• The Fly

  Finn Coren  

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    THE FLY

    Little Fly
    Thy summer’s play,
    My thoughtless hand
    Has brush'd away.

    Am not I
    A fly like thee?
    Or art not thou
    A man like me?

    For I dance
    And drink and sing:
    Till some blind hand
    Shall brush my wing.

    If thought is life
    And strenght and breath:
    And the want
    Of thought is death;

    Then am I
    A happy fly,
    If I live
    Or if I die.

    Words: William Blake
    from "Songs of Experience" (1794)

    Music: Finn Coren (1991)
    Fiddlearr. by F.C
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 1997 all rights reserved

    Performers:
    Finn Coren: vocals, tape
    Kyrre Sætran: bass, guitar
    Ulf Holand: programming, effects
    Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle
    Eystein Hopland: bagla-bouzoki
    Lars Pedersen: tablas

    Recorded at Park Studio, Lydlab Studio
    and Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1993-95
    Engineered by Eystein Hopland,
    Ulf W.Ø. Holand and Bjørn-Are Rognlid
    Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
    Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand

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• The Fly (93-version)

  Finn Coren  

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    THE FLY (93-version)

    Little Fly
    Thy summer’s play,
    My thoughtless hand
    Has brush'd away.

    Am not I
    A fly like thee?
    Or art not thou
    A man like me?

    For I dance
    And drink and sing:
    Till some blind hand
    Shall brush my wing.

    If thought is life
    And strenght and breath:
    And the want
    Of thought is death;

    Then am I
    A happy fly,
    If I live
    Or if I die.

    Words: William Blake
    from "Songs of Experience" (1794)

    Music: Finn Coren (1991)
    Fiddlearr. by F.C
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 1997 all rights reserved

    Performers:
    Finn Coren: vocals
    Kyrre Sætran: bass, guitar
    Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle
    Eystein Hopland: bagla-bouzoki
    Lars Pedersen: drums, percussion
    Bugge Wesseltoft: organ

    Recorded at Park Studio, Lydlab Studio
    and Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1993-94
    Engineered by Eystein Hopland,
    Ulf W.Ø. Holand and Bjørn-Are Rognlid
    Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
    Produced by Finn Coren, Nils-Arne Øvergård, Eystein Hopland and Ulf W.Ø. Holand

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• The Fly (Norwegian Folk Version)

  Finn Coren  

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    THE FLY (Norwegian Folk-version)

    Little Fly
    Thy summer’s play,
    My thoughtless hand
    Has brush'd away.

    Am not I
    A fly like thee?
    Or art not thou
    A man like me?

    For I dance
    And drink and sing:
    Till some blind hand
    Shall brush my wing.

    If thought is life
    And strenght and breath,
    And the want
    Of thought is death,

    Then am I
    A happy fly,
    If I live
    Or if I die.

    Words: William Blake
    from "Songs of Experience" (1794)

    Music: Finn Coren (1991)
    Fiddlearr. F.C
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 1997/1998 all rights reserved

    Performers:
    Finn Coren: vocals
    Kyrre Sætran: mandolin
    Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle

    Recorded at Waterfall Studio, Oslo 1994
    Engineered by Bjørn Are Rognlid
    Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Frode André Kristiansen
    Produced by Finn Coren

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Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Finn Coren, Nils-Arne Øvergård and Eystein Hopland
Sleeve: Subtopia/Stein J. Øvre
Photos: Thomas Flor, Kirsti Aasheim
Art-direction: Stein J. Øvre

First single from Finn Coren The Blake Project Spring (with bonus track)