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To Have You Near

by Hannah Rarity

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Ceitlin Lilidh
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Ceitlin Lilidh This song gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Favorite track: Comes the Hour.
Miki M
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Miki M ☆☆☆☆☆Best! I'm gonna take this album with me when I go. Favorite track: Take It With Me.
Billy Stewart
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Billy Stewart This new, outstanding album from Scottish singer/songwriter Hannah Rarity is ethereal. A new page has been turned by Hannah as she leans deeper in to her skillset & eclipses her previous release, ‘Neath the Gloaming Star,’ which still shines. Here is new depth in songwriting & singing. Should this album find a label, Hannah will be known as a queen of folk, a goddess of song. Awaiting discovery, Hannah is a supernova that will reach the cosmos of musical achievement. This is sublime! Favorite track: She Must Be Mad.
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bf1985 This album is incredible. Hannah's vocals are beautiful. Every time I listen to the album, I feel different things.
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1.
Home 03:04
I want a home Not just a place to lay my head I want a home Where someone’s sleeping in my bed A tap that drips in perfect time with all my peaceful dreams I want a home Somewhere to belong I want a home I’ve been moving far too long Jumble sales and bicycles and books I’ve never read I want a home Shroud me in the night I want a home The cracks will only show the light The dawn, the birds, the empty streets and rain upon the ground Oh, I’ve lived a life for people I have known Holding on while others’ hopes become my own I want a home Not just a place to lay my head I want a home Where someone’s sleeping in my bed
2.
My Friend 04:22
Sun’s gone down, fire’s been lit It’s been one hell of a year Tried my best, “heaven blessed” Longing to have you near Got your note, the one you wrote To say things got out of hand I’d been meaning to ask how your Father is And did you move to the city like you planned? And I know we’ve been talking all night, my friend But stay with me, oh, stay with me Turn a phrase, hold your gaze Study each line on your face Spinning tales we’ve told before As the evening fades from our view And I know we’ve been talking all night, my friend But stay with me, oh, stay with me
3.
I am going to the country Going down that verdant lane With nothing but a whistle in my hand And a pocket full of rain And can you hear that distant sound Coming down the West Clare railway? And running with the shades of Gloria The wind is full of memories That murmur and sigh Hills lie in the foaming grass of Clare Below the cold moon's eye But you should come and see them now When they are on fire And running with the shades of Gloria And the waves roll at the headland When the tide is rising there And here there is starlight falling Down on the hills of Clare I knew them when I was hungry And I knew them when I was scared To go running with the shades of Gloria And I am going to the country Where Miko in his prime Weaves a thread of melody In his own sweet time And you can hear him sing and whistle Any time you care To go running with the shades of Gloria
4.
Don’t close the curtain I won’t hear your prayer I’ll see you tomorrow I’m not going anywhere I know you'll see me In the mirror on the stairs We’re always together I‘m not going anywhere And when you go to sleep tonight Don’t you let the bed bugs bite I’ll be with you till morning light You’ll light a candle And wish I was there But I’ll never leave you I’m not going anywhere And when you go to sleep tonight Don’t you let the bed bugs bite I’ll be with you till morning light I’m in the sunset Birdsong in the air I will surround you I’m not going anywhere What are goodbyes for? And each empty each chair Forever beside you I’m not going anywhere Forever beside you I’m not going anywhere
5.
Hard Times 04:10
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There's a song that will linger forever in our ears Oh, hard times, come again no more 'Tis a song, a sigh of the weary Hard times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered around my cabin door Oh, hard times, come again no more While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay There are frail forms fainting at the door Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say Oh, hard times, come again no more There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away With a worn heart, whose better days are o'er Though her voice should be merry, 'tis breaking all the day Oh, hard times, come again no more ‘Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave ‘Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore ‘Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave Oh, hard times come again no more
6.
Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me when I go Old long since gone Now way back when We lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing ever dies I'm gonna take it with me when I go Far far away a train whistle blows Wherever you're goin’, wherever you've been Waving goodbye at the end of the day You're up and you're over and you're far away Always for you, and forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me when I go All broken down by the side of the road I was never more alive or alone I've worn the faces off all the cards I'm gonna take it with me when I go Children are playing at the end of the day Strangers are singing on our lawn It's got to be more than flesh and bone All that you've loved is all that you own In a land there's a town And in that town there’s a house And in that house there is a woman And in that woman there's a heart I love I'm gonna take it with me when I go I'm gonna take it with me when I go
7.
She must be mad, she doesn’t have a care at all She must be mad, she doesn’t have a care at all While she’s reaching for the stars, I’m just trying not to fall She must be mad, see her dance among the flames She must be mad, see her dance among the flames While I watch fearful from afar, I know she can’t be tamed She must be mad to give her heart away She must be mad to give her heart away While she gives herself so freely, I’m still waiting for the day She must be mad not to see all we can see She must be mad not to see all we can see Well that’s maybe what she’s thinking when she looks at me
8.
Kaleidoscope 03:47
Your clock sits on the mantel now Counting down the day Black and white, in pictures proud I think of you this way Today is a kaleidoscope It’s hard to see the view Dazzling hues of red and gold Mar my thoughts of you Hours go by without one word I thought I heard you laugh We sailed around the South of France In a better life long past I heard a song, an old refrain It led me from this place I felt the breeze of summer air Across my younger face Grabbing life in moments I dance and take your hand Keep driving until morning We’re nearly there, we disappear in the sand Hours go by without one word I thought I heard you laugh We sailed around the South of France In a better life long past
9.
Scotland Yet 04:34
Gie noo a thocht to what we hae, in this land o’ the leal The Hielan glen, the Doric stream, the fertile Lowland field They seem tae offer different views when looked at from within Can strangers be the only eyes tae see us a’ as yin? The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be Oor mither tongue spoke different ways that past tae present ties Each separate and yet entwined is where oor real strength lies For should one strand unwind itself, the others tae forsake Then a’ would be forever lost fur a’ the strands would break The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be While we still seek to blame oor woes and pains on someone else We’ll never hae the strength tae solve oor problems for oorsels In truth we fought each other mair, learn this from oor past Then together we can choose fur oorsels at last The choice will be upon us soon tae set oor destiny And I’ll drink a toast tae Scotland yet, whatever yet may be
10.
Who will take this heart of mine As fragile as a flower? Who will stand or turn away When it comes the hour? Who will take this love of mine Hidden now in torment? Who will nurture knowing all When it comes the moment? Who will take this trembling hand? Lead me in this dance now Hold me close or watch me fall Who will take the chance now? Who will trade a sacred kiss When love has been my crime? Who will trust love knowing this When it comes the time?

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An album straight from my heart to yours.
Enjoy. x


Thanks most of all to the brilliant musicians on the album.

To Innes White, for being so kind and generous in sharing your time, talents and ideas with me.

To Gordon Maclean, for your support, encouragement and kindness.

To Iain Hutchison, Peter Beckmann, John Lowrie, Seonaid Aitken, David Shedden, my closest friends and family, Elly Lucas, Boo Hewerdine, Anna Massie, Bruce MacGregor, Lawrence MacLean, Larry McCloskey, Findlay Napier, Alison Smith, Jane Brace, Gary Ebdy and Hamish Macleod. An extra special thank you to every person who supported my Kickstarter campaign. I couldn’t have made the album I wanted to make without you. Special thanks to Caroline & Mac, Yellow House Booking, Lindsay & Ian Strachan, Billy Stewart, Michael D. Hensley, Jonathan Boyle, Mikiharu Murano.


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released June 3, 2022

Produced by Innes White
Engineered and Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording Studios, Glasgow
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks Mastering
Photography & album artwork by Elly Lucas

Hannah Rarity - Vocals, Tenor Guitar (8)
Innes White - Acoustic Guitar
John Lowrie - Piano, Wurlitzer (1), Harmonium (9)
James Lindsay - Electric Bass (1, 2, 4), Acoustic Bass (3, 7, 9)
Scott Mackay - Drums and Percussion
Boo Hewerdine - Backing Vocals (4, 5)

Strings
Seonaid Aitken - Violin
Katrina Lee - Violin
Patsy Reid - Viola
Alice Allen - Cello

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Seonaid Aitken (1, 2, 6, 7)
John Lowrie (3)

‘My Friend’ choir
Innes White, David Shedden, Josie Duncan, Rosie Munro, Elliott Fulton, Lawrence Smith

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Hannah Rarity Glasgow, UK

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Combining sublime vocal timbre and uncanny interpretive empathy, Rarity ranks as one of Scotland’s finest young singers, having toured internationally with US supergroup Cherish the Ladies as well as appearing and recording w RSNO, Blazin’ Fiddles, Rura & Niteworks.
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