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Little Red Scarf

from Continuum by Carol Fieldhouse

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LITTLE RED SCARF: The motherhood story of Hannah Thompson, then a young mother of a new born daughter and four year old son, as she prepares him to start school. The song is written in Hannah’s voice. It was a great privilege to work on this with Hannah, my youngest daughter. We started talking about the song on Skype while Hannah turned out the children’s cupboards and there she found a little red scarf, 10 stitches wide, 30cms long and the song began to unfurl...

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LITTLE RED SCARF by Carol Fieldhouse

Finding and folding a little red scarf
Behind Batman, storm trooper, superhero garb
There are traces of tiny lingering still
Knitted slowly at night time, your first winter chill

And Adele sang, ‘Don’t you remember?’
21 framing my day
How time ticked slowly on baby days
How time ticked slowly on baby days

There’s a school bell tolling far beyond our gate
There are new shoes, a gym bag just lying in wait
For your first day at Leasowes over the bridge
To boyhood, adventures out of my reach

And Adele sang, ‘Million Years Ago’
25, witness of change
How time ticked slowly on baby days
How time ticked slowly on baby days
How time ticked slowly

Pippo will wait for you, storm troopers too
Your tool box is ready for jobs you must do
I hope you thrive there, Finley, thrive
Hope you thrive there...

Finley, unfolding, ready, on your marks!
Come winter, your sister wears a little red scarf
As we walk to meet you, bringing you home
Crossing over the River Sow along Tixall Road
I hope you thrive there, Finley, thrive
I hope you thrive there, Finley, thrive

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from Continuum, released June 10, 2022
Carol Fieldhouse: piano, vocals, with the motherhood story of Hannah Thompson, Chris Pepper: drums, bass, harmonium
Neill MacColl: guitars, marxophone

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Carol Fieldhouse Derbyshire Dales District, UK

After years rooted in Folk and Early Music, I discovered my musical homeland as a songwriter in 2008. My debut album linen, produced by Boo Hewerdine and recorded by engineer Chris Pepper, was Celtic Music Radio’s Album of the Week in 2016.

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