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Hope is Before Us

from Awake Arise : A Winter Album by Lady Maisery

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    Beautifully presented with full lyrics, poems, recipes and illustrations, this 17 track album comes from an unmissable festive collaboration between two of the English folk scene's most inventive acts: trio Lady Maisery and duo Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith. 'Awake Arise' celebrates the riches of varied winter traditions from the British Isles and further afield and reflects on the hope and resilience in folksong that can bring us closer together through the darkest season.

    A companion to the live show, their debut album features traditional songs, folk carols, spoken word and newly written music to galvanize and brighten this darkest season. Awake Arise is a warm gift to the wintertime from five of the most engaging and celebrated performers on the English folk scene. True to the reputations of both acts as out-spoken voices on the folk scene, this collection is also a rallying cry to embrace the power of collective endeavor as a vital support during times of hardship and loneliness. In this most uncertain of winters, Awake Arise is more than just a great night out; these are essential songs which remind us who we are and why we matter to each other.

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Throughout William Morris’s writing, seasonal imagery is inextricably linked with his messages of unity, hope and the struggle for a better future. His ideas feel seeringly relevant for today.

Hazel rewrote and added to the original words of William Morris.
From his collection of ‘Chants for Socialists’ (1885). Tune by Hazel Askew.

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I heard some saying, leave hope and praying

All days shall be as all have been

Today, tomorrow, bring fear and sorrow

And never ending woe between



But the hope we lost begins to glimmer

Like Autumn wheat under snow lies green

The moon that shines through clouds and darkness

The babe inside that grows unseen



Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older

Help lies in none but you and I

Hope is before us, so let our chorus

Bring joy at last to all our lives



When the earth was younger, mid toil and hunger

In hope we strove, our hands were strong

Then great men led us, with words they fed us

And made us sing a different song



But now the seeds of spring are sown

Let wintered hearts be warmed by sun

The joy of people now buds and grows

The birds will sing ‘ere the winter’s done



Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older

Help lies in none but you and I

Hope is before us, so let our chorus

Bring joy at last to all our lives



We know not who’ll lead us, what god shall heed us

But now we’ve seen what our hands have won

The world’s been shaken and fear awakened

But let good faith not be undone



We have voice and vision from those before us

The famed and honoured, the nameless wise

While many living, their lives are giving

To help a bright new world arise



Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older

Help lies in none but you and I

Hope is before us, so let our chorus

Bring joy at last to all our lives



Now to the tavern, the lights and fire

The fiddler’s tune, under shuffling feet

For in the morning a new day’s dawning

The young abounding year we’ll meet



Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older

Help lies in none but you and I

Hope is before us, so let our chorus

Bring joy at last to all our lives

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from Awake Arise : A Winter Album, released May 9, 2020

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Lady Maisery Sheffield, UK

In an English folk scene currently bursting with bold and innovative folk music, vocal trio Lady Maisery shine brightly.

The Guardian has called theirs "some of the most some of the most exquisite, thrilling vocal harmony work in the English folk scene".

Over the last ten years, the trio have toured widely, performing sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
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