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Tell Tale Tusk

by Tell Tale Tusk

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1.
Miss Madley 05:31
Miss Madley was a spinster She never had wed She was married to her business Embalming THE DEAD Miss Madley had a funeral home Where for 49 years She had suited and booted and boxed up.. Strangers and peers Until one morning unexpectedly Came to her an entire dance company She dolled up the dead as directed Each one was a dance caricature She worked all day until nightfall Then she left and she bolted the door She was awakened in the dead of the night By a ruckus and a rhythm Strange flickering light... She seiz-ed a golfclub And crept down the stairs To the cellar once silent That now was all...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (Chorus) And the dead they were dancing like never before The dead they were dancing like never before They were spinning, jumping, cartwheeling the floor Yes the dead they were dancing like never before There were tappers, tangos, salsas swings A dead girl on piano Drums drum-med once more The dead they were dancing like never before Yes the dead they were dancing like never before And they looked so entrancing she had to join in So she chose a partner and she started to swing They cried Miss Madley, Miss Madley! This night is your last! And we’re here to share The dances of days gone past So they danced la da da da DA da da da They danced la da da da DA da da da They danced la da da da DA da da da They danced la da da da DA da da da Chorus Join the fun its only just began Enjoy this real event or this hallucination In death you can do what you never did in life So move your feet To the beat Dancing in the bathroom Dancing in the hall Dancing in the kitchen Dancing one and all Dancing in the bathroom Dancing in the hall Dancing in the kitchen Dancing one and all They danced up the stairs And Miss Madley went too They danced out the door and After that I’m not sure Chorus And the dead they were dancing Like never before
2.
Liquor Song 03:55
The girl that you knew stands there waiting for you You nearly walked right on by With a smile and a stare, she returns you to there And you follow to join at the back of the line With those that you can't leave behind Destruction created is never unmade You made her go die with the flies in the sky And she'll never come back no she'll never come back... (Chorus) Dance, dance is all you remember a shattering disco of glittering lights She said in a whisper, "I'd lay off the liquor if I were you tonight" A promise that's broken is always a token of how you lost her that night She'll spit on your shovel and dig up your gravel with a shovel that's made out of led (Chorus) Some day you'll remember that night in September What was she doing you don't even know She laid there and prayed there and asked for an answer An ending a get out A way to get home The door was left open the lights were all on When you got back you knew something was wrong You crept cross the floorboards pushed open the door Lying in a heap was a skeletons claw Her eyes were all puffy her hair was all grey Bones all broken skin melted away You fell to your knees catching words you should say Then you lay down and wept like a bird without prey Dance dance is all you remember a shattering disco of glittering lights Dance dance is all you remember a shattering disco of glittering lights Dance dance is all you remember a shattering disco of glittering lights She said in a whisper, I'd lay off the liquor If I were you tonight!
3.
GM Parade 04:14
The scene was very glum A man had come across a parade put on by scientist scum Everybody gathered round to point and laugh and stare except for... except for ONE The parade had begun And of shame there was none The crazy scientist he had made These genetically modified beings For parade He used to be a good man a really very lovely man He fell in with the wrong crowd He was bullied he was bullied for his scientific knowledge then he turned things upside down He decided to use his powers for evil And make beings that he could control Oh he felt so bad for the people passing by Oh he felt so bad for the people passing by Oh he felt so bad for the people passing by He had to stop, he had to stop and cry BUT WHY!? Oh one had five arms One had six eyes One was over twelve feet tall and the other had tusks for teeth One had three hands One had four feet One had a face with a beak And the other had fins for feet WHAT'S THIS!? A Closer look... And the twelve foot man his head shook The observer he did stare Looks like they're getting out of there Oh the twelve foot man used his height in full And the three armed one began to pull The five legged woman who was really very strong The crazy scientist had got this all WRONG! Oh he felt so bad for the people passing by Until they all used their arms and all their eyes To escape the parade and begin a new long life And all they laughed and clapped and cheered for all of time
4.
Missile Boy 03:44
A fascination with the every day Made little Johnny lie awake He tried and tried to contemplate until his head it really ached He stared up at the sun so high Until the moon it passed right by In his room he made a plan He wanted to learn how to fly.... (Chorus) The numbers danced poetically He calculated perfectly The only thing he didn't see Were the little bits of deberis In his room he stayed up late Fixing wings with bits of tape Late one night a stranger came To ask some questions VERY STRANGE Johnny never wondered why He had a gun up on his thigh In the strangers squinting eyes A steaming hint of danger lied The man was from the government A stranger who was like cement Hardened to the joys of life And wounded with a secret knife He wanted to take Johnny's plan Make him rich and give him land Life would be so very grand if only he would sell his plan... (Chorus) A fascination with the every day Made little Johnny lie awake He tried and tried to contemplate until his head it really ached He stared up at the sun so high Until the moon it passed right by In his room he made a plan He wanted to learn how to fly (Chorus) The numbers danced The numbers danced Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
5.
As I was a walking one morning in May I met a pretty fair maid and unto her did say I'll tell you me mind, it's for love I am inclined An me inclination lies in your cuckoo's nest (Chorus) Some like a girl who is pretty in the face and some like a girl who is slender in the waist But give me a girl who will wriggle and will twist At the bottom of the belly lies the cuckoo's nest Me darling, says she, I am innocent and young And I scarcely can believe your false deluding tongue Yet I see it in your eyes and it fills me with surprise That your inclination lies in me cuckoo's nest me darling, says me, if you can see it in me eyes Then think of it as fondness and do not be surprised For I live you me dear and I'll marry you I swear If you'll let me clap my hand on your cuckoo's nest (Chorus) Me darling, says she, I can do no such thing For me mother often told me it was committing sin Me maidenhead to lose and me sex to be abused So have no more to do with me cuckoo's nest Me darling, says me, it's not committing sin But common sense should tell you it is a pleasing thing For you were brought into this world to increase and do your best And to help a man to heaven in your cuckoo's nest (Chorus) Me darling, says she, I cannot you deny For you've surely won my heart by the rolling of your eye Yet I see it in your eyes that your courage is surprised So gently lift your hand into me cuckoo's nest (Chorus) This couple they got married and soon they went to bed And now this pretty fair maid has lost her maidenhead In a small country cottage they increase and do their best And he often claps his hand on her cuckoo's nest

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released June 21, 2016

Anna Lowenstein - Fiddle
Fiona Fey - Vocals & Clarinet
Kai Carter - Guitar and Additional Percussion
Laura Inskip - Vocals & Clarinet
Rey Yusuf - Vocals & Percussion
Robyn Hemmings - Double Bass
Andy Ramsay - Additional Percussion (Cuckoo's Nest)

Recorded by Andy Ramsay at Press Play Studios.
Mastered by Paul Tipler

Art work by Matthew Knight
Design by Bryn Jones

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Tell Tale Tusk London, UK

Tell Tale Tusk weave spellbinding and award-winning vocal harmonies around melodious instrumentals to reimagine folktales old and give light to folktales new.

Tell Tale Tusk’s take on folk is boundlessly creative: as well as being inventive interpreters of music from around the British Isles, the ensemble are prolific writers, adding their distinctive and astute voices to modern day folksong.
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