It was the last day
I was thinking of
It was the last day
You gave me a hug
And then you were gone
And we lost touch
Maybe forever
And you never
Know how much
You’ve got until it’s gone
The curtain gets drawn
Even though life
Must go on
But then you live
In memories
And of shared times
When you were free
To love one another
I could hear distant thunder
As if it was about to rain
And all I could think about
Was the pain
From losing you
©2025 wr heustis

About To Rain

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Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man

Meant To Be Yours - Heathers The Musical

The London Book Of The Dead

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Bernadette

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The digital release of 'Len't - the single includes  the radio edit of 'Lent' and 2 b-sides; the Danton Supple produced 'Foolishly Wrong' and the band's self-produced early favourite 'Stalker's Tango'

All 3 songs can be purchased on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lent-single/id586010772 

Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man

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