The Highland Widow's Lament

from The Middle Distance by Moongazing Hare

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lyrics

Oh I am come to the low Countrie,
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
Without a penny in my purse,
To buy a meal to me.

It was not so in the Highland hills,
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
No woman in the whole world
So happy was as me.

For then I had a score o'kye,
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
Feeding on yon hill sae high,
And giving milk to me.

One time I had a hundred sheep
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
Skipping o’er yon narrow creek
And growing wool for me.

Oh I am come to the low Countrie,
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
No woman in the whole world wide,
So wretched now as me.

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from The Middle Distance, released May 18, 2021

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Moongazing Hare Copenhagen, Denmark

I try to keep myself warm, calm, loved and out of harm's way. The music is desperately home made and mostly well-intentioned.

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The Middle Distance

May 2021
Grown Light (live in studio)

Nov 2019
Songs for Nathan

Jul 2018
Wild Nothing

Jan 2016
Changing Tidelines

Jan 2015
Under Sundayland Lights

Aug 2014
Getting Colder Still, December 8th 2012, Borups Allé

Dec 2012
The Sunderland Wreck

Mar 2012
Is This the Cumming of Sumer?

Jun 2011
Weather Charms

Feb 2011
Marehalm

Mar 2010
No True Body

Dec 2009

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