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Act​æ​on

from New Myths by Clair Le Couteur

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The myth of Actæon and Diana. The first track of New Myths that I wrote, back in 2005.

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In summertime a brave young fool called Actæon went hunting as usual, and he took his boys and he took his dogs after sows and boars and harts and stags and the occasional rabbit. And when their nets and spears were dripping blood, he said,
'OK boys, I've had enough; let's get some lunch.'

Actæon was a curious type and he took his feet uphill, til he reached this grotto, and he poked his nose over the sill. And he saw... And he saw a crowd of nymphs so lovely, all stood round in a ring, mmn. A crowd of nymphs bathing something, all stood round in awe. A crowd of nymphs admiring... something in the center.

It was Diana. Diana.

And she said,
'Am I not beautiful, am I not wise? Come, little man, and feast your eyes! Well boy, what do you think?'

And Actæon was like,
'N, n n n, n n, n n n, ne, ne, um.. never have I seen such... beauty?'

And she was like,
'Nice try.'

And what was once a fine young man was turned into a stag. White from his hooves to his horns, yes he was. And over the hill came the sound of his dogs and the horns: A-ooo, A-ooo!

And the dogs were all like,
'Woof woof, woof woof, grrr. Woof woof, woof woof, a-ooo.'

And as Actæon passed from life into dreams, and the sounds of the hounds turned into his screams, all his friends were like,
'Isn't it queer how sometimes the sound of a stag dying can sound just like a man?'

'Aaaaaaaaaooooooooaooaoaaoaoaaaaeeeeuuuurrggh.'

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from New Myths, released December 12, 2017

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LUNATRAKTORS Waterford, Ireland

Broken folk experiments by Clair Le Couteur (vocals, drones) and Carli Jefferson (vocals, percussion). MOJO Magazine Top Ten Folk Albums 2019 & 2021. Weird musical performances in the Anglo-Celtic tradition.

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