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Jomfru

from Another Dawn by Tempest

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JOMFRU (Trad./Sorbye)
Also knows as ‘Falkvor Lomanson’, this is one of the oldest songs in the Norwegian Ballad tradition. It tells the true story of a maiden (jomfru) who was stolen away from her own wedding in March of 1288. The song ends in a tune by James Crocker, called ‘Viage’

JOMFRU is one of the oldest songs in the Norwegian Ballad tradition. It tells the true story of a maiden (jomfru) who was stolen away from her own wedding in March of 1288. It was a time when evry village in every county had their own king. This particular maiden is stolen away from her wedding to be made to marry the king in another village. A historical recounting of an actual event that was part of everyday life at that time. In the mid 80s I had recorded an acoustic album of Norwegian folk songs and had wanted to do an album of them in more of a rock and roll style. So I sneak one onto each of the Tempest albums. I have loved these songs growing up with them and they are always a large part of our live repertoire. They fit into our Celtic genre both musically and geographically.

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from Another Dawn, released March 30, 2010

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