Recorded live at a special event at the Canadian National Pagan Conference, Gaia Gathering, in Toronto in May 2012. The special event was called Wychwood Tales and Wails, in which stories, music, and sound effects intertwined.
lyrics
The cuckoo, he sits on his perch in the hole at the door to his home.
That's the clock.
It goes tick-tock.
If I could, I would stop the passage of time,
so I would be able to recapture the memories I've lost.
But I sit on my perch in the hole at the door to my home.
That's the clock.
It goes tick-tock.
The cuckoo, he sits in anticipation of the impending time situation.
The cuckoo, he knows it is time to move on and to spread its old wings and to fly back to heaven.
The cuckoo, alas, he is made out of wood like the door to his home.
That's the clock.
It goes tick-tock.
credits
from The Wychwood Sessions,
released August 9, 2012
Recorded by Greg Currie and John David Hickey at Wilson Hall, New College, University of Toronto, May 2012. Written by Rikki LaCoste. Vocals: Rikki LaCoste and Jenny Robert. Guitar: Jenny Robert. Alto recorder: Rikki LaCoste. Mixed, edited, and engineered by Rikki LaCoste at Super Moon Studio.
Across these songs, Ethiopian jazz, African psychedelic rock and funk, Sudanese dance rhythms, and Tuaregi grooves mingle with the jazz and folk traditions of the Americas. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 19, 2019