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Red River Woman

from Dark Harvest by Malcolm MacWatt

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A eulogy to the murdered native Canadian women whose bodies wash up in the waters around Winnipeg. I have Canadian family who are fiercely proud of their indigenous heritage. I abhor racism, violence and misogyny so this song was always waiting in the wings. The haunting backing vocal is by Shannon Hynes.

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Red River woman you’re breaking my heart
I wish I could pick you up and hold you in my arms
But you've been way too long in the water
Somebody’s daughter used and thrown away

Red River woman I feel so ashamed
That somebody, probably a man like me, could treat you this way
But you ain’t the first brown skin girl to float down here
I fear you won’t be the last

CH: Upstream nobody heard your screams and cries
Downstream nobody really cares how you died
Just another native girl who strayed off the reservation
First Nation, last in line again

Red River woman you’re so far from home
Flotsam and jetsam of flesh and bone
Failed by the system, lost to the world
Dead girl, just another dead girl

Red River woman take back your name
Jane Doe no longer you are Tina Fontaine
I hope you find justice, I hope you find peace
We grieve, the river runs deep

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from Dark Harvest, released January 25, 2024
Backing Vocal: Shannon Hynes

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Malcolm MacWatt London, UK

“MacWatt will doubtless be considered among the best of the new breed of folksingers and songwriters, who speak of the past as a way to perhaps understand it and move forward” Stephen Rapid, Lonesome Highway

“He shines as a singer and he shines as an interpreter of the eternal folk songbook,” Tom Brosseau, The Great American Folk Show, North Dakota
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