We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sinister Path

from From Bog To Swamp by Heavy Blarney

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

      $1 NZD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    First pressing limited to 50 items. Get in quick!

    Includes unlimited streaming of From Bog To Swamp via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 50  3 remaining

      $10 NZD or more 

     

about

The song 'Sinister Path' talks about the shared experience of colonial oppression suffered by Maori people in New Zealand, and by Irish people during the Great Famine. While detailing injustice, the idea of the song is to be positive, to urge each person to examine their actions toward others, to encourage compassion and minimise suffering.

lyrics

Chorus:
At Doolough they said walk, at Parihaka they said run
What makes a person take a sinister path instead of a righteous one?

The lake lies still and quiet, the valley fresh and green
The countryside is silent, as if within a dream
Many years have passed on by since famine struck this land
The people died while eating grass, the officials they just washed their hands

Chorus

For miles the people walked to get an audience with them
The officials who could give them aid
Those were powerful men

But they left to go a-hunting, while people starved to death
They made them wait in freezing cold
Thought they were better than the rest

Chorus

Taranaki maunga majestically presides
o'er peaceful pastures lush with grass, where memories reside
From many years back in the past, the people were oppressed
The settlers took their land from them, the villagers were dispossessed

Chorus

The peaceful villagers agreed to passively resist
The settlers then would surely see that they could coexist
But the government sent in men with guns to clear the people out
But Parihaka's legacy is still alive and standing proud

Chorus

credits

from From Bog To Swamp, released May 11, 2018
Bing Turkby: vocals, accordion, banjo, bass, guitar
Paul Turner: whistles, fiddle
Adam Crawford: drums

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Bing Turkby Ensemble Palmerston North, New Zealand

In 1996 the Bing Turkby Ensemble was one man, a wig and a tape deck. The band now features this cast of miscreants: Tyrone T. Blowhard (sax), Slapskins McBOOOm (drums), and Ajax MacDeth (bass).

contact / help

Contact The Bing Turkby Ensemble

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Bing Turkby Ensemble, you may also like: