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Saltchild Lullaby and the Seagiant

from The Faerietale Woman by Fionvarra 1990. Free by Louisa John-Krol

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(i) Saltchild Lullaby:

By the end of the seventh year Eloise realises, too late, that Luty will never marry her, for the very charms she has used to lure him have destroyed his love of human ways. Unable to conceive a mortal child, the seamerrow can only share the music that had first brought Luty to her side.

(ii) The Seagiant:

Eloise is dying in the young man’s arms. But her repeated promise: ‘I will return!’ prophecies an eternity for the lovers - and with her vision of the giant ‘who dreams on the seafloor’, she seems to be drawing Luty’s fate into her own.

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Saltchild Lullaby:

And when you were resting, I gave you my love song
Saltchild born in the heart of the deep
And you and I knew when we called it our lullaby
that our two spirits would never sleep

The Seagiant:

Sleep, oh darling our Storm has passed,
dream of it all your life
Though your dreams might only come briefly true,
they last long after you die

Sleep, my Ocean my River my Rain,
safe in the Earth that loves you
rest my Hunger, down on the seafloor
till I return to wake you
I will return

Oh, look you’re so peaceful
just like some man who dreams on the seafloor
Oh! my Seagiant was beautiful,
you won’t forget me.

Sleep oh darling … I’ll dream of it all my life!
Though our dreams might only come briefly true,
they last long after we die

Sleep, my Ocean, my River, my Rain,
safe in the Earth that loves you
And I’ll rest my hunger, down on the seafloor
till I return to wake you
I will return to wake you!
Watch me return

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from The Faerietale Woman by Fionvarra 1990. Free, released October 1, 2021
Lyrics, Music: Louisa (Louise) John, pre-Fionvarra, circa 1985
Vocals, acoustic Guitar: Louisa of Fionvarra
Fionvarra version produced with Andrew Persi late 1980s
(After Fionvarra, I later re-recorded this song with two other producers, Harry Williamson and Brett Taylor, for our 3rd CD Ariel)
Image: 'Looking Glass of Aphrodite', a natural rockpool formation, photographed by Louisa circa 1990

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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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