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A Retinue of Mandrakes

from Djinn - full album 2008 by Louisa John-Krol

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Alternatively entitled 'Juniper Berries', this song is from our 6th solo CD Djinn (2008) on French fairy-world label Prikosnovénie. It features the beautiful harp playing of Frédérique Henrottin (Keltia), whom I met on both my visits to Bruxelles, Belgium.

‘Neil Armstrong est venu dans mes rêves. Sombre et
mystérieux, il me dévoila un grand secret. La lune
n'est pas déserte : c'est le pays des chats.’
- Frederic Chaplain

lyrics

Nine blue panthers ran you down,
roaming an’ gloaming your apple round;
our Meadow of Poppies turned brown,
and pelicans turned into clowns -
Away and Away and Awake: a Retinue of Mandrakes
were coming to break over you.
Juniper berries will shake,
Your green heart will probably ache,
So tarry we’ve merry to make: a Retinue of Mandrakes
are coming to wait upon you.
Twenty-Nine Sirens were hauling down your days
and your gaze on the ever-now
So play and delay and be laid in their lake;
Be laid and be swayed in their lake.
Away and Away and Awake: a Retinue of Mandrakes
Are dying to take over you! They’re coming for you …

credits

from Djinn - full album 2008, released May 17, 2021
Lyrics & Melody: Mark Krol, Louisa John-Krol
Vocals, Chimes, Sequinned Dragon-Scale Bead Curtain (windblown from hanging on a Strawberry-Guava tree): Louisa John-Krol
Harp: Frédérique Henrottin
Glissando, Leviathan, Charango, Tiple, 12-String & other Guitars, Oceanic effects & reverse Vox: Harry Williamson
Produced with & engineered by Harry Williamson, Spring Studio

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Louisa John-Krol Australia

Louisa is an Australian singer, composer, writer & faery storyteller who has released many albums of ethereal music on indie labels, primarily in France. She's completing a fantasy series, The Elderbrook Chronicles, with a soundtrack.

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