Seal Djiril's Hymn
Bok starts his liner notes by telling the listener "two kinds of song are important to me: one is a tool to understand the world, one is the world itself". This is an intriguing introduction for an album whose first half is a fantastical and haunting story about seals who become men, sung in a language of Bok's own invention. Though these are Bok's original compositions, they owe much to the tradition of sea shanties which Bok often encountered in his career as a maritime worker. The record's second half is made up primarily of traditional songs, with arrangements by Bok. Adding her voice is frequent collaborator Ann Mayo Muir.
Track Listing
101
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The Telling of O-E-Dalley | Gordon Bok | 1:33 | |
102
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O-E-Dalley (The Song) | Gordon Bok | 3:47 | |
103
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Go Thou, Long-Legs | Gordon Bok | 1:57 | |
104
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An Diran Than Soulder | Gordon Bok | 3:40 | |
105
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Hadjanek: The Snow That Comes | Gordon Bok | 9:12 | |
106
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Seal Djiril's Hymn | Gordon Bok | 4:12 | |
107
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Dillon Bay | Gordon Bok | 2:26 | |
108
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La Brigantine | Gordon Bok | 2:01 | |
109
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Bheir Me O | Gordon Bok | 2:29 | |
110
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Banks of the Reedy Lagoon | Gordon Bok | 4:13 | |
111
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Paloma | Gordon Bok | 1:51 | |
112
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Hatu Khara Ols'n | Gordon Bok | 2:23 | |
113
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The Brandy Tree | Gordon Bok | 3:26 | |
114
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Turn Ye to Me | Gordon Bok | 3:02 |