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Winter Sits First

by Ailsa Mair

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Winter Sits First (y Gaeaf)
Sengl Gaeaf 2022 Winter Single
Ailsa Mair Fox /// the Fairytale Cellist

A song about greeting Winter on all levels, with all its bare branches, darkness and grief, and the hope & potential of the seeds, both real and metaphorical…

based on a simple poem I wrote on a scrap of paper with a painted swirl during Winter a few years ago.

I hope this brings some warmth to your Winter.

Nadolig Llawen & Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Cariad mawr - with love,

Ailsa X

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I went underground to talk to a seed,
She said “Don’t feel bad for receiving help you need”
So I shed her a tear to quench her great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

I went underground to talk to a seed,
He said “Don’t feel bad for receiving help you need”
So I shed him a tear to quench his great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

I went underground to talk to a seed,
They said “Don’t feel bad for receiving hep you need”
So I shed them a tear to quench their great thirst,
And understood deeply that Winter sits first.

mae'r Ddaear yn galw
a'r pridd yn canu
i hadau'r Derw -
bydd blodau yn tyfu

(Welsh translation:
The Earth is calling,
and the soil is singing
to the seeds of the Oak -
Flowers will grow)
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released December 21, 2022
Words, music, cello and voice - Ailsa Mair Fox
Guitar & backing vocals - Liam Rickard a.k.a. Worldwide Welshman
Production - made at home by Ailsa
Artwork - Anne Thomas, www.shiningedge.co.uk

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Ailsa Mair (known by some as The Fairytale Cellist) is a Singing Cellist, Viola da Gamba rebel, Songwriter, Composer and Improviser living in, mid-Wales.

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