#i do not know/what fate awaits me/fare thee well northumberland...

[sergeifyodorov]

black swan and reba mcentire fancy edits are all well and good but when will someone make what i REALLY crave (this one specific cape bretonian folk band who exclusively does traditional covers and as far as i can tell stopped making music 10 years ago)

[cedarboots]

Butch4Butch Persuasion Playlist

What the title says! Lots of land/sea metaphors; some songs by real life butch lesbians; a lot of Johnny Flynn.

Song list below the cut: They are arranged in roughly chronological order and most are designated Anne Songs, Fred Songs, or Both.

1. The Night My Piano Upped and Died - Johnny Flynn  Anne Song: Lost in dreams and crumpled pride/The night my piano upped and died

2. Fare Thee Well Northumberland - The Cottars Anne Song: Although I’ll go where the Lady takes me/She’ll never tell what’s in her hand/I do not know what fate awaits me/Fare thee well, Northumberland

3. Barnacled Warship - Johnny Flynn Fred Song: Think I’ll fight a war, I don’t know what for/But I’ll learn when I’ve got my gun

4. Not the Ghost - The Crane Wives Anne Song: See what a life you lead:/You’re an anchor for all the heaviest/Regrets inside you

5. Siuil, a Run - Clannad Anne Song: I wish, I wish, I wish in vain/I wish I had my heart again

6. After Eliot - Johnny Flynn Fred Song: And lost I was for all the time/We never shared thereafter

7. The Bonny Ship the Diamond - John Spiers etc. Fred Song: We wear the trousers of the white/The jackets of the blue/When we return to Peterhead we’ll have sweethearts anew

8. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Nina Simone Fred Song: I’ve forgotten you/Just like I said I would/Of course I have/Or maybe except when I hear your name/Someone’s laugh that’s just the same

9. Devotion - Tracy Chapman Anne Song: What if you find a fault/Between my purpose and my deeds/Deem me beyond salvation/Judge me to be unworthy/Of your devotion

10. Young Munro - The CottarsBoth Song: If you see that handsome fellow/With a red coat trimmed in blue/Tell him if he loves another/My poor heart shall break in two

10. Sailor’s Jacket - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess *Navy-inflected Regency dancing noises*

11. Bonny Portmore - Laura Marling and Jonathan Wilson Anne Song: And the more I think on you, the more I think long/If I had you now as I had once before/All the boys in Old England could not purchase Portmore

12. My Old Addiction - k.d. lang Primarily Anne Song: My old addiction/Is a flood upon the land/This tiny lifeboat can keep me dry/But my weight is all that it can stand

13. Detectorists - Johnny Flynn Both Song: Will you swim through the briny sea for me?/Roll along the ocean’s floor/I’ll be your treasure

14. Cold Bread - Johnny Flynn Both Song: Did you learn just how I loved you?/Did you see how far I’ve been?/Would you meet me in an hour/?I could tell you what I’ve seen

15. Matters of the Heart - Tracy Chapman Fred Song: I lose my head/From time to time/I make a fool of myself/In matters of the heart

16. Home and Dry - Johnny Flynn Fred Song: And though the sea calls/Your voice is my compass/I’m pulled out by the swell

17. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall Primarily Fred Song: She makes me feel like I could be a tower/The power to be/The power to give/The power to see (this is also a Looking at Older Lesbians Song)

18. Haul Away - Grace Petrie Primarily Anne Song: I’m bound to follow oceans, I know no other way/Haul away, haul away/And make me who I am today

19. When the Ship Comes In - The Chieftains and The Decemberists Anti-Elliot Family Song: Oh, the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes/And they’ll jerk from their beds and think they’re dreaming/But they’ll pinch themselves and squeal/And they’ll know that it’s for real/The hour that the ship comes in

20. Agnes - Johnny Flynn Both Song: I've waited for you since though/I've only known you're near

21. The Land & the Sea - Hannah & Maggie Both Song: I am the land, you are the sea/And I’d walk a thousand miles to the coast so we can meet

22. Collapsed in Sunbeams - Arlo Parks Both Song: We’re all learning to trust our bodies/Making peace with our own distortions/You shouldn’t be afraid to cry in front of me

23. Lullaby - The Chicks Both Song: How long do you want to be loved?/Is forever enough, is forever enough?