Name: The Bansho
Duration: P00H03M49S
Description: One of the women making the journey to Glenmornan, Sheila Carroll, is nicknamed ''The Bansho'' (That Woman). She is called this by the community as a penance for committing a mortal sin – having a child out of wedlock.

The Bansho

from Newcomer by Gráinne Brady

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One of the women making the journey to Glenmornan, Sheila Carroll, is nicknamed ''The Bansho'' (That Woman). She is called this by the community as a penance for committing a mortal sin – having a child out of wedlock.

lyrics

In the Midnight

A splash on the dusky water,
A cry on the winter air,
As from the pit abyssmal
Rises a soul's despair.

The human ghouls of midnight
Shiver beneath the snow,
The painted women in terror
Stand, listen, and – go.

Up in the deep of heaven,
Gloomy and ghostly grey,
The cry of the lost one falters –
Falters, and dies away.

Only a cry in the darkness
Only a swirl in the tide,
Only a sinful woman
Crossing the Great Divide!

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from Newcomer, released March 26, 2021
Music composed and arranged by Gráinne Brady (PRS/MCPS)

Words by Patrick MacGill

Gráinne Brady – fiddle
Michael Biggins – piano
Seonaid Aitken – violin
Sarah Leonard – viola
Su-a Lee – cello
Christine McGinley – French horn
Steve Forman – percussion | sound effects
Innes White – guitar
Andrew Waite - piano accordion
Jack Houston – spoken word

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Gráinne Brady Glasgow, UK

Irish musician and composer based in Glasgow.

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"...engaging from the outset" - Folk Radio UK

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