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The Farmer's Mistress

from On A Whim by A Different Thread

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Was the farmer still sleeping with his wife by his side, when you left in the morning did you kiss him goodbye
And go out in the fields with tears in your eyes

Did you open every door for him and close it with a bow, did you wipe away the rain and the sweat from his brow
When you were out in the fields and you couldn’t pull the plough
And you tore your dress

And he said: who would want to dance with the farmers mistress?

But she danced like a straw blowin’ in the harvest breeze, bare feet on the floor and a grass stain on her knee
Yeah she danced like she was free

With a fierce and defiant wind that billowed in her sails and the farmers life was nestled in the dirt beneath her nails
And the scars on her hands… told many a tale… and it started with a kiss

And he said: who would want a kiss from the farmers mistress?

Did you promise you would lie when you ran into his wife, when you locked him in the barn was he begging for his life
Did you give him the key or the edge of your knife

And beneath the English summer time stars as they collide I see the fury in her flame I see the temper in her eyes
And you just couldn’t miss that thorn in her side…

And he said: who would want a dance?
who would want a kiss?

And she said: who would ever guess it was the farmers mistress?

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from On A Whim, released September 13, 2018
Lyrics and composition by Robert Jackson
Vocals: Robert Jackson
Backing vocals: Alicia Best
Guitar, harmonica: Robert Jackson
Bass: Jeff Crawford
Percussion/knee slapping: Alicia Best and Robert Jackson
Mandolin: Alan Best
Fiddle: Omar Ruiz-Lopez

Recorded and engineered by Jeff Crawford at Arbor Ridge Studios, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Produced by Jeff Crawford and A Different Thread
Mastered by Pete Maher

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A Different Thread North Carolina

“Warm, deep singer-songwriters who have drank from the well of 20th century tradition” - Folk Radio UK

A Different Thread, is the collaboration between Robert Jackson from Lichfield, England, and Alicia Best from Durham, North Carolina, USA. Both traveling songwriters in their own right, they first met while busking in Galway, Ireland, back in 2016 and have been touring together ever since. ... more

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