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The voice heard at the beginning of the track, is that of Rowan's great great grandfather, Pádraig Ó Gríofa. He was a storyteller who passed down hundreds of stories word for word in old Irish. We have a book of these stories that was transcribed from a wax cylinder recording. Unfortunately at the time, it was usual to scrape off the wax and re-use the cylinder. However, this tiny fragment of him speaking was retrieved by Richie Piggott from the archive at University College Dublin. Rowan wrote the song with him in mind and wove in some of the shanachie tradition. It is paired with The Snowboot Mazurka (also by Rowan)

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Once there was, yet once there was not
In a beehive hut, on a mountain green
A teller of tales both tall and short
Who told of what is, and of what had been

The last shanachie in the land of memory
Sang a song the mountains sing for you and me...

When candle waxed high and fire waned low
With crackled words of grit & glory
Wearied by age and tied by time
He held all history as his story...

A stitch in time of the wild mountain sort
The fabric of our lives he darns
As he sits and sows the seeds of a thought
Spinning wheels of words into fine old yarns

With bones bred from the mountain marrow
A seam of stories mined of yore
Rise once again from tomb and barrow
Spoken, heard and smelted ore / o'er.

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from What Holds The World Together, released July 21, 2022
Words & song melody by Rowan Piggott
The Snowboot Mazurka by Rowan Piggott
Arrangement by The Wilderness Yet

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The Wilderness Yet combines the acclaimed talents of folksinger Rosie Hodgson, traditional fiddler Rowan Piggott, and guitarist-flautist Philippe Barnes. Independently, they have earned audiences’ esteem as consummate musicians; together, they weave a tapestry of traditional & self-penned songs with a charm and familarity that is usually only found in seasoned line-ups.​ ... more

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