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Ned of the Hill / Hector the hero / Sophie's dancing feet (charity single)

from Brillig by The Mad Marston Hares

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This is a limited release of our debut EP. It includes our single "Ned of the Hill", as well as
    I Ain’t Got No Home/Flatwater Fran/The Hobo’s Lullaby,
    I Waited For You/Three Thin Dimes
    Jabberwocky/Sail away ladies
    Port Na Bpucai
    Jack of Diamonds (The Drunken Hiccups) / Black Bottle
    Mothers of the Disappeared/Mountains of Pomeroy

    We are donating proceeds from the sale of our single to a charity close to our heart - Sobell House. (We will also donate all contributions above £6 for this EP to the charity)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Brillig via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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We are releasing this single to raise funds for a charity that is close to our heart. All proceeds from the sale of this single will go to Sobell House, a local hospice.
Sadly, our singer David Kay died from melanoma soon after recording our EP. He and his wife received amazing support from Sobell House during his last illness.


Each of these items reflects a real person's name. In the first piece, a traditional Irish love song, Ned is Eamonn Na Chnoic, a 17C Robin Hood style figure of Irish folklore. Hector is Major General Sir Hector McDonald, a much decorated 19C Scottish military hero, and the haunting tune was composed by James Scott Skinner. Aly Bain wrote the second lively tune for his dancing youngest daughter, Sophie.

Vocal: David Kay
Guitar: Chris Mills
Fiddle/whistle: Dominic Wilkinson

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from Brillig, released April 20, 2019
Recorded at Woodworm studios, track mixed and engineered by Stuart Jones
Photos by Martin Wackenier - Devine Times Photography
We are very grateful to Aly Bain for giving us permission to include his brilliant tune in this single.

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The Mad Marston Hares Oxford, UK

The Mad Marston Hares are an Oxford-based expressive acoustic trio who play songs and tunes from America and Ireland. The line is fiddle, guitar/banjo, and vocal/cajon.

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