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Kitty Lile; Or, Mazed Kate Of Clovelly

from The Songs Of Edward Capern by Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

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A tragic song of the sea...

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KITTY LILE; OR, MAZED KATE OF CLOVELLY
Words: Edward Capern, Music: Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

Under the cliff by the western shore
Wandering ever went she,
Looking for one she will never see more,
in the little cove down by the sea.
When the rock-fowl dropped from their granite homes
To prey on the brit below,
As thickly as bees in their honeycombs,
And white as the driven snow;
And red-winged trawlers flew out of the bay,
Like birds o’er the rainbow sea,
To sport where the fluttering sea-gulls play,
None happier were than she.

Weaving the net by her storm-rocked home,
With hands by the sun embrowned,
And smiling upon the curling foam
That broke on the shell-strewn ground.
She sat ‘mid the wave-washed boulders bare,
Thrown up by the tumbling main,
Singing a song to an olden air,
And this was the sweet refrain:-
“My Billy is out with his boat in the bay,
To snare the bright herring for me,
And I, with my arms, in the dimmit of day,
Will snare the bold son of the sea.”

Wearily wore one long dark night,
Which followed a threatening eve,
The men in the boats saw the tiny light
That flickered ‘neath Katie’s eave.
Many, oh many a time she rose,
And looked from her cabin door;
But, grief of griefs, and woe of woes,
The fisher came home no more!
That night, instead of the sweet refrain,
There went forth the bitterest wail,
“My Billy! my Billy!” again and agin,
She shrieked to the bellowing gale.

Long, Katie, with look all woe-begone,
Was seen on the little pier,
With a scarlet rag; and her monotone
Fell sad on the stranger’s ear.
And when the season for fishing would come,
She waved it down by the sea,
“A token of love he gave her,” say some,
“The flag of his own ‘Bonny Bee.’”
And ever till death the sweet refrain
She mournfully sang to the wave,
But little wot she that the murmuring main
Was Billy her fisher-boy’s grave.

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from The Songs Of Edward Capern, released March 25, 2017
Nick Wyke - Guitar, vocals
Becki Driscoll - Viola

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Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll England, UK

Nick & Becki are highly respected players and composers firmly rooted in North Devon and the West Country. They blend melodic, emotive violin and viola with driving fiddle chords and powerful vocals to produce an unforgettable sound.

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