All vocals- Mike Ladd
All instruments- Tommy Byrnes

Lyrics:
A milky dawn broke slowly and hung low against a heavy sky
The front-wall spread like curtains drawn-told us we should pass it by
And turn our bow to westward-for just like angels we must fly

Two days out from our port-and the fishing it was grand
With heartfelt cheers we caught the dears and brought on more than we planned
But soon the gale was after us-and I feared we might be damned

All through the day we fought the seas with each and every hand on board
Cutting through the swells and forcing progress ever toward the shore
We’d ride the tide and full of pride return to those we do adore

We’d never run as fast as when we knew the chase was on
With the shoreline still a memory from which to plot our course upon
If we were outrun we knew our gallant little ship was gone

So we danced on the waves of the tide

Lash it down and hold on tight
We know a storm is coming
Its fury soon will test the fates
All stand fast or she’ll go down

Run her full and head toward shore
We’ll pull with hearts a-pumping
Catch the wind to the leeward side
Catch the wind and take us home
credits

Written by Tommy Byrnes
© 2022 Insurrection Music ASCAP
© ℗ Sovereignty Records

Stomr Is Coming

Storm Is Coming (Feat. Mike Ladd)

All instruments- Tommy Byrnes
credits
released March 15, 2022
Written by Tommy Byrnes
© 2022 Insurrection Music ASCAP
© ℗ Sovereignty Records

Recorded at Southpaw Recording Studios
Bernardston, MA
Produced by Tommy Byrnes
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all rights reserved

Time With The Key

Zoë Darrow-Fiddle
Tommy Byrnes-All other instruments

released May 6, 2022
Written by Tommy Byrnes
© 2018 Insurrection Music ASCAP
© ℗ Sovereignty Records

Recorded at Southpaw Recording Studios
Bernardston, MA
Produced by Tommy Byrnes
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All The Jewels of Araby

All The Jewels Of Araby

Mike Ladd- All vocals
Tommy Byrnes- All instruments

Lyrics by Philip Chapman-Bell
Music by Tommy Byrnes

Pack up our bags, walk to the highway
Flag down the bus, ride to the trains
When our cares catch up our shadows
We're miles down the road, well on our way

Autumn herds the tourists before it
The village sleeps alongside the bay
Nothing now can keep us here longer
It's time to go-it's St. Michael's Day


Before dawn-Orion rising
Reaching up and fading away
A two-handed sword above the horizon
Dividing tomorrow from our yesterdays


Hand in hand we walk through the twilight
Feel for the path-our solitary way
Eyes open wide, the world all before us
It's time to go-it's St. Michael's Day


Before dawn-Orion rising
Reaching up and fading away
A two-handed sword above the horizon
Dividing tomorrow from our yesterdays
credits
released July 5, 2022
© 2018 Insurrection Music ASCAP
© ℗ Sovereignty Records

Recorded at Southpaw Recording Studios
Bernardston, MA
Produced by Tommy Byrnes
license
all rights reserved

St. Michael's Day (feat. Mike Ladd)

This is a song from an old recording project done in 1990-1991. The song is a traditional bothy ballad from Scotland. Bothies were the equivalent of American bunkhouses where sheep shearers stayed during shearing season. The tune is my own.

Recorded on Tascam 244 Portastudio.
(c) 1991 Tommy Byrnes  Earth-Tones Music


Band O' Shearers

Tommy Byrnes is a recording artist, producer, engineer and educator from Bernardston, Massachusetts. Tommy owns and operates Sovereignty Music Services and Southpaw Recording Studios.

Tommy is also the co-founder, organizer and promoter of the Upper Valley Music Festival.