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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This debut solo double album features one album of ten original songs and another album, comprising ten covers of Bruce's favourite folk songs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A double CD with one CD of original songs and one CD of Bruce's interpretation of the folk songs which inspired him in his youth.

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I first heard this song off Christy Moore's debut solo album, 'Prosperous'. Although written about the Irish struggle for independence from Britain, it could easily translate to the long suffering struggle of the Palestinian people against Israeli occupation.

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When apples still grow in November,
when blossoms still bloom on each tree,
When leaves are still green in december,
it's then that our land will be free,
I wandered her hills and her valleys,
and still through my sorrow I see,
A land that has never known freedom,
and only our rivers run free,

I drink to the death of her manhood,
those men who would rather have died,
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage,
to bring back their rights were denied,
Oh where are you now that we need you,
what burns where the flame used to be,
Are you gone like the snows of last winter,
and will only our rivers run free.

How sweet is a life but were crying,
how mellow the wine but we're dry,
How fragrant the rose but it's dying,
how gentle the wind but it sighs,
What good is in youth when it's ageing,
what joy is in eyes that cant see,
When there’s sorrow in sunshine and flowers,
and still only our rivers run free.

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from The Word is the Music the People are the Song, released February 26, 2021
Words and music by Mickey Macconnell

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Bruce Hearn Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Hearn has fronted the iconic Melbourne ska band, Strange Tenants, since 1981, with a back catalogue of 8 albums.
At heart however, he is a masterful singer/song writer, guitarist, banjo and harmonica player, and 2020 sees him releasing not one, but 2 double albums of original and iconic folk songs. His motto has always been 'if you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing'! ... more

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