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Dorothy May

from Ghost Story by Fern Maddie

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Dorothy May (married named Bradford) was a passenger on the Mayflower, a journey that brought some of the first Europeans to colonize Turtle Island. In late autumn 1620, she either fell or jumped from the boat and died before they broke ground on the settlement. Her husband, William Bradford, went on to become Governor of the Plymouth Colony. This song came out of a creative collaboration with Jesse Scarlato.

lyrics

Their time was coming
Their kingdom was nigh 
They went a-running towards the sky 
 
She reads the good words
She sings the rhymes 
She lays her pillow in salt brine 
 
Can you hear the trumpets ringing out?
Can you feel the fires raining down? 
What's a shovelful of broken ground? 
Can you hear the trumpets? 
 
Lay me down, sleeping peacefully 
Like a bird from a snare I'll be released 
Raise me up, singing joyfully 
In that land, I'll with Jehovah be 
 
He minds his linens
Sundays are for black 
The story's god-given:
They're not going back 
No they can’t go back.
 
He plies his blessings
He knows he's been picked 
But she's had no message as it was writ
As it was writ 
 
Can you hear the trumpets ringing out?
Can you feel the fires raining down?
What's a shovelful of broken ground?
Can you hear the trumpets?
Can you hear them?
Can you hear them now? 
 
Lay me down, sleeping peacefully 
Like a bird from a snare i'll be released 
And raise me up, singing joyfully 
In that land, I'll with Jehovah be 

credits

from Ghost Story, released June 1, 2022
Written by F.M.
Vocal, Guitar, Melodica, Synth, Percussion by F.M.
Bass by Colin McCaffrey

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fern maddie is an old-time balladeer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. she lives in the woods of northern vermont (n'dakinna) where she makes music and tends goats.

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