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Foaltal
02:45
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Foaltal
Waiting to fall foal
kicking it hard
getting the boot strap
and leaning out
sheathed in horse flesh
a roan child
heavy in the hoof
shod and broken
Hand on heart
I’m no rare breed
common as grass
or chicken weed
shoe soles of steel
a studded ox
keep my feet well footed
and a plait in my locks
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The Grass Is Dry
02:58
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The Grass Is Dry
Hay pressed into the book of summer
but reading it now
hard to believe
a fiction in blades.
The grass here died and lies
indisposed upon the earth
in a suspended reality
between growth and
decomposition.
This made frame looks down
as if from a great height,
from heaven perhaps,
where judgements are made
because in hell no one cares
enough.
Hay to hay and
grasses to grasses
life moves fast and
nothing lasts
this grass is dry and
pressed flat so add water
and stand back.
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Upon the back of one thought
Upon the back of one thought
rides an idea
I thought the lack of dreaming
led me to here
a place with remnants lying
like fallen leaves
grown through and through by grass blades
a lapse of time
carried with force and energy
both ends and means
the impetus divided by
a furrowed line.
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Power and more to your elbow;
one step, one hoof and then breathe.
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Outertown
01:43
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Grass Blades \ One Step
02:47
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Fresh Blood
02:50
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Broken Arch Paddock
03:00
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Stop Horsing Around
01:37
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Stop Horsing Around
Stop horsing around you old mule
you’ll make a donkey out of me
I’m yours and a pal o’ mine, oh
gave me a home with a
smoke controlled zone and
we’ll get along just fine, so
spur on the finer feelings
hitch ox to share and heave
power and more to your elbow
one step, one hoof and then breathe.
One step, one hoof and then breathe
and we’ll all be merry alright
you’ve got to think quick and keep moving
or the neighbours will notice you’re tight
stop horsing around you old mule
get up, get on or get knackered
bisect by quadruped motion
the turf from the earth when I ask it.
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Raymie's Tune
02:13
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(Not) Talking Goats
Horse hair stick tails trails
along the ground in some primeval
swing that’s half rock and the
other billy not talking goats
so saddle me up or
halter me over I’m shaking
fit to rearrange the molecular
soil quaking in fear here
come the heavies haul
through black red brown ground
the stone shard or bevelled
steel no matter what cut
but by all that is power
I’ll huff and throw the dark
earth over like a side parting
and slap down the sod
sweat beads along my flank
rank is what some would talk
but labour makes heat and
cool is the breeze upon
my side standing now at the
field gate waiting for
the sun’s slide into the sea.
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By All That Is Power
03:06
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By All That Is Power
By all that is power
I’ll blow the horse round
collar and hames hung
back on the stall wall the
ground is sliced and folded
over to make a seed’s bed.
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West Mainland Woo
01:29
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Oceanallover Scotland, UK
Oceanallover are a dance, design and theatre company making original and exciting new work. We collaborate with a wide range of musicians working across many styles.
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