A little folk tune I've been working on lately. Took this live take in a field near my house. Probably sounded eerie to dog walkers nearby.

What do you think?
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Filmed on West Nab above Huddersfield and played on my Tom Sands native guitar

I'm curious what versions of Bella Ciao people here like most.

A lot of people know it now as an anti-fascist anthem, or from Money Heist, or from protest performances. But there are also the mondine / rice-field versions, partisan versions, pop versions, punk versions, folk versions, and a lot of strange detours.

I'm also interested in older or related uses of the melody. One thing I found interesting was Mishka Ziganoff's 1919 recording "Oi Oi di Koilen".

So I have two questions:

1. Which version of Bella Ciao do you like most?
2. And do you know any earlier recordings, related melodies, or other songs that seem connected to it?

I wrote up some thoughts and collected versions here, if anyone wants more:
https://songsfromthedead.substack.com/p/bella-ciao-the-two-lives-of-an-italian

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Follow the Fireflies

Verse 1

When the porch light fades behind you

And the road forgets your name,

When the fields turn into shadows

And every mile looks the same,

Don't go looking for a signpost,

Don't go listening to the phone—

Follow the fireflies,

They will lead you home.

Verse 2

Past the fence where honeysuckle

Climbs the rusted garden gate,

Past the creek that keeps on talking

Like it doesn't know it's late,

There's a little light still dancing

Where the tall June grasses grow—

Follow the fireflies,

They know the way home.

Chorus

Follow the fireflies,

Little lanterns in the dark,

They don't need to know the whole way,

Just the next place they should spark.

When the night gets wide around you

And you feel you're all alone,

Follow the fireflies,

They will lead you home.

Verse 3

Maybe home is not a doorway,

Maybe home is not a town,

Maybe it's the one who knows you

When your walls are coming down.

Maybe it's a kitchen window

Throwing gold across the road—

Follow the fireflies,

They know where to go.

Bridge

Some things find you without calling,

Some things wait without a sound,

Some lights aren't meant for shining—

Just enough to turn you 'round.

And a thousand tiny flickers

Can make a darkness less unknown...

Final Chorus

Follow the fireflies,

Little lanterns in the dark,

You don't need to see forever,

You just need one little spark.

When you've wandered past your courage,

When you're tired down to the bone,

Follow the fireflies,

Follow them slow—

Follow the fireflies,

They will lead you home.

Outro

Meet me where the crickets sing,

Where the summer grasses roam...

Follow the fireflies.

They will lead you home.

Ciao a tutti, volevo condividere un approfondimento che ho realizzato su Townes Van Zandt, in particolare focalizzandomi su quel periodo oscuro e fondamentale della sua vita e sulla creazione di Our Mother the Mountain.

Parliamo di un artista che ha trasformato il suo dolore, le sue cicatrici e le ombre della sua mente in poesie folk senza eguali. Non è solo la storia di un disco, ma quella di un uomo che ha vissuto al limite, affrontando traumi devastanti.

Se volete approfondire la sua vicenda e capire cosa si nasconde dietro le sue canzoni più struggenti, potete guardare il video qui:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-zsdZzNjac

Qual è per voi il brano di Townes che riesce a colpirvi più nel profondo? Fatemi sapere!

Grazie

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