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WHAT BIRDS ARE

there’s dew on the grass of a softly born morning
we always look skywards to see what is coming
first there’s a rustle, an olive tree shaking
and then without warning the earth begins moving
moving

the air becomes thick with the dust of the war
young men look ahead in familiar order
their beautiful faces, unknowing and gracious
our fledglings are flying over the border
flying

when the bombs start to fall a day that glimpsed summer
with a sky that was bright has now turned its back
and after the slaughter, a bloody disaster
the skylark returns silhouetted in black
singing

there’s dew on the grass of a softly born morning
we always look skywards to see what is coming
and this time the sound is a thousand wings flapping
this time the sound is birds being doing what birds are

birds being doing what birds are
birds being doing what birds are
birds being doing what birds are

there’s dew on the grass of a softly born morning
we always look skywards to see what is coming

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from The Lines We Draw Together, released August 23, 2019

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Rowan Rheingans Sheffield, UK

Rowan Rheingans is an award-winning fiddle player, banjoist, songwriter and theatre-maker widely regarded as one of the foremost innovators in folk music today. Best known for her work with acclaimed bands Lady Maisery, The Rheingans Sisters and Songs of Separation, Rowan has won two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (‘Best Original Track’ in 2016 & ‘Best Album’ in 2017) and is a six-times nominee. ... more

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