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Silk and Honest Pay

from Satchel of Songs by Diane Patterson

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Silk and Honest Pay
Fall 2019

I hear that old language
I hear those old time ways
I see that star map blanket
I see those tall grass days

Woven in your song
Can I run along, beside you
woven in your song

I dreamed a dream tonight
Of silk and honest pay
A traveler there at faire
To trade hand goods we’d made
And oh, fine things we saw,
The beauty of the arts
And oh, the eyes, the skin
The voices from afar

Midsummer dance we did
Until the petals fell
The hands of dancers felt
In mine a happy spell
The music lifted me
To places none can tell
Come fruit in fall again
I’ll meet you by the well

And by the well, my friend,
The mother and the child
Can heal, alive and well
The husband and the wild
In sacred waters where
The mountain does provide
Come rain, come sun we sing
The dark again to light!

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from Satchel of Songs, track released March 8, 2022
Bodil idea
whispers, by Anna-Elvira Cederholm and Bodil Jørgenson
Terence Higgins, percussion
Janelle Burdell on percussion
Barbara Higbie violin and vocals
Mia Pixley cello
Diane picking out Moog bass, guitar, voice

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Diane Patterson Ashland, Oregon

Folkgoddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with powerful voice and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and roots storytelling plant seeds of respect and justice. She’s fueled by music-as-activism and love-as-revolution. Made in New Orleans, Diane’s new 2018 album features Mike Napolitano and Ani DiFranco. ... more

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