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The Nightjar's Fall From Grace

from Dark Harvest by Malcolm MacWatt

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Everyone has the right to have their voice heard. Opinions loudly proclaimed should not have more value than quietly spoken truths but unfortunately bluster and bluff get all the headlines in this Post-Truth era. I love to hear birdsong, even the nightjar, and I often find solace in the simple sounds of nature.

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The nightjar used to sing so sweetly
Pure heaven in his song
The spinning world would slow and listen
On summer nights still and warm
The other birds would hear the nightjar
And tried to sing as fine
But the nightjar laughed and the nightjar boasted
You’ll never have a voice like mine

The nightjar sung his own high praises
He’d sing too long and loud
The other birds they all fell silent
For the nightjar drowned them out
All the other birds were full of sorrow
To hear the nightjar’s scorn
For a songbird’s soul is full of music
It’s the chorus of the dawn

One day the old world gods were walking
Through the woods and fields
Hedgerows hushed and meadows mute
Just one bird did they hear
They asked the nightjar what was wrong
Where have all the other songbirds gone
The nightjar puffed his chest and said my song is the best
The songs of all the other birds are not fit to be heard

The old gods said we all agree, your song is heavenly
But every voice and melody has its worth
Pride and vanity shall be your curse
So we’re giving you the voice that you deserve

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from Dark Harvest, released January 25, 2024

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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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