Here's a new song from my good friend, Phil Howie - hot off the press, as they used to say, to make the CMLE Play schedule. It was certainly worth the anticipation!
Let's hear what Phil has to say about "Lockdown Birds in May":
"Inspired
from our daily walks during Covid-19 lockdown on Alston Moor. Started
by trying to record one of my favourite bird sounds, that of the
Curlew, using my mobile phone (and heard at the beginning of my
song). We also noted all the many birds that could be seen and now
easily heard in our garden, such as the blackbird, and in our
immediate surroundings.
The
peace was lovely, and often the sky was so clear and blue. However,
when lockdown was eased we started to lose the tranquility with human
noise competing with the birds. It started to make you wonder what
you really preferred!"
Lockdown Birds in May
I heard the Curlews say
Hear my song, it’s your song
And the freedom that you long
The lapwing cries a warning
“Away from my nest”
Soaring above in the wind
Longing for its young to rest
The gull arrives high above
But the peewit sees him off
The cry echoes on the moor afar
And peace returns once more
Our blackbird arrives each day
Perches on rails out back
A nest in the tree in May
A short flight from the deck.
‘Twas in the month of May
I heard the Curlews say
Hear my song, it’s your song
And the freedom that you long
Lockdown is easing
Human noise drifting back
Peace and birdsong not so clear
Normality becoming ever so near
The robin, the wren, pied wagtail, bluetit, great tit, chaffinch,pigeon, yellowhammer, pheasant, the lapwing, the blackbird, the curlew
‘Twas in the month of May
I heard the Curlews say
Hear my song, it’s your song
And the freedom that you long
