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The Diary of Amy Briggs

from In Technicolor by Miss Emily Brown

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The Diary of Amy Briggs

I never swore until this goddamned war
Twelve hour shifts and sirens all night long
I work a ten to ten alongside Iris
She tells me all about her escapades

Broad-minded lady, she had twins at twenty
She never married, she said two was plenty
She diagnosed me sexual starvation
Read all about it in mass observation

What you need now
Is a really good bad habit
Ask the war-sister
She’s an old hat at it

I never smoked until this goddamned war
Sit in the torch-light, hear the gun-fire
I work a six to six and home to the private
He’s got a week long leave, I don’t think I’ll survive it

He lights up into everything he sees
Me and our daughters sitting one, two, three
He burns his dinner and a week long ration
And this old waltz is going out of fashion

What you need now
Is a really good bad habit
Ask the war-sister
She’s an old hat at it

I never drank until this goddamned war
A pommia, the strongest drink I know to order
On my day off I do the wash and black lead
Today I take the girls to see a show instead

And in the darkness of the Odeon I let it go
I yelled and cried when President Wilson’s wife died
I reconcile to do the things I am accused of
Stop turning down every man like I am used to

What you need now
is a really good bad habit
Ask the war-sister
She’s an old hat at it

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from In Technicolor, released January 30, 2010
Written and performed by Miss Emily Brown
Fiddle by Hannah Epperson

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Miss Emily Brown British Columbia

Canadian performing artist Miss Emily Brown weaves together words and sound with the precision of a knitting spider. Nominated for a 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Pushing the Boundaries, a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Best New Artist and put forward for the 2010 Polaris Prize, Miss Brown impossibly combines found instruments with her unmistakable voice. ... more

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