Nottamun Town

Performed by Ayreheart, live at “Early Music in Columbus” concert series February 6, 2015 Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. The studio version to be released in 2016 on Ayreheart’s new recording, Barley Moon Nottamun Town - Anon. Old English folk song dating back to Medieval times. Brian Kay ~ vocals & komuz Ronn McFarlane ~ lute Willard Morris ~ colascione Mattias Rucht ~ percussion In Nottamun Town, Not a soul to be seen, Not a soul would look up, Not a soul would look down, To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town. The King and the Queen, And the company more, They came from behind, And marching before, A stark naked drummer, Come beating his drum, His hands in his pockets came marching along. I had an old horse, She was called the grey mare, Grey mane and grey tail, Green stripe down her back, There was no hair on her but what was coal black. She stood stark still, Threw me to the dirt, She tore at my hyde, and bruis’d my shirt, From saddle to stirrup, I climbed back again, And on my ten toes I rode over the bend. In Nottamun Town, Not a soul to be seen, Not a soul would look up, Not a soul would look down, To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town