We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Night Came Early

from Awake Arise : A Winter Album by Lady Maisery

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    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.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Awake Arise : A Winter Album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £15 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    6
    releases

    Get all 6 Lady Maisery releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of tender, Awake Arise : A Winter Album, Mayday, Live, Cycle, and Weave & Spin. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £55.80 GBP or more (10% OFF)

     

about

From Laurie Lee
Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year

lyrics

Night Came Early





“Night came early, with the valley and it’s woods closing in darkly around the

house. Now was the time to light the tree, it’s branches loaded with tinsel, with

silver cut-out moons and stars, and with the clip on candles, each a living tongue

of flame, building up a pyramid of dancing light.



Mother put out the oil lamps one by one, and we stood hushed and entranced together, adoring the tree and it’s chaste white glare coated all over in frosty fire.



The precious day was dying.



We struggled to keep awake, our eyes shadowed like burnt-out candles. How could we leave the beautiful tree? We piled our toys at the foot of our beds and Mother tucked us up, her shadow large on the ceiling, thrown by the beams of a single candle. As long as she was there it was still Christmas, as long as she held the light in our room, the day somehow could not end. We clung desperately to this last moment.



Then Mother left us, and the angle of the candlelight grew narrower on the wall, and finally went out, closing that day forever.”





Laurie Lee

Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year

credits

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

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Lady Maisery image

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. ... more

contact / help

Contact Lady Maisery

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Lady Maisery, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now