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Poor Man's Lamentation

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Hannah J writes: When I was thinking about the many topics that the word "separation" can cover I started to think about the 'divide and rule' mentality of our media and government and the huge disparity of wealth which our systems hold in place, but also about our separation from the land as a species. We have moved from worshipping nature and being part of it, to seeing ourselves as separate from it and, perhaps most foolishly of all, to thinking we can control it and are not dependent on it. I eventually typed in the word Earth and found this absolute gem, a broadside ballad which could have been written yesterday. It reminded me how deeply engrained and long standing these power struggles are and manages to cover just about everything I was thinking! It's also written by a man with one of the best names I've ever heard - Uriahs Smart

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from Songs of Separation, released January 29, 2016
Music by Hannah James and lyrics by Uriahs Smart public domain adapted by Hannah James arranged by Jenn Butterworth, Eliza Carthy, Jenny Hill, Hannah James

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