Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet is the Australian duo of Nicole Murray and John Thompson. They play Australian, English and Irish traditional music, with original songs and tunes written in a traditional style thrown in. Their music focusses strongly on the human voice, with tight two-part harmony being their trademark.
Cloudstreet have recorded The Green Man and made it available as a free download via the free stuff page on their website at:
The Green Man
The Green Man’s a traveller, a reveller, unraveller
Of dreams and of fancies, from first to the last.
Older than all men, living in all things
Son, father and sage,
Long live the Green Man!
First light of first morning saw the Green Man there waiting
He saw the creation and joined in the dance
All creatures grew ’round him, he grew with them singing
The first song of all, sing of the Green Man
Quietly watching and waiting and learning
The storms are his fury, the lightning his laugh
The first leaf of spring, his beauty and glory
His stillness his power, in the trees is his path.
There are fewer trees now, but the man is not sleeping
‘Though our ruin brings sorrow to time’s oldest heart
In our souls we may find him and remember his wisdom
And rekindle the flame; once again make a start.
© John Thompson
The Green Man in song
Australian COTGM Member John Thompson has kindly allowed us to use his song The Green Man. John is a member of the band Cloudstreet
Nicole Murray and John Thompson sing and play Anglo-Celtic traditonal and original music with magnificent harmonies and loads of laughter, all backed on guitar, flute and concertina.. They breathe new life into the Australian tradition – come and fly with cloudstreet
You can find their website here: http://www.cloudstreet.org/index.html
and download an MP3 version of this song free here: http://www.cloudstreet.org/downloads.html
You can also donate to the Red Cross Bushfire appeal via their site
The Green Man
The Green Man’s a traveller, a reveller, unraveller
Of dreams and of fancies, from first to the last.
Older than all men, living in all things
Son, father and sage,
Long live the Green Man!
First light of first morning saw the Green Man there waiting
He saw the creation and joined in the dance
All creatures grew ’round him, he grew with them singing
The first song of all, sing of the Green Man
Quietly watching and waiting and learning
The storms are his fury, the lightning his laugh
The first leaf of spring, his beauty and glory
His stillness his power, in the trees is his path.
There are fewer trees now, but the man is not sleeping
‘Though our ruin brings sorrow to time’s oldest heart
In our souls we may find him and remember his wisdom
And rekindle the flame; once again make a start.
The Company of the Green Man 