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A song inspired by one of Adrian's favourite places in his home village of Aldeby, Norfolk. Stanley Hills is a piece of common land/heath land that looks out across the Waveney Valley. Its private sale by a village trust in 2019 and subsequent loss of access inspired writing the song and reflects on the people of the village through different ages, referencing themes of enclosure, railways, and land access.

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Stanley Hills

west, south-west, Bredon's reach
we sailed down, until we reached
Stanley Hills

east, south-east, Waterheath
we rode tracks underneath
Stanley Hills

(chorus)

in forebears' steps we tread,
renaming all,
owning none

In fortune and all gain,
do we know the price
for where we've come?

brickwork bog, quarry scars,
we turned land into sand
on Stanley Hills

fields enchained, bitter rain
we must travel, from these lanes
Stanley Hills

(chorus)

bracken, furze, paint the air
we breathe deep, when we're here
on Stanley Hills

looking down, from higher ground
its in my blood, this humble mound,
Stanley Hills

(chorus)

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from Live @ The Welsh Chapel, released December 10, 2020
Words/Music: Adrian Lever and James Gavin
Arrangement: The James Patrick Gavin Trio

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The James Patrick Gavin Trio London, UK

“Tim’s a jazzer, Adrian’s a polymath, and I’m the bum playing a fiddle.”

Fresh from his tour of the “magnificent” (Folk Radio UK) debut album Chewing The Fat, a saga of spoken word and folk steeped in the sounds of rural Ireland, James Gavin brings acclaimed experimental folk artist Adrian Lever and jazz bassist/composer Tim Fairhall to weave a fresh folk legacy from their diverse roots. ... more

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