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[silverthorne]

Been hearing this song around for the past few weeks on the slower rock station down here.
Liking it a lot--very down south blues sounding with a lot of folk and hand-bone thrown in. I almost imagine this being sung by folks a hundred or so years ago, and can imagine things like spoons and the like being used for instrumentation. I'm actually wondering if it isn't an old folk song.

Very upbeat. Might have to get the album.

I didn't check real close, but I think the write-up says she's actually from the UK. I'd recommend looking it up and giving it a try.



KT Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree Lyrics
Album: Eye To The Telescope

"two, three, four"

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

Well my heart knows me better than I know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)
I came across a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)

I fell in fear, upon my back
I said don't look back, just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)
When the big black horse that looked this way,
Said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)

But I said no,no,
no, no-no-no
I said no, no,
You're not the one for me
No, no,
No, no-no-no
I said no, no,
You're not the one for me

(oo-hoo, woo-hoo)

And my heart had a problem, in the early hours,
So it stopped dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)
But I cut some cord, and I shouldn't have done that,
And it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)

So I sent her to a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)
Now it won't come back, cause it's oh so happy
And now I've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo, woo-hoo)

But it said no, no,
No, no-no-no
I said no, no,
You're not the one for me
No, no,
No, no-no-no
Said no, no,
You're not the one for me

(oo-hoo, woo-hoo)
(not the one for me, yeah)
(ooooo, woo-hoo)
Said no, no,
No, no, no, no, no
You're not the one for me
Said no, no,
No, no, no, no, no
You're not the one for me

Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause they've all forsaken me
Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause they've all forsaken me

Comments

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall reading she's half Scots and half Chinese.

But yeah, her new song is cool too.