31-08-24 Smorgasboard at the Hen & Chicken Sarah Curtis
In which we find there's a little Sufi philosophy even in the town of Frome.
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00:00Okay, she's an absolutely wonderful singer-songwriter.
00:04Please give a quick round of applause for Sarah Curtis.
00:13Thank you. So this is a song, I think we all need love in the world.
00:19So this is called Way of Love.
00:21Okay.
00:30Always the way of love
00:46Always the way of love
00:55So leave what is keeping you
01:02Leave what is keeping you
01:05From following that path
01:09Leave what is keeping you
01:11Leave what is keeping you
01:15From following that path
01:19You are stronger than you think you know
01:24You're stronger than you tell yourself
01:29When the world feels heavy on your soul
01:33Remember you are always loved
01:38La ilaha illallah
01:56Always the way of peace
02:05Always the way of peace
02:14So leave what is keeping you
02:17Leave what is keeping you
02:21From following that path
02:24Leave what is keeping you
02:26Leave what is keeping you
02:30From following that path
02:34Through the darkest nights
02:37You shine so bright
02:39And with every step you're closer to the light
02:44Believe in the power of your soul
02:49You're stronger than you think you know
02:53La ilaha illallah
03:12Ya wadud, ya salam, ya rakim, ya rakman
03:21Ya wadud, ya salam, ya rakim, ya rakman
03:32Always the way of love
03:45Always the way of love
03:54So leave what is keeping you
04:01Leave what is keeping you
04:05From following that path
04:08Leave what is keeping you
04:10Leave what is keeping you
04:14From following that path
04:17When your doubts arise and fears take hold
04:23Just look inside your heart so bold
04:28And with every challenge you will grow
04:32You're stronger than you think you know
04:37La ilaha illallah
04:55Always the way of love
05:18This is another song that I wrote
05:20And it's called A Thousand Miles
05:24It was inspired by a poet, a Persian poet called Hafiz
05:29Hafez or Hafiz
05:31And sort of like Rumi
05:34And so I put some words to his
05:38Some music to his words
05:53Ooh, ooh, ooh
06:08Ooh, ooh, ooh
06:20I saw you dancing last night
06:27On the roof of your house all alone
06:34And I felt your heart longing for a friend
06:46And I saw you whirling beneath the soft rose
06:52That hung from an invisible stem in the sky
06:58So I begin to change into my best clothes
07:09Even though I live a thousand miles away
07:16And you live a thousand miles more
07:23I will always have been joining you
07:30Ooh, ooh, ooh
07:50I saw you dancing last night
07:56On the roof of your house all alone
08:02And I felt your heart longing for a friend
08:15And even after all this time
08:20The sun never sets to the earth
08:25You owe me, this is the kind of friend you are
08:32You are, you are, you are, you are
08:39Even though I live a thousand miles away
08:46And you may live a thousand miles more
08:52I will always have been joining you
08:58Ooh, ooh, ooh
09:04Even though I live a thousand miles more
09:11Even though I live a thousand miles away
09:18I will always have been joining you
09:24Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
09:54A thousand miles, oh, a thousand miles, oh, a thousand miles
10:37I put my foot up there.
10:38Okay, thank you.
10:40Okay, um, so the next one I recently learnt, it's got some, um, let's have a look, let me see, it's a different language, Punjabi or, it's called Lappi Aati.
10:59So.
11:30Upon my lips is a prayer of longing to you, my Lord.
11:41Upon my lips is a prayer of longing to you, my Lord.
11:53Zindagi shama kisurat hukoodaya men.
12:02Zindagi shama kisurat hukoodaya men.
12:12May my life burn in the form of a flame, oh, my Lord.
12:24May my life burn in the form of a flame, oh, my Lord.
12:34Zindagi tiniyaga mada idam se oje.
12:46Through my life, may the world's darkness disappear, oh, my Lord.
12:58Lappi aati he duwa bhanke tamanna men.
13:08Upon my lips is a prayer of longing to you, my Lord.
13:20May my life burn in the form of a flame, oh, my Lord.
13:31Through my life, may the world's darkness disappear, oh, my Lord.
13:40Through my life, may the world's darkness disappear, oh, my Lord.
13:53May each place be bright with the glow of my light, oh, my Lord.
14:02Lappi aati he duwa bhanke tamanna men.
14:12Lappi aati he duwa bhanke tamanna men.
14:38Okay, right.
14:40So, this is a song I wrote this year, called The Hedgehog Queen of Glastonbury.
14:49And I've got some cards here, but I can't really reach to show you.
14:53What are those, though?
14:55Yeah, they're...
14:56Did you wind up...
14:58Well, I think...
14:59Well, Shirley, it's going to be on your camera.
15:02Yes, I can just see it.
15:06So, yeah, I volunteer at a hedgehog rescue called Prickles Hedgehog Sanctuary in Cheddar.
15:14And, yeah, I get lots of hedgehogs coming in.
15:18So, yeah, I designed these to go with the song.
15:22These cards?
15:23Yes.
15:24You designed these cards?
15:25I designed them with the help of Alan Ingalls.
15:32Well, they're Ā£3. I wanted to give 50% to tonight as well.
15:37So, yeah.
15:38How much are these?
15:39They're Ā£3. Oh, Ā£10 a CD.
15:42Ā£10 each?
15:43Ā£3 each, or four for ten.
15:45So, it's a good deal. There's quite a bunch of people there.
15:48Yeah, that's fine, yeah.
15:56So, yeah, this is the Hedgehog Queen of Glastonbury.
16:00So...
16:01In the land of Glastonbury where meadows bloom so far
16:08There lived the eldest hedgehog queen
16:11Her crown shone like the stars
16:14She roamed the fields of twilight
16:17With her crown so fair and bright
16:20Her crown so fair and bright
16:23And sang to all the creatures
16:26Underneath the pale moonlight
16:29Oh hedgehog queen of Glastonbury
16:32You dance among the flowers
16:35You roam about this peaceful land
16:38And sing for hours and hours
16:41Your heart is pure and gentle
16:44Your spirit wild and free
16:47Oh hedgehog queen
16:53She shuffled up to Wearyall Hill
16:56Where once a tree did stand
16:59The holy thorn of Glastonbury echoed out the land
17:05And then one night some wicked men
17:08They killed and chopped it down
17:11The hedgehog queen was so upset
17:14It almost broke her crown
17:17Oh hedgehog queen of Glastonbury
17:20You dance among the flowers
17:23You roam about this peaceful land
17:26And sing for hours and hours
17:29Your heart is pure and gentle
17:32Your spirit wild and free
17:35Oh hedgehog queen
17:39Many years before she heard King Henry took his reign
17:48And ordered for the Abbey to go up in fire and flame
17:54She told the other hedgehogs there
17:57To move to somewhere safe
18:00The Abbey stands in mystery
18:04Even to this day this I hear
18:18King Arthur and sweet Queen of Ere
18:22The knights at the round table
18:25Met with the hedgehog queen
18:28And all her subjects who were able
18:31She spoke of where to hide
18:34An ancient goblet with such powers
18:37Eternal life was granted
18:40For the hedgehogs and the flowers
18:43Oh hedgehog queen of Glastonbury
18:47You dance among the trees
18:50You roam about this peaceful land
18:53And sing the songs you please
18:56Your heart is pure and gentle
18:59Your spirit wild and free
19:02Oh hedgehog queen
19:08So if you find a hedgehog
19:11Walking through the lanes at night
19:14Remember of the hedgehog queen
19:18The crown of stars so bright
19:21And maybe she will tell you
19:24Of adventures and of tales
19:27Oh even where the, even where the
19:31Hedgehogs hid the secret holy grail
19:35Oh hedgehog queen of Glastonbury
19:38You dance among the flowers
19:41You roam about this peaceful land
19:44And sing the songs you please
19:47And your heart is pure and gentle
19:50Your spirit wild and free
19:53Oh hedgehog queen
19:57For all eternity, eternity
20:05Eternity
20:11Eternity
20:17Oh hedgehog queen
20:22For all eternity, eternity
20:38Thank you
20:40I don't know how much longer
20:42But I have on the stadium
20:45The stadium? How many have you got on?
20:48Oh gosh I don't know
20:50A few more? Three or so?
20:52Three more
20:53Okay
20:57So I don't know if you heard of a
21:00He wrote a book called The Prophet
21:03Prophet?
21:04And it's Cahil Gibran
21:08So this is, that's his name
21:11Cahil Gibran
21:13And he wrote this book
21:15And he goes on about family
21:18And love and money
21:20Anyway this is called Your Children
21:39Your children
21:42Are not your children
21:46They are the sons and the daughters
21:51Longing for a child
21:55They come through you
21:58And they are not from you
22:02Though they are with you
22:05They belong not to you
22:10And you can give them your love
22:15But not your thoughts
22:19You can house their bodies
22:23But not their souls
22:27For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
22:35But you cannot visit
22:38Not even in your dreams
22:46So
23:00Your children
23:03Are not your children
23:07They are the sons and the daughters
23:12Longing for a child
23:15They come through you
23:18But they are not from you
23:22And though they are with you
23:25They belong not to you
23:30You can give them your love
23:34But not your thoughts
23:39You can house their bodies
23:43But not their souls
23:47For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
23:55But you cannot visit
23:58Not even in your dreams
24:04They have their own thoughts
24:12They have their own dreams
24:20They have their own souls
24:33Ooh, ooh, ooh
24:55You can give them your love
24:59But not your thoughts
25:03You can house their bodies
25:07But not their souls
25:11For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow
25:19But you cannot visit
25:22Not even in your dreams
25:28They have their own thoughts
25:33They have their own dreams
25:43They have their own thoughts
25:47They have their own souls
25:52Ooh, wow!
26:00Um, I don't know if it's...
26:02It's sort of making funny sounds
26:05Does it sound okay, the sound?
26:08Yeah
26:09Okay
26:11Okay
26:12Uh, so this song I wrote a while ago
26:17And a good friend of mine, he ended his own life
26:22And he used to say that the world has too much beauty in it
26:27And I can't contain it
26:29And he was an artist and he painted
26:32And this song came through, like, really quickly
26:36When I found out that he did end his life
26:39So it's called Part of It All
26:48Part of It All
26:54Watching the flame as it changes again
26:59It won't be the same as any other
27:06Don't be sad for my journey has just begun
27:11I'm part of the beauty that I couldn't contain for myself
27:29I am part of the music now
27:32Part of your breathing
27:35I am part of the world
27:38But you're my friends and family abide
27:41And I will never lose touch with you now
27:46How can I ever feel lonely
27:50When I am a part of it all?
27:58Part of it all
28:04You are not just a bride
28:08You are a tapestry
28:11You are not just a blade of grass
28:14You are a meadow
28:17You are not just a little wave
28:20You are an ocean
28:23You are not just one thing
28:26You are a part of it all
28:34Part of it all
28:40Part of it all
28:46Part of it all
28:53Watching the flame as it flickers again
28:58It won't be the same as
29:02Any other
29:05Don't be sad for my journey has just begun
29:11I'm part of the beauty that I couldn't contain for myself
29:28I am part of the music now
29:31Part of your breathing
29:34I am part of the world
29:37But you're my friends and family abide
29:40And I will never lose touch with you now
29:45How can I ever feel lonely
29:49When I am a part of it all?
29:54Part of it all
30:05You are not just a bride
30:08You are a tapestry
30:11You are not just a blade of grass
30:14You are a meadow
30:17You are not just a little wave
30:20You are an ocean
30:23You are not just one thing
30:26You are a part of it all
30:34Part of it all
30:40Part of it all
30:46Part of it all
30:49You are a part of it all
31:20So, yeah, I'm just going to end with a Tom Waits song.
31:25I don't have a voice like him, but...
31:30I won't try it.
31:36Okay, and it's got like a sing-along chorus, so it's
31:39Come on up to the house, come on up to the house
31:42Come down, no, not that bit.
31:45Come on up to the house, the world is not my home
31:48I'm just passing through and come on up to the house
31:52So it's really easy, so...
32:06Well, the moon is broken
32:09And the sky is cracked
32:14Come on up to the house
32:21And the only thing that you can see is all that you lack
32:27So just come on up to the house
32:35Oh, you're crying, oh, do you know, girls?
32:41So come on up to the house
32:48Come down off your horse
32:51We could use the war, soldiers
32:56Come on up to the house
33:02Come on up to the house
33:08Come on up to the house
33:15The world is not my home, I'm just passing through
33:21So just come on up to the house
33:29There's a light in the tunnel and no irons and fire
33:37Come on up to the house
33:43And you're singing lisa pablo in the junk man's choir
33:49So just come on up to the house
33:57Does life seem nasty and brutish and short?
34:03You should come on up to the house
34:10And the seas they're stormy and you can't find no port
34:16So just come on up to the house
34:24So come on up to the house
34:30Come on up to the house
34:37Well, this world is not my home, I'm just passing through
34:43So just come on up to the house
34:59Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
35:06Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
35:12Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
35:19Well, there's nothing in the world that you can do
35:26Come on up to the house
35:32And you've been whipped by the forces that are inside of you
35:39You've got to come on up to the house
35:46Well, you're high on your mountain of woe
35:53Come on up to the house
36:00Well, you know you should surrender, but you just can't let it go
36:06You've got to come on up to the house
36:14Come on up to the house
36:20Come on up to the house
36:27Well, the world is not my home, we are just passing through
36:33So just come on up to the house
36:41Come on up to the house
36:49Come on up to the house
36:55Well, the world is not my home, I'm just passing through
37:02You've got to come on up to the house
37:09Well, the world is not my home, I'm just passing through
37:16You've got to come on up to the house