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When I was in my Prime

from Hunter's Moon by Tania Opland

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This English folksong was recorded after we thought the album was finished. But this was back in the days of cassette releases, and we needed one more song to avoid having a long gap at the end of the A side. My recording engineer and dear friend Rob Folsom asked me to just go back in and record something acapella so we could throw it into the gap without doing any more mixing. Here it is.

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When I was in my prime, I flourished like a vine.
There came along a false young man, come stole this heart of mine.

The gard'ner, standing by, three offers he made to me:
The pink, the violet and red rose, which I refused all three.

The pink's no flower at all, for it fades away too soon,
And the violet is too pale a hue. I think that I'll wait 'til June.

In June the red rose comes - that's not the flower for me,
For it's then I'll pluck the red rose down and plant a willow tree.

And the willow tree shall weep, and the willow leaves shall twine.
I wish I were in the young man's arms that stole this heart of mine.

If I'm spared for one year more and God should grant me grace,
I'll weep a bowl of crystal tears to wash his deceitful face.

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from Hunter's Moon, released October 1, 2005
Tania Opland (voice)

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Tania Opland Suquamish, Washington

"A superb fiddle player, and no slouch either on recorder, cittern, guitar and hammered dulcimer,
she is also in possession of a voice of gentle strength that adapts well to suit various vocal styling."
-Rock 'n' Reel Magazine

A tapestry of melodic and lyrical textures blend cross-cultural influences, with powerful vocals, five-string violin/viola, ocarina, cittern, clarseach, hurdy gurdy... ... more

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