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The ideal opener, sets the scene...
Great banjo riff from Wes

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This tale it is twisted vile and depraved
No sins I resisted no souls have I saved

My fists are of iron, my heart is of coal
My dreams are of ashes they burn in my soul

How many secrets can one man keep?
Prepare to weep
Prepare to weep
Prepare to weep

I embraced all God’s creatures and played in the fields
But a man has his limits, you reach it it yields

Oh I loved all my neighbours, I prayed I could save
Their souls from damnation and a shallow grave

How many secrets can one man keep?
Prepare to weep
Prepare to weep
Prepare to we……eeep

Forced from this island found new shapes to mould
I toiled and I laboured now I’m in from the cold

How many secrets can one man keep?
Prepare to weep
Prepare to weep
Prepare to wee….ep

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from The Failing of the Strains, released August 8, 2008

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The Low Countries UK

The Low Countries are the off-road vehicle for songwriter-singer Nigel Parrington. Nigel is currently performing with Els D'hooge in Belgium after enjoying a heady 5 year run of full band activity in the UK.

'indie-folk at its best...' Folk Radio UK

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'They make literate, clever music that makes Belle and Sebastian look like a bunch of thugs' Popshifter
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