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Quiet Mornings (Wey Valley Radio)

by Mother of Order

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The mornings have gotten so quiet these days
No factory bell calling for presence
And the dawn air is free of the steam and the haze
All the fires for the engines now quenched


We’ve more time for laying
We’ve more time for love
We’ve even got time to be playful
But all time I’m praying
To this God up above
For work and some bread on the table

We could lay here ‘til noon, we don’t have to rise
No reason, for work ain’t demanding
Each day of the week wears a Sunday disguise
But hunger is ever commanding

We’ve more time for laying
We’ve more time for love
We’ve even got time to be playful
But all time I’m praying
To this God up above
For work and some bread on the table

What if our industry never comes back
What if the bell never rings more
What use is a life if it’s just one of lack
With no-one to help us, we’ll die poor

We’ve more time for laying
We’ve more time for love
We’ve even got time to be playful
But all time I’m praying
To this God up above
For work and some bread on the table

I can hear the birds singing, see sky full of stars
But beauty alone don’t fill bellies
If the bell doesn’t ring let’s turn factories to farms
And fill all our streets up with fruit trees

We’ve more time for laying
We’ve more time for love
We’ve even got time to be playful
But all time I’m praying
To this God up above
For work and some bread on the table

We’ve more time for laying
We’ve more time for love
We’ve even got time to be playful
But all time I’m praying
To this God up above
For work and some bread on the table

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released January 5, 2019
Words, Music and Arrangement - Mother of Order

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Mother of Order England, UK

Mother of Order were Cath Rogan and the late Martin Hall. Born from shared politics, shared concerns and a general anarcho- syndicalist outlook on life.

They write and sing songs of industry and songs of love.

Their first album, Warp and Weft is songs of and about the Lancashire Cotton Famine.

They also have a repertoire of bawdy folk songs and modern material with a folk twist
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