Little Green

Firstly with Joni Mitchell, then the Magpies.

Born with the moon in cancer Choose her a name she will answer to Call her green and the winters cannot fade her Call her green for the children who've made her little green Be a gypsy dancer He went to California Hearing that everything's warmer there So you write him a letter and say Her eyes are blue, he sends you a poem And she's lost to you Little green, he's a nonconformer Just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green light the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes and sometimes there'll be sorrow Child with a child pretending Weary of lies you are sending home So you sign all the papers in the family name You're sad and you're sorry but you're not ashamed A little grief have a happy ending just a little green by the color when the spring is born there'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green like the nights when the northern lights perform.

There'll be icicles and birthday clothes and sometimes there'll be songs.

The Crossing, Tony Davenport on ladiesbroadcast.com, taking you across the world every month with a little bit of folk music, sometimes.

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classic and then a contemporary folk track.

Firstly, Joni Mitchell from the Blue Album in 1971 and the wonderful song Little Green, and that's followed by the Magpies from Bella and Polly, the EP made in 2018, and the track Polly on the Shore.

Now though, back to Les Cousins, some more rarities for you, featuring Spider John Kerner, Joanne Kelly and then Mike Cooper.

MUSIC PLAYS

Choose her a name she will answer to Call her green and the winters cannot fade her Call her green for the children who've made her little green Be a gypsy dancer He went to California Hearing that everything's warmer there So you write him a letter and say Her eyes are blue, he sends you a poem And she's lost to you Little green, he's a nonconformer Just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green light the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes and sometimes there'll be sorrow A child with a child pretending Weary of lies you are sending home So you sign all the papers in the family name You're sad and you're sorry but you're not ashamed A little green Have a happy ending, just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green Like the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes And sometimes they'll be sore

There are some albums that you've known for so long they've become part of you, aren't there? And when you hear them again, it's like meeting up with a family member for the first time in ages.

So familiar and bringing so much joy.

That's what Blue by Joni Mitchell is to me, and that was Little Green.

I've been listening to Lancam's album Between the Earth and Sky this week.

It came out in 2017.