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lyrics

10 nights in a caravan down by the German Sea
My father said this was a special holiday for me
18 hours of daylight but we had to leave the light on
Grey sea and the clouds merge so you can’t see the horizon
Smell of manure from the farm, stench from the plastic factory
Looks like a photo of east berlin from the 1970s

Went to the beach but we didn’t go on it
Went to the sea but we didn’t swim in it
When all of your children they come back to claim you
You tried to make it perfect but somehow they blame you

Got bitten by a squirrel down behind the shower block
I tried to give it a bit of bread nearly bit my head clean off
6 hours in emergency, 10 stiches in my face
Dad said thank you very much for ruining the holiday
What with all the meals out and entertainment coz we’re bored
Dad said it would have been cheaper to have an all-expenses trip abroad

There’s a kid in a Ronaldo shirt says he lives here with his Mum
We start playing together searching through her boyfriend’s stuff
We find a box of fireworks past their use-by date
He dares me to set a match to it the explosion nearly destroys the gate

I catch a baby pike in the pond by the old bandstand
I didn’t bring a bucket so carry it home in my bare hands
Its flipping, flopping, trying to breathe, the kid says it will die
But when I get it home the little thing is still alive

I used to play with my brother here we used to climb the trees
But that was before the night my dad said that he had to leave

I saw something moving was it a sea monster?
I said what is that Dad he said I can’t see what you see
Keep all my memories down underwater
But sometimes they surface lie rotting on the shore

credits

from I Felt The Valley Lifting, released September 10, 2021
The Colne Valley Players:
MohammadReza Beladi – dammam (drum), ney (flute) and neyanban (Iranian bagpipes)
George Harrington – drum kit
Julia Morgan – tin whistle, flute and backing vocals
Chris Ruffoni – bass, trumpets, piano and backing vocals
Sarah Tym – violin and Northumbrian bagpipes

Special guests:
‘Evil’ Graham Lee – Lap and pedal steel on Strange Fish and Pole Moor
Ada Martin – drone violin on Town Gossip

Engineered and mixed by Colin Elliot at Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
Mastered by Duncan Cowell, Sound Mastering, London

Design and cover photo by Cameron Emerson-Elliott

Special thanks to the University of Huddersfield for supporting and funding this recording.

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Toby Martin is a singer-songwriter from Sydney/Gadigal Australia, inspired by British Isles folk music and fuzzed out indie rock.

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