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Foodbanks & Ferraris - Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter
For Chris Basford

Last year at Broadstairs Folk Week, old friend and sound-man extraordinaire, Chris Basford took me aside and informed me that I had to learn this song, as he wanted to hear our Djukella derrangement. He sat me in front of a video of Sally & Brian, printed out the lyrics and showed me the chords, which left me little choice but to comply. On returning to play a set for their winter fund-raiser, the delightful lady who was assigned to look after us and give us bottles of water introduced herself as Sally, I enquired, “Ironmonger?” and she turned out to be the very same, leaving me rather star-struck.

According to Saly, it turns out that Brian saw the headline “Foodbanks & Ferraris on the Rise” in a newspaper, and the song pretty much wrote its self. Huge thanks to the inimitable Ewan Bleach for lending his sultry second-line to the proceedings.

lyrics

Do you remember the time, we crossed the poverty line
And the sun shone on those in the shade
Our grandfathers fought and the vision they sought
Was a helping hand from cradle to grave
But now that’s all over, and long been forgot
And the profits all go to the men at the top
And the promises of 45 are just broken dreams and lies

Foodbanks and Ferraris on the rise

They say times are tough and there isn’t enough
To pay the poor the sick and so on
But the profits still flow and the bonuses grow
And we all know where the money has gone.
Those robber barons in their ivory towers
Are eating the fruits of what could’ve been ours.

Foodbanks and Ferraris on the rise

The gap between your place & mine gets wider every day
You pay the press, you pay for votes to make sure it stays that way

Foodbanks and Ferraris on the rise

credits

from The Fruitful Fells, released July 6, 2021
Jez - Voice/Guitar
Nye Parsons - Double Bass
Piotr Jordan - Violin
Ewan Bleach - Clarinet
Tommie Black-Roff - Accordion
Recorded by Mike West at Ninth ward Pickin Parlor
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering

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Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra London, UK

Potent songs, silky double-bass, fiery fiddling and smoking harmonicas.

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra play a rich mongrel mix of folk music, from jigs, reels and rebel ballads to tango, rhumba and reggae.

Virtuoso musicianship, conscious poetry; from dance tunes to rebel ballads, sweet love songs to powerful politics and passionate improvisation. ... more

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