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A Dream of Islands

from Root, Seed, Thorn and Flower by Anne Lister

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The Scilly Islands, Orkney, Anglesey, Alderney, the Cyclades, the Sporades ... I've loved them all (and more).

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All my life I’ve dreamt about islands, dreamt of the colours of the changing sea
With the sails spread wide, the flowing tide, seagulls above me wheeling free
And all my life I’ve dreamt about travelling, dreamt of journeys on my own
With the flag set high, the open sky – tell my friends I’m sailing home.

This is where the stories come from, these are the isles of lost content
These are the isles of vanished glories, where the dreams of childhood went
This is where the stories blossom, this is where my soul belongs
This is where all pathways lead me, this is the home of true-found song.

All my life I’ve dreamt about islands, dreamt of the colours of the changing sea
With the sails spread wide, the flowing tide, seagulls above me wheeling free
And all my life I’ve dreamt about travelling, dreamt of journeys on my own
With the flag set high, the open sky – tell my friends I’m sailing home.

I’ll sit here while sunset deepens as the stars climb high to shine
Watch the moon like a silver beacon light the land that’s out of time
I’ll sit here with poems scratching at the door to be let in
Turn the past into sheaves of silver and gently bring the harvest in.

All my life I’ve dreamt about islands, dreamt of the colours of the changing sea
With the sails spread wide, the flowing tide, seagulls above me wheeling free
And all my life I’ve dreamt about travelling, dreamt of journeys on my own
With the flag set high, the open sky – tell my friends I’m sailing home.

Tell my friends if they need to find me that I’ve found my home at last
Here where sunlight joins the moonlight and the future joins the past
This is where the stories blossom, this is where my soul belongs
This is where all pathways lead me, this is the home of true-found song.

All my life I’ve dreamt about islands, dreamt of the colours of the changing sea
With the sails spread wide, the flowing tide, seagulls above me wheeling free
And all my life I’ve dreamt about travelling, dreamt of journeys on my own
With the flag set high, the open sky – tell my friends I’m sailing home.

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from Root, Seed, Thorn and Flower, released April 29, 2022
Steafan Hannigan - low whistle
Mike O'Connor - fiddle

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Anne Lister Wales, UK

Anne is best known for her song "Icarus", recorded and performed by a number of different singers, including Martin Simpson and Nic Jones. "Astrolabe" is her ninth solo album.

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