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Charm

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Music by Kerry Andrew, lyrics adapted from and by Anon.

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from KELD, released March 23, 2018
Anglo-Saxon metrical charms were sets of instructions, including ingredients for potions and words to be spoken aloud, meant to cure sicknesses or resolve troubles. Twelve of them survive in Old English, including this one for water-elf disease, which involves watery eyes and pale, ill-looking nails.

I whisper the ingredients in Anglo-Saxon, and have adapted the Old English text, keeping the style of the original charm, repeating certain phrases lots of times as you were supposed to.

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GUARDIAN FOLK ALBUM OF THE MONTH 2023

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'Imagine Bjork working her magic on the English folk scene' UNCUT

YOU ARE WOLF is the alt-folk project of award-winning British composer, vocalist and author Kerry Andrew. They present folk songs and lore with unusual arrangements drawing on electronica, drone, contemporary classical and alt-rock.
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