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Sagas of the South West

by The Legendary Ten Seconds

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Cornish Folklore 03:29
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Lost Atlantis lies beneath an ancient sea Far beyond the pillars of Hercules Miles off the coast of Cornwall's Land's End Lost in a distant past so hard to comprehend Merlin has prophecies yet to be fulfilled With tales of the round table we are always thrilled In Mousehole have a star gazey pie With pilchards staring up towards the night sky To the north west of Madron there was a chambered tomb Married women would go there to get pregnant at full moon A stone with a hole that could make the sick well With two brass pins your future it could also tell Merlin has prophecies yet to be fulfilled With tales of the round table we are always thrilled In Mousehole have a star gazey pie With pilchards staring up towards the night sky The island of Tresco is a place for mermaids In Piper's Hole a cave is where they may have stayed There is a sea monster out in Falmouth bay Some fisherman caught it in their nets they did say Then there's Tintagel perched high up on a cliff The birth place of King Arthur another Cornish myth Merlin has prophecies yet to be fulfilled With tales of the round table we are always thrilled In Mousehole have a stargazy pie With pilchards staring up towards the night sky With pilchards staring up towards the night sky
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Doctor of Divinity 02:53
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A straight laced doctor of divinity Came to the church of St Mary What he found appalled him so The ink from his quill began to flow The pious priests had long gone There was hunting and hawking at Honiton Wenching gambling debauchery In Ottery St Mary A straight laced doctor of divinity In his church of St Mary Writing a book called a ship of fools While his monks were breaking all the rules The pious priests had long gone There was hunting and hawking at Honiton Wenching gambling debauchery In Ottery St Mary The scholar ignores all his books The Judge is bribed and away he looks Like a ship of fools all at sea The monks behaving foolishly A straight laced doctor of divinity Left the church of St Mary His patron had passed away Goodbye Alexander Barclay
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Princess of Aragon 04:01
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She landed in Plymouth on a Saturday The reception plans in disarray Shaken by a channel storm Her entourage looking all forlorn The English Autumn she would see The leaves falling from every tree A Princess of Aragon Her journey told in this song The Spaniards fell to their knees Giving grateful thanks for her safety Then to Exeter went the cavalcade At the deanery Catherine then stayed The English autumn she would see The leaves falling from every tree A Princess of Aragon Her journey told in this song Onto Honiton the very next day In a covered chair she was carried away To Sherborne and Shaftesbury Approaching Arthur her groom to be The English autumn she would see The leaves falling from every tree A Princess of Aragon Her journey told in this song The English autumn she would see The leaves falling from every tree A Princess of Aragon Her journey told in this song Her journey told in this song
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The Spanish are Coming! 01:58
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The Alarms were sounded Church bells rang out The Spanish are coming Up went the shout Greenery thrown onto signal fires To create smoke as the warning arrives Lord Howard's Fleet Awaits the news On all the ships Are the anxious crews In the mouth of the Tamar and Plymouth sound The English ships are gathered around Onshore many pray through the night The sails of the armada seen in the morning light Smoke and thunder Of the cannons blast As the English ships Fight the Spaniards at last From the coast they watch the battle unfold Attacking the armada the English so bold The Spanish are coming so they were told
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Sir Cloudesley Shovell 02:26
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Now gather round and hear this tale Of Sir Cloudesley Shovell He was a hero you should know Who gave the French much trouble It was a stormy autumn night Near the Isles of Scilly The charts were inaccurate And this would cost him dearly HMS Association Sunk by the Isles of Scilly Two thousand sailors drowned that night A tragedy quite clearly His flagship struck the Gilstone reef Of the Isles of Scilly Longitude and latitude Were confused and queried The Eagle and Romney lost Sunk by the Isles of Scilly Two thousand sailors drowned that night A tragedy quite clearly They found his body washed ashore On a cove on St Mary's Of those deadly Western Rocks Brave sailors must be wary And Firebrand struck the Western Rocks Of the Isles of Scilly Two thousand sailors drowned that night A tragedy quite clearly
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Jack Rattenbury 03:04
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Jack Rattenbury the smuggler Was born in the village of Beer Where his family lived in poverty With no comfort throughout the year Jack Rattenbury the smuggler Was born in the village of Beer His father was press ganged And was never seen again Jack was the oldest child And sought work with the fishermen Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of Beer Chased by custom officials Of the risks he had no fear Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of Beer He was a local hero Giving money to the poor With lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law His memoirs were published In eighteen thirty seven And I wonder if Jack Is a smuggler up in heaven I do wonder if Jack Is a smuggler up in heaven Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of beer Chased by custom officials Of the risks he had no fear Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of beer He was a local hero Giving money to the poor With lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law Lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law
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Haytor Granite 02:31
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This granite tramway that you see Was built in eighteen twenty For Haytor granite was in demand Used in construction throughout the land London bridge was built of it Over the river Thames to sit Also used at Ludgate Circus The stone has such a fine surface This granite tramway that you see Was built in eighteen twenty For Haytor granite was in demand Used in construction throughout the land There's Haytor stone on Cathedral green The finest cross I've ever seen For those lost in the First World War To remember them forever more Stover house such a grand home Is also made of Haytor stone Throughout the country you may roam And you might see the Haytor stone This granite tramway that you see Was built in eighteen twenty For Haytor granite was in demand Used in construction throughout the land
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He Sold His Wife 03:12
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Sold at the New Inn For a jar of Plymouth gin One Devon wife for sale James Cole sold his wife Sold his trouble and strife One Devon wife for sale On the table there she stood He sold her because he could The biddings in kind not money The folks all gathered round A strange scene to be found The biddings in kind not money Sold at the New Inn For a jar of Plymouth gin One Devon wife for sale James Cole sold his wife Sold his trouble and strife One Devon wife for sale One Man offered him his coat James tried it on but what a joke The coat did not fit him Oh that coat did not fit So James refused it The coat did not fit him Sold at the New Inn For a jar of Plymouth gin One Devon wife for sale James Cole sold his wife Sold his trouble and strife One Devon wife for sale The landlord of the New Inn Then offered him some Plymouth gin A two gallon jar of Plymouth gin The stone cutter sold his wife Gaining a new lease of life And a two gallon jar of Plymouth gin
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They Kept on Marching! 03:45
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The Salvation Army was marching in Torquay With the sound of a trumpet and a joyful tambourine Sustaining their challenge to authority This confrontation caused such a public scene They'd marched through the town Unmolested for six years Saving many souls Like God's new pioneers The Salvation Army was marching in Torquay With the sound of a trumpet and a joyful tambourine Sustaining their challenge to authority This confrontation caused such a public scene The local board passed A new harbourside Act In the thirty eighth clause Was a little known fact No procession was allowed On any Sunday Except of the military So the Act did say To the Salvation Army Many fines were handed out Prison sentences served Of that there is no doubt The Salvation Army kept on marching in Torquay With the sound of a trumpet and a joyful tambourine Sustaining their challenge to authority This confrontation caused such a public scene
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Mutiny in Launceston 02:04
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Fact is stranger than fiction Often this is true A strange shoot out in Launceston During World War Two In the town there was a mutiny One evening in nineteen forty three They tried to keep a tight lid on the case Without mentioning colour or race Fact is stranger than than fiction What followed was front page news A court martial in Paignton That the underdog would lose This is forgotten history When we were fighting for liberty The segregation of black and white Led to a protest one autumn night This was racial intolerance In the USA army For the English reporters This was all so plain to see Fact is stranger than fiction It was in the town square As a boy Kate's father heard about What had happened there
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Jolly Summer Scarecrows 03:02
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All about St Marychurch And down along Babbacombe way Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display In the month of August a custom has begun The church, the shops the offices all join in the fun Waving from the windows leaning on a wall Peeping from a garden, can you find them all All about St Marychurch And down along Babbacombe way Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display A regal couple drinking tea, a carrot man in socks A scarecrow with his farmyard on top of the post box There's one in a book shop a little dog of straw A school boy a gardener, a nurse and many more All about St Marychurch And down along Babbacombe way Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display Some are knitted beautifully or sewn with special care Some are made of odds and ends gathered from here and there Some scarecrows carry messages pinned on with a note Which one is your favourite fill in a form and vote All about St Marychurch And down along Babbacombe way Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display Jolly summer scarecrows Put on a bright display
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Jack Rattenbury version two 03:02
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Jack Rattenbury the smuggler Was born in the village of Beer Where his family lived in poverty With no comfort throughout the year Jack Rattenbury the smuggler Was born in the village of Beer His father was press ganged And was never seen again Jack was the oldest child And sought work with the fishermen Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of Beer Chased by custom officials Of the risks he had no fear Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of Beer He was a local hero Giving money to the poor With lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law His memoirs were published In eighteen thirty seven And I wonder if Jack Is a smuggler up in heaven I do wonder if Jack Is a smuggler up in heaven Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of beer Chased by custom officials Of the risks he had no fear Jack became a smuggler All around the coast of beer He was a local hero Giving money to the poor With lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law Lots of trusted friends To protect him from the law

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A concept album of English folk rock songs about the South West of England

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released December 15, 2023

All songs composed by Ian Churchward except Jolly Summer Scarecrows composed by Elaine Churchward and Ian Churchward

Ian Churchward – Guitars, Mellotron Sounds, Mandola, Mandolin, Bouzouki and Vocals
Lord Zarquon – Keyboards, Mellotron Sounds, Bass Guitar and Drums
Jay Brown – Guitars, Keyboards and Tambourine
Jules Jones – Backing Vocals
Elaine Churchward – Backing Vocals
Ashley Dyer – Trumpet on Princess of Aragon and The Spanish Armada
Martyn Hillstead – Drums on The Spanish are Coming!
Phil Swann – Finger Picked Acoustic Guitar on Jack Rattenbury
Rowan Curle – Backing vocals on Cornish Folklore

Recorded in Torbay during 2021 and 2022

Album artwork created by Graham Moores

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The Legendary Ten Seconds started off as the solo music project of Ian Churchward during the time when he was the lead guitar player of The Morrisons who were featured on John Peel's radio one show back in 1987. In 2013 Lord Zarquon joined Ian's music project and since then the line up has gradually expanded and various guest musician's and vocalists have helped out in the recording studio. ... more

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