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Young Women To Old

from Felt through the bone by Elizabeth Riley Band

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Young Women to Old (Carmel Whittle)
1. Early morn comes she gets up in the dark
Lines on her face with the light becomes stark
Wind beaten faces the women are tired
Their hair’s turnin grey as they kindle the fire |and it’s

CHORUS:
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind (and it’s)
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind

2. Hands that grow gnarled with the winter’s cruel cold
As they hang out the washing young women to old
Bread, ten loaves baking to fill empty space
The house slow to warm as the worried ones pace

CHORUS:
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind (and it’s)
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind

Solo: 16 bars 8 bars guitar riff
8 bars guitar riff
3.The sea she has owned us for all of our lives
Treated us well with her abundant supplies
But man’s sense of progress, the greed and the blindness
Have left empty waters of promise behind us

4.The time it has come for all women to stand
In our kitchens, on decks and on the land
Waiting no more with tears in our eyes
Waving our sons and our daughters goodbye

CHORUS:
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind (and it’s)
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind

CHORUS:
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind (and it’s)
Heave ho, out goes the line Up goes the sail as we leave it behind)

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from Felt through the bone, released December 3, 2014

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Elizabeth Riley Band Ottawa, Ontario

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We make fine Canadiana music... known for our harmonies and electrified acoustic edge. With four core singer-songwriter members, Patricia, Carmel, Sarah, and Jen... for the past 5+ years in and around Ottawa, we have collaborated with onstage with an amazing cast of characters... including Charline Dequincey; Sally Robinson; Heather Farrow; Ric Côté; Astronaut Love Triangle ... more

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