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Betsy McLeod's Lament

from The Toledo Sessions by Katie Grace Harris

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On Rossal plain where the heather grows,
I left my heart in the fields we sowed,
To my highland home no more I'll go,
On Rossal plain, on Rossal plain.

My clan have always tilled this land,
And my bairns and I to it's glens were bound,
Until Sellar's men did our homes burn down,
On Rossal plain, on Rossal plain,

When the factor came as darkness fell,
With eight strong men for our fight to quell,
And to board the doors and us expel,
No more my home, no more my home.

All through the night we walked the land,
From hearth to hearth for one kind hand,
But no help would come, for fear stalked the land,
No haven here, no haven here.

From thence we came to these foreign shores,
We are exiled here by their savage laws,
But I'll have you know that my heart's forever yours,
Land of my birth, land of my birth.

And in my mind I'll stake my claim,
And I'll walk the fields of Syre again,
And when I die may my body be lain,
On Rossal plain, on Rossal plain.

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from The Toledo Sessions, released August 26, 2022
Music and lyrics by Katie Grace Harris

Katie Grace Harris: Vocals
Alex Duncalf: Cello

Recorded and mixed by Lukas Drinkwater at Polyphonic Recording. Mastered by Ian Stephenson at Simpson Street Studios.
Artwork by Callie Bowyer at Callie Bowyer - GRAPHIC ART.
PR by the team at From The Whitehouse.

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Katie Grace Harris England, UK

Katie Grace Harris is a multi-tasking, foot tapping, piano, dulcimer and accordion playing singer and story-weaver.

Purbeck Rising Finalist 2021

Nominated Best Solo Female Artist GSMC awards 2021

​Reg Meuross: ‘Integrity pours out of her performance and her as a person’.

Downend Folk Club - ‘...it's easy to see why Katie has been turning heads’.

Folk Weekend: Oxford - ‘Pure joy…a treat’ ... more

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