The Weaver's Song

from Whispers by Hanna van Gorcum

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lyrics

When Hercules did use to spin,
And Pallas wrought upon the loom,
Our trade to flourish did begin,
While conscience went not selling broom
Then love and friendship did agree
To keep the bands of amity.

When princes’ sons kept sheep in field,
And queens made cakes of wheated flour,
The men to lucre did not yield,
And brought good cheer in every bower;
Then love and friendship…

But when the Gyants huge and high
Did fight with spears like weavers’ beams,
Then they in iron beds did lye,
And brought poor men to hard extreams;
Yet love and friendship…

But while the Greeks besiegèd Troy,
Penelope apace did spin;
And weavers wrought with mickle joy,
Though little gains were coming in;
For love and friendship…

Had Helen then sate carding wooll,
(Whose beauteous face did breed such strife),
She had not been Sir Paris’ trull
Nor caused so many to lose their life;
Yet we by love did still agree…


Or had King Priam’s wanton son
Been making quills with sweet content,
He had not then his friends undone,
When he to Greece a-gadding went;
For love and friendship….

The cedar-trees endure more storms
Then little shrubs that sprout on high,
The weavers live more void of harms,
Then princes of great dignity;
While love and friendship…

The shepherd sitting in the field
Doth tune his pipe with heart’s delight;
When princes watch with spear and shield,
The poor man soundly sleeps all night;
While love and friendship…

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from Whispers, released May 17, 2022
poem: anonymous, music: H. van Gorcum

feat. Meidi Goh, student women's choir Medusa conducted by Iris van 't Veer

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Hanna van Gorcum Rotterdam, Netherlands

Violinist, singer, nyckelharpa player from the Netherlands. Influences are from traditional Scandinavian and Irish music, as well as baroque and rock.

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