Name: Laddie Are Ya' Workin?
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Description: A work song sung by the Celtic slaves of the New World.

Laddie Are Ya' Workin?

from Insh'Allah by Alexander James Adams

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Featured in the book "Lion"s Blood" by Steven Barnes, this master work was written specifically to capture the feeling and emotion of this alternate history where Islamic-African and Celtic Christian meet, fight and make peace with each other in a master/slave society exploring the best and worst of humanity.

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A work song sung by the Celtic slaves of the New World.

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LADDIE ARE YA WORKIN'?
Music & Lyrics; Heather Alexander

Darkness hangin’ in the sky in the morn,
Moonlight dyin’ as the sun is reborn-
Crops are swayin’ in an island of green,
Hemp and teff and corn in between-

CUT HER LOW, SWING HER 'ROUND,
IRON WIRE TIGHTLY BOUND-
THRESH THE TEFF BY THE MORNIN' LARK,
LIE IN HER ARMS IN THE STILL OF DARK-
LADDIE ARE YA WORKIN'?

Sunlight shinin’ on the heart of the land,
Crops are bendin to the part Nature planned-
Who’d be thinkin’ that they’d end from that start,
Cut and rent and shredded apart?

Storm clouds gather as the hands to the field,
Raindrops scatter as the land’s made to yield-
Body separate from its fine golden head,
Stalk and sheaf and chafe for a bed-

Stars are twinklin’ and the moon’s risin’ high
Dark is waitin’ for the sunlight to die-
Memories harken to the Emerald Isle
Sing and sleep and dream for a while-

Chorus 2:
CUT US LOW, SWING US 'ROUND,
IRON SHACKLES TIGHTLY BOUND-
THRESH YOUR SOUL BY THE MORNIN' LARK,
LIE IN YOUR DREAMS IN THE DEAD OF DARK-
LADDIE ARE YA WORKIN'?

Sea Fire Productions Inc c&p 2002

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from Insh'Allah, released February 2, 2002
Lead vocal: Heather Alexander
Back -up vocals: Hank Cramer, Mary Benson & Dan Maher
Bodhran: Heather Alexander
Other Percussion: Dan Ochipinti

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Alexander James Adams Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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