Indiana

from When the Light Gets In by RUNA

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This is a gorgeous song about leaving one home for another.
It is an immigration song, but not the typical immigration song that we have become accustomed to hearing in folk music. Instead of traveling westward toward the Americas, the familiy in the song is traveling back home Scotland after living in America for twenty years. The song speaks about the loves and losses over their two homelands.
We loved the scope and imagery of Andy Mitchell’s poetry in this song.

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Fare thee well, now, Indiana, your green land has been good to me.
There I travelled, there I settled, there I raised up my family.
But the cord has never severed, and the longing each day it has grown.
So, tomorrow, I’ll be leaving for the land that I call my home.

All my friends say that I’m crazy, going back to such poverty,
America is, so they say now, the land of opportunity.
But the shy hare runs so swiftly and the heron slowly flies.
These are treasures from my homeland that all your money can never buy.

As our ship lies in the harbour, I shall look back on your shore.
And I’ll feel sadness that I’m leaving your green land forever more.
But as our ship lies on the ocean and each day we are out on the sea.
All the dreams I’ve had for years now, drawing nearer reality.

Fare thee well, now, Indiana, your green land has been good to me.
There I travelled, there I settled, there I raised up my family.

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from When the Light Gets In, released March 17, 2024
Indiana – Andy Mitchell (PRS / MCPS); Arranged by RUNA

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RUNA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Celtic-American Roots music “super group”, RUNA, continues to push the boundaries of Irish folk music into the Americana and roots music formats.

Interweaving the haunting melodies and exuberant tunes of Ireland and Scotland with the lush harmonies and intoxicating rhythms of jazz, bluegrass, flamenco and blues, they offer a thrilling and redefining take on traditional music. ... more

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