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Let’s Lock Ourselves Here For A While

We had the pleasure of singing for Frack Free Lancashire and Reclaim The Power on Friday. During the show, Robin had an excuse to teach the audience a song he wrote for Newham Woodcraft Folk group last year called ‘Let’s Lock Ourselves Here For A While‘. Here are the lyrics and a recording so anyone who wants to learn it can:

 

D G
I’ve a hundred old bike locks and they won’t undo
A D
Any idea who I could give them to?
D G
It’s a nice sunny day in the countryside
A D
Lets lock ourselves here for a while

So sorry Mr Big Truck what is that you say
Something quite cross about us being in your way
The birds are enjoying the day from the trees
Lets lock ourselves here for a while

No we ain’t going nowhere, let’s climb up the trees
Someone must stick up for the birds and the bees
The poor have no lawyers, the trees have no rights
Lets lock ourselves here for a while

Mr blue badge and truncheon is also upset
Doesn’t seem that grace has quite got to him yet
Filmed by a smart phone as he beats up Dave
who locked himself here for a while

They arrested our Caroline it made the lead news
One day the greens will out number the blues
Well in the meantime we’ll do what we must
Lets lock ourselves here for a while

Chorus

Mr suit and tie construction has a seat in the Lords
Our tattered democracy just filed for divorce
One day the people will speak out as one
until then we’ll be locked here a while

Short performance @ Seed Festival – Hawkwood College – Stroud, Gloucestershire – 08/07/17

Katherine Hallewell, Robin Grey and Owen Shiers will be leading an hours sing-a-long at this lovely festival in Stroud.

You can get £69 early bird tickets until 30th April from http://bit.ly/seedfest.

More info and stay in the loop via
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SeedFestival/
Facebook Event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/140554959738568/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/SeedFestival  

What
Short performance @ Seed Festival
When
Saturday, July 8, 2017
TBC - All Ages
Where
Hawkwood College (map)
Painswick Old Road
Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 7QW
Other Info
We'll be there leading a rabble rousing sing-a-long

http://www.seedfestival.co.uk/

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Streetgoat presents – All Hallows Hall – Bristol – 13/05/17

We are performing from 5-7pm, followed by food then a ceilidh!

tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-your-goat-street-goat-party-tickets-33652959909

facebook event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1314764418613851/

What
Streetgoat presents
When
Saturday, May 13, 2017
TBC - All Ages
Where
All Hallows Hall (map)
13 All Hallows Road, Easton
Bristol BS5 0HH
Other Info
More details soon

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Singing history pdf’s by Sing London and EFDSS

Some good stuff in these PDF’s by Sing London

https://www.efdss.org/efdss-education/resource-bank/resources-and-teaching-tools/singing-histories

Just currently looking at the ‘Petition of the Pigs in Kent’ ballad from the Kent book… https://media.efdss.org/resourcebank/docs/EFDSS_Education_RecentProjects_SingingHistoriesKent.pdf

Vegmead and Protestival present – Friends Meeting House – Bath, Somerset – 11/03/17

Smile In Your Sleep – song about Scottish Highland Clearances

Ewan McLennan just suggested this song ‘Smile In Your Sleep‘ to me, written by Jim McLean about the Highland Clearances.

Beautiful and achingly sad, I personally wonder if it needs another few verses, as I felt from The Cheviot The Stag and The Black Black Oil, that there were a number of defiant pockets of (mostly female) resistance to the Clearances which this song doesn’t touch on.

Hush, hush, time tae be sleepin
Hush, hush, dreams come a-creepin
Dreams o peace an o freedom
Sae smile in your sleep, bonnie baby

Once our valleys were ringin
Wi sounds o our children singin
But nou sheep bleat till the evenin
An shielings stand empty an broken

We stood, wi heads bowed in prayer
While factors laid our cottages bare
The flames fired the clear mountain air
An many lay dead in the mornin

Where was our fine Highland mettle,
Our men once sae fearless in battle?
They stand, cowed, huddled like cattle
Soon tae be shipped owre the ocean

No use pleading or praying
All hope gone, no hope of staying
Hush, hush, the anchor’s a-weighing
Don’t cry in your sleep, bonnie baby

Norwich Farmshare presents – Norwich Central Baptist Church – Norwich – 19/11/16

What
Norwich Farmshare presents
When
Saturday, November 19, 2016
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Norwich Central Baptist Church (map)
Duke Street
Norwich NR3 3AP
Other Info
Details TBC

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Singing and poetry circle @ OpenFest, Barbican on Saturday 8th October

Rachel Rose Reid and Robin Grey will host a ‘Three Acres And A Cow’ singers circle in the spoken word yurt at 1.30pm for a hour. Do come along 🙂

OpenFest is an all day free festival at the Barbican Centre.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/openfest

https://www.facebook.com/events/287236344999140/barbican-openfest

Three Quakers And A Cow – Friends Meeting House – Bristol – 03/06/16

What
Three Quakers And A Cow
When
Friday, June 3, 2016
7:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Friends Meeting House (map)
Champion Square
Bristol, UK BS2 9DB
Other Info
tickets £5 + b/f from http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13796

facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/639493816207330/

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Three Acres And A Cow – Nexus Art Cafe – Manchester – 16/04/16

3A&aC Manchester Nexus low res web flyer

What
Three Acres And A Cow
When
Saturday, April 16, 2016
7:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Nexus Art Cafe (map)
2 Dale Street
Manchester, UK M1 1JW
Other Info
featuring Naomi Wilkins, Tim Ralphs and Robin Grey
Tickets from Nexus Art Cafe or http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13651

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Three Acres And A Cow – Edibles – Huddersfield, West Yorkshire – 15/04/16

3A&aC Huddersfield low res web flyer

What
Three Acres And A Cow
When
Friday, April 15, 2016
6:30pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Edibles (map)
The Cowshed, Paddock Farm, Park Gate Road, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire
Huddersfield, UK HD7 5XA

Featuring Naomi Wilkins, Tim Ralphs and Robin Grey
tickets from http://www.edibles.org.uk/threeacresandacow
Other Info
with Naomi Wilkins, Tim Ralphs and Robin Grey
Tickets from http://www.edibles.org.uk/threeacresandacow

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People & Planet and USSU presents – Hari\’s Bar – Guilford, Surrey – 08/12/15

What
People & Planet and USSU presents
When
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Hari's Bar (map)
University of Surrey Students' Union
Union House
University Of Surrey
Stag Hill
Guilford, Surrey, UK GU2 7XH
Other Info
Tickets:
£3 - Students - Book Online - threeacresandacow.co.uk/surrey
£8 - Public - On the Door (email ussu.peopleandplanet@surrey.ac.uk to reserve)

https://www.facebook.com/events/890373604345453/

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Tidal and Leeds for Change presents – Holy Trinity Church, Leeds – 04/12/15

We are super excited to be heading North in December for a trio of shows in Nottingham, Leeds and Sheffield. For the Leeds show we will be joined by guests Boff Whalley and Brendan Crocker.

Tickets can be perchance purchased via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-acres-and-a-cow-tickets-19205227352

3A&aC Leeds low res web flyer

What
Tidal and Leeds for Change presents
When
Friday, December 4, 2015
7:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Holy Trinity Church (map)
Boar Lane
Leeds, West Yorkshire , UK LS1 6HW
Other Info
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-acres-and-a-cow-tickets-19205227352

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Heading north… Christ Church – Sheffield – 05/12/15

We are super excited to be heading North in December for a trio of shows in Nottingham, Leeds and Sheffield. For the Sheffield show we will be joined by Sally Goldsmith, Tim Ralphs, Naomi Wilkins and Kate Thomas’s singers.

Tickets can be purchased online via – http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13213

3A&aC Sheffield low res web flyer

What
Christ Church
When
Saturday, December 5, 2015
7:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Christ Church (map)
Pitsmoor
Nottingham Street
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK S3 9AQ
Other Info
With guests Tim Ralphs, Kate Thomas and Sally Goldsmith
Arrive at 6pm for a shared meal by donation
Tickets available from New Roots or online via http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13213

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Green Earth Awakening – A field – near Wellington, Devon – 22/05/15

http://www.buddhafield.com/?events=green-earth-awakening-camp

Quote unquote…

A five day camp exploring how Buddhism can help us along the path towards community and sustainability. With green crafts, engaged dharma, social change, forest school, healing area and a daily timetable of workshops, talks, meditation, yoga, qi gong, dance and music. An intimate gathering to deepen into ourselves and a wider awareness. Tools for the mind, skills for our future.

Transform, sustain, thrive: through our intentions we can engage in the world with a deepened awareness. We can mindfully sustain ourselves in our daily lives, in community and in the wider world. By seeing the interconnection of all things and feeling the benefit of sustaining all life, we can become empowered to thrive.

What
Green Earth Awakening
When
Friday, May 22, 2015
TBC - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
A field (map)
Blackdown Hills
Wellington, Devon, UK
Other Info
See http://www.buddhafield.com/?events=green-earth-awakening-camp for more details

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Three Acres And A Cow – GalGael, Glasgow – 07/04/16

Thursday 7th April
Glasgow – http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13608
Gal Gael –  15 Fairley St, Govan, Glasgow, Glasgow, G51 2TS
http://www.galgael.org/
£12 (£5 concessions)  – entry by donation for all Gal Gael volunteers and workers

Please note, this show is mainly focused on English history with some Scottish and Irish content. We have been invited to showcase it in Glasgow with a view to supporting the creation of a new show with similar spirit, focused on Scottish history.

What
Three Acres And A Cow
When
Thursday, April 7, 2016
6:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
GalGael (map)
15 Fairley Street, Govan
Glasgow, Scotland G51 2TS
Other Info
Tickets on sale via - http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13608

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Three Acres And A Cow – The Fishermen’s Chapel – Leigh-on-Sea – 21/05/16

Three Acres And A Cow, A History Of Land Rights And Protest In Folk Song And Story
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Saturday 21st May – Leigh-On-Sea

The Fishermen’s Chapel – Methodist Church, New Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9
6pm potluck for a 7pm start – please bring a dish

http://www.etickets.to/buy/?e=13611 or https://threeacresandacow.co.uk/leigh

£10 (£8 concessions) + £1 online booking fee

Tickets can be bought locally from Adam without the £1 booking fee via squeezebox.folk@gmail.com.
A limited number of pay-what-you-can tickets for low income people are available – please contact cow23@threeacresandacow.co.uk

(2mb) poster – https://www.dropbox.com/s/zn473dr1mkb4848/3A%26aC%20Leigh%20-%20high%20res%20for%20posters.jpg?dl=0
(300k) web flyer – https://www.dropbox.com/s/v21wyxyfmnu2kv9/3A%26aC%20Leigh%20-%20low%20res%20for%20web.jpg?dl=0

3A&aC Leigh - low res for web

What
Three Acres And A Cow
When
Saturday, May 21, 2016
6:00pm - All Ages
Where
The Fishermen's Chapel (map)
New Road
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK SS9 2EA
Other Info
Tickets on sale soon

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